Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Saint-Ghislain, Belgium; Farciennes, Belgium.Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or related training program certification in a relevant technical field (eg. CMCO, SMT, etc.).
• Experience in electrical distribution systems (e.g., HV, LV, protection and controls, power quality).
• Must be able to perform material handling (lifting/shifting) and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
• Ability to work non-standard hours.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Full driving license (EU valid).
• Experience planning and executing installation, commissioning, and equipment startup following industry best practices and protocols.
• Experience working in the control room for critical operations.
• Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in data center environments and controls/monitoring systems.
• Ability to prioritize work efficiently with excellent written and verbal communication and people-mamangement 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.

In this role, you will train alongside experienced technicians to inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems, including piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical components. You will master Google’s proprietary systems and tools to build a technical foundation. You will grow your mission critical skills and maintenance skills to grow into trade with journey level experience and knowledge.

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.

Responsibilities

• Monitor multiple information streams in the control room and make accurate mission-critical decisions.
• Be responsible for the up-time, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Electrical Distribution systems and Power Monitoring.
• Operate, monitor, maintain and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
• Support standards and produce templates for monitoring power quality, diagnostic, preventive maintenance, and trend logs for data center critical facilities power distribution systems.

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.