Google

Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Google$105K — $146K *
Reno, NV 89502In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
  • 5 years of Mechanical/HVAC experience, particularly in industrial or commercial settings.
  • Physical ability to handle equipment weighing up to 50 lbs and use OSHA standard safety gear.
  • Willingness to work non-standard hours and various shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems including piping and mechanical components.
  • Assist technicians by reading blueprints and assessing system functionality.
  • Manage uptime and maintenance for water pumps, HVAC, and monitoring systems.
  • Operate, monitor, and respond to issues in data center equipment.
  • Support the startup and integration of new mechanical systems into the facility.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Retirement savings plans with employer match.
  • Paid time off and holidays.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Employee resource groups and access to wellness programs.
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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 Mechanical/HVAC experience 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:
  • 5 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
  • Experience maintaining mechanical, cooling, and distribution systems (e.g., chillers, air handling units, pumps, CRAC/CRAH) in mission-critical environments like data centers, hospitals, or power plants including direct diagnostic troubleshooting using meters, sensors, and calibration tools, alongside the ability to effectively coordinate with maintenance contractors.
  • 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 such as piping and mechanical system components.
  • 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 water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC 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 mechanical 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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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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