Google
Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical
Google, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52404
Minimum qualifications
Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) 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, and to use 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 work rotations/shifts.
Preferred qualifications
5 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
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. Duties include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical components. You develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency, ensuring environmental and safety standards are consistently met, and managing data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time.
Responsibilities
Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics and assess their working order.
Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, 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 electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
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.
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Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) 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, and to use 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 work rotations/shifts.
Preferred qualifications
5 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
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. Duties include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical components. You develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency, ensuring environmental and safety standards are consistently met, and managing data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time.
Responsibilities
Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics and assess their working order.
Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, 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 electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
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.
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