Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

Google•Monrovia, IN

3d•$105,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Data Center Facilities Technician operates, monitors, and supports physical facilities conditions at Google data centers. The role involves supporting facilities systems that include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. The technician inspects, maintains, and repairs data center systems and components, and responds to abnormal conditions and emergencies to minimize recovery time from failures. The position also supports reliable and efficient data center operations by identifying problems, making repairs quickly, meeting environmental and safety standards, and developing approaches to reduce operational costs while improving efficiency. The technician provides assistance to other technicians, assesses systems, manages uptime and maintenance, and helps start up, commission, and integrate new electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure. The AI and Infrastructure team delivers infrastructure and computing capabilities for Google customers, Google Cloud customers, and Google users worldwide.

Requirements

Associate's degree, trade school certification, other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Five years of electrical experience, such as experience with electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution, in an industrial or commercial environment.
Ability to participate in material-handling tasks, including lifting, carrying, or moving equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to use OSHA-standard safety equipment, including limited-weight-bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools, and personal protective equipment such as safety harnesses.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations or shifts.

Nice To Haves

Five years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems, a construction or technical environment, or a related field.
Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
Knowledge of electrical systems used in data centers, such as feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, and PDU/PMM units.
Knowledge of meters, devices, and sensors, and experience troubleshooting with standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration and diagnostic equipment.
Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on data center systems.

Responsibilities

Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
Provide daily assistance to technicians by reading blueprints, schematics, and sequences of operations; conducting system tours; and assessing system working order.
Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS systems, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
Operate, monitor, and maintain data center facilities systems and equipment, and respond to abnormal conditions.
Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
Identify problems and make repairs quickly while ensuring environmental and safety standards are met.
Manage data center performance issues and outages in emergency or abnormal situations to minimize recovery time from failures.
Develop approaches to reduce operational costs while improving data center efficiency.