Director, Data Center Delivery and Engineering, Construction Delivery
About The Position
The Data Center team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex construction delivery topics. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation. Through your leadership, you use your technical expertise to lead cross-functional teams to develop infrastructure improvements. You will oversee the construction and delivery of our growing network of data centers. Involved in shaping global data center strategies and responsible for sub-regional implementation, you will balance big picture thinking with the ability to solve unique engineering challenges. As a Director, you'll lead high performing teams that deliver complex, multi-disciplinary construction projects that require extensive engineering and project management expertise. Working with internal client groups, your team will plan and oversee projects from start to finish, from design and build to upgrade and remediation work within the existing data center network. You'll work with regional partners and our global design and construction teams to develop innovative and scalable solutions. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Public Policy, Finance, Real Estate, Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience with data center equipment/environments, including switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems, and start up/commissioning processes.
- Experience building and managing teams, with cross-functional engagement.
- Experience managing multi-group, multi-disciplinary infrastructure and technical projects in a leadership role.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in infrastructure, data center technology, industrial class electrical and cooling technology, or other related areas of technical expertise.
- Experience in collocation agreements, site selection for industrial-scale projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, utility agreements management, energy challenges, implementing clean energy initiatives, or financial modeling.
- Experience in economic development policy, financial modeling, infrastructure development, agreement drafting/redlining, and presentation development.
- Understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry, including knowledge of fast track design build processes and associated documents and contracts.
Responsibilities
- Manage the teams which are responsible for the site-wide delivery of major new construction or improvement projects.
- Establish and maintain delivery models and global relationships with multiple vendors measuring KPIs and metrics for safety, cost, schedule, quality and productivity.
- Create a growth plan and be directly involved in resourcing planning of talent in the areas of technical program management/program management and engineering.
- Research and implement new construction means and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
- Carry design concepts into mass production and integrate into facilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
