Google

Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical

Google$122K — $174K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
  • 7 years of experience in mechanical maintenance and systems, including HVAC and chillers.
  • Experience in facilities maintenance within data centers or similar critical infrastructures.
  • Availability to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

  • Lead data center technical operations for monitoring plant efficiency metrics.
  • Establish and oversee Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) protocols in maintenance operations.
  • Mentor and guide Facilities Technicians to enhance operational performance.
  • Engage in organizational change management to facilitate effective communication and implementation of technical decisions.
  • Contribute to commissioning processes, ensuring compliance with retesting requirements after repairs.

Benefits

  • Work within a leading-edge AI and Infrastructure team impacting global services.
  • Join a company recognized for innovation and engineering excellence.
  • Collaborate with top-tier professionals in advanced technical fields.
  • Access to ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
  • Participate in a dynamic work environment that values adaptability and problem-solving.
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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.
  • 7 years of experience with mechanical maintenance, mechanical infrastructure systems, mechanical testing, mechanical contractors, chillers, electric motors, pump systems, cooling systems, water chemistry, and HVAC.
  • Experience in facilities maintenance or operations within data centers, hospitals, power plants, or high-voltage (HV) electrical substations.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, night shifts, holidays and on shift-based schedules as required.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
  • Knowledge of the building management controls systems.
  • Knowledge of Protection Relay Network systems
  • Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work. Ability to learn and address issues as they arise.
  • Adaptability and prompt problem-solving skills,


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 a master of exceptional 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.

The Data Center Plant Engineer role involves the design and operation of electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems to improve efficiencies. They are responsible for overseeing SMEs, coordinating with Facilities Technicians, and approving bug fixes and repairs. They also provide daily assistance to executive technicians in reading blueprints/schematics and assessing work orders.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $122000 - $174000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Act as a data center technical lead, monitoring plant efficiency (e.g., Power Usage Effectiveness/Water Usage Effectiveness - PUE/WUE), and working with technicians, leads, and managers.
  • Provide an approach to Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS), operations, and maintenance programs.
  • Act as a resource and mentor for Facilities Technicians (FTs) to drive improvements and feedback.
  • Navigate organizational change processes and provide site-level feedback, ensuring appropriate SMEs are included, coordinating with FTs and managers to execute approved decisions, and properly close out technical bugs.
  • Provide input and direction in the data center commissioning processes and procedures, including retesting requirements following replacement or major repairs.


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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