Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical
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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.
- 9 years of electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
- Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree program, or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of operations experience in facilities within mission-critical environments (e.g., data center, power generation, refinery, semiconductor fabrication, or chemical processing).
- Experience collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
- Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
- Effective people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and collaborate with other business units.
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.
As a Plant Engineer, you will focus on inspecting and troubleshooting critical mechanical and electrical systems, assisting executive technicians by reading schematics and assessing equipment. You will advocate excellent environmental practices to reduce operational costs, ensure safety standards are consistently met, and manage performance issues during emergencies to minimize recovery time.
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Provide effective leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, and repairs/replacements with minimal supervision in quality, quantity, and timeliness as assigned.
- Operate critical plant equipment, monitor plant efficiency (PUE/WUE), and act as an onsite technical lead to drive site-level programs.
- Respond to critical data center events and alarms, serving as a point of escalation for operational issues.
- Interact with design and global engineering teams to investigate, define solutions for, and implement changes addressing highly technical challenges with data center infrastructure.
- Navigate organizational change processes, provide site-level feedback, and provide input to site teams in data center commissioning processes and procedures.
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