Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical, Electrical

Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical, Electrical

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• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.

• Experience working in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, chillers, air handling units, and CRAC 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.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical, mechanical, 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, and more. You regularly help inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical components, and 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 environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identify problems, and make repairs quickly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures.

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.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $105,000‑$151,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians by reading blueprints/schematics, conducting tours of systems, and assessing their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC, 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 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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

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