Google

Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical

Google$105K — $146K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or certified training in a technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of electrical experience in an industrial or commercial setting.
  • Familiarity with critical infrastructure, data center operations, and monitoring systems.
  • Must be able to handle equipment weighing up to 50 lbs and use OSHA-standard safety equipment.
  • Preferred: Experience in maintenance of electrical systems in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
  • Assist technicians by interpreting blueprints and schematics, ensuring systems are operational.
  • Oversee UPS, generators, and electrical distribution maintenance.
  • Monitor and manage abnormal conditions in facility systems and equipment.
  • Support the startup and integration of new electrical systems into data center operations.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage and wellness programs.
  • Retirement savings plans with matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off policies and holidays.
  • Employee development programs for continuous learning.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources within a world-class data center environment.
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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 Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
  • Experience in Critical Infrastructure, Critical Thinking, Communication, Monitoring Systems, Data Center Operations, Battery Management and UPS Systems.
  • 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.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 5 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
  • Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
  • Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
  • Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, 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: $105000 - $146000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
  • Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
  • Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
  • Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
  • Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical 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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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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