Data Center Facility Operations Manager

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or controls experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
• 5 years of experience in facilities management including facility, technical and team management.
• Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in a related Engineering field.
• Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

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 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.

The Data Center Operations team is responsible for keeping Google’s global fleet of data centers running safely, reliably, efficiently and smoothly. The team installs, commissions, operates and maintains some of the most advanced, sustainable, electrical infrastructure, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditions (HVAC) and cooling systems in the world. We are team-oriented focused on operating a 24x7 fleet of mission critical data centers that are changing the contemporary computing facilities.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$189,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities:

• Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for critical complex equipment operation for data center domain of expertise.
  
• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
  
• Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
  
• Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
  
• Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.