About the job

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some of these duties will include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components). You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

As an advocate for best practices, you develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency. You ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures.

In this role, you will manage heating and cooling air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. You will help inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems, read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order. You will develop creative approaches to reduce operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency, ensuring that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems, and making repairs quickly. Additionally, you will manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $63,000-$105,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components.
  
• Provide daily assistance to executive technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
  
• Develop creative approaches to reducing operational cost and improving efficiencies.
  
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
  
• Support integration of equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.