Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

Google Reno, NV, USA.

This role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship.

• 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 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 differing work rotations/shifts.

• 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, switch gear, 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.

• Operate, monitor, and support the physical facility conditions of Google data centers, including heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, and UPS systems.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping, non‑critical electrical or mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians by reviewing blueprints, schematics, and operational sequences, conducting system tours, and assessing 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.
• Develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency.
• Ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly.
• In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures.

US: $95,000 – $135,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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