Data Center Plant Engineer

Minimum qualifications: Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 7 years of Electrical or Mechanical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution or HVAC or Air handling Units) in an industrial or commercial environment. Experience working on projects in a data center environment, and working with various stakeholders to achieve common goals. Experience in Electrical or Mechanical maintenance and operations of a data center. Preferred qualifications: 7 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environments or a related field. Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants. Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment. Knowledge of mechanical systems (e.g., Chillers, Air handling units, pumps and CRAC/CRAH units) or of electrical systems (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units). 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. In this role, you are a leader of environmental practices. The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most efficient electrical and HVAC systems using 50% less energy than most data centers around the world. Our engineers are continually seeking different approaches to reducing operational costs while improving efficiencies through the operation and maintenance of LV/MV/HV electrical systems and control and monitoring systems. The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers. Responsibilities Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems. Provide effective leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, repairs/replacements with little to no supervision in quality, quantity and timeliness as assigned. Operate critical plant equipment as authorized by facilities manager. Provide coordination/input for global facilities programs such as in electrical, CMMS, BMS, energy savings, training and thermography. Respond to critical data center events, alarms and be responsible for being a point of escalation on operational issues. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .