Google

Civil and Structural Data Center Engineer

Google$122K — $174K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
  • 3 years in civil site development and structural design for industrial projects.
  • 3 years auditing and validating structural calculations and civil site plans.
  • 3 years experience in both civil (grading, stormwater) and structural (seismic design) disciplines.
  • Proficient with structural/civil analysis software like STAAD.Pro, and design tools such as AUTOCAD.

Responsibilities

  • Lead civil and structural scopes, ensuring accuracy and constructability of designs.
  • Coordinate with mechanical and electrical teams for seamless integration of plans.
  • Develop internal design guidelines and performance specifications across projects.
  • Enhance civil and structural template designs for efficiency and reliability.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a fixed rate.
  • Sick time of 40 hours/year, with additional for Seattle locations.
  • Maternity leave of 28-30 weeks along with baby bonding leave of 18 weeks.
  • 13 paid holidays each year.
Full Job Description
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X In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year


Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
  • 3 years of experience in civil site development and structural design for industrial projects.
  • 3 years of experience auditing, interpreting, validating structural calculations, civil site plans, and geotechnical reports.
  • 3 years of experience in both civil and structural disciplines. Structural: steel/concrete framing and seismic design, etc. Civil: grading, stormwater, underground utilities, etc.
  • 3 years of experience with engineering code interpretation, and structural/civil analysis software (e.g., STAAD.Pro, SAP2000, RISA, Civil 3D, HEC-RAS) and civil design tools (AUTOCAD, Civil 3D, Hydrocad, etc.) to review/interrogate consultant models.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree in structural engineering, civil engineering, or similar.
  • Experience working as an owner's engineer or lead design engineer in mission-critical facilities such as data centers, oil and gas, or similar heavy industrial sectors.
  • Enclosure design and manufacturing experience (e.g. switchgear enclosures).
  • Knowledge of international building codes (e.g. IBC, Eurocode) alongside local municipal regulations to ensure design compliance.
  • Ability to draft technical scopes of work, managing external engineering consultants, and evaluating technical proposals.


About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering 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 topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. 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 alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

In this role, you will act as an owner's engineer and primary technical lead to drive the development and implementation of the civil and structural discipline for hyperscale data centers. You will lead the review and validation of civil and structural designs, critically auditing program drawings, data center site plans, and typical utility layouts produced by external consultants. You will take ownership of programmatic template designs, drive improvements to structural and civil design standards, as this role requires broad cross-disciplinary expertise to seamlessly co-ordinate with Geotechnical, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, Systems, and Telecom teams, ensuring all designs are continuously optimized for cost, schedule, and reliability.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$174,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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
  • Serve as the primary technical lead for civil and structural scopes, thoroughly evaluating and approving drawings, calculations, and models for accuracy, constructability, and alignment with project requirements.
  • Drive interdisciplinary co-ordination with mechanical, electrical, systems, and other discipline teams to ensure framing requirements, foundations, and underground utility routing are seamlessly integrated into the overarching civil and structural plans.
  • Establish and implement internal owner design guidelines, performance specifications, and standardization strategies across multiple data center development initiatives.
  • Own the program civil and structural template design development, continually optimizing for cost, schedule, and reliability.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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$40.2 billion
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