Google

Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

Google$95K — $135K *
Reno, NV 89502In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or related technical training.
  • 5 years of experience in controls/automation within industrial or commercial settings.
  • Physical ability to lift and handle equipment up to 50 lbs, adhering to OSHA safety standards.
  • Flexibility to work non-standard hours and various shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and repair data center systems including servers and network equipment.
  • Assist technicians by reading blueprints and conducting system tours.
  • Monitor and log performance of facility systems and alarms.
  • Respond to abnormal conditions in the data center equipment.
  • Support the integration of new control systems into the facility infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications.
  • Employee assistance programs and mental health resources.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
  • Retirement plan options with company matching contributions.
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Minimum qualifications:
  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
  • Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Industry standard certifications related to system administration (e.g., CompTIA A , CompTIA Network , CompTIA Security , Certified Windows or Linux system administrator).
  • 5 years of experience in controls/automation, or construction/technical environment, or a related field.
  • Experience in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or laboratories.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages.
  • Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, relays and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
  • Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.


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).

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.

As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $95000 - $135000 (USD) 15% bonus target bonus equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as servers, network equipment, PLCs, system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) management.
  • Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
  • Control, monitoring, logging, and alarming systems.
  • Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
  • Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

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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Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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