Water Treatment Technician, Data Centers

Google LLC; Oberösterreich; On-site; EUR 62,000 - 64,000; Full time

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Equity

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Benefits

Job summary

Google data centers require a Data Center Water Treatment Technician to operate and maintain essential water treatment and cooling systems, ensuring 24/7 reliability. Responsibilities include monitoring pumps, chillers, and BMS alarms, while complying with safety standards and procedures.

You will work with senior engineers to perform preventive maintenance, diagnose issues, and implement cost-saving improvements while maintaining high environmental and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Chemical Engineer in water treatment or related environments.
• Ability to perform material handling up to 50 lbs with PPE as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis of chemical testing data and perform changes to keep the plant safe and protected.
• Monitor all cooling systems including make-up water, cooling water, and closed cooling water.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems such as piping and mechanical components, completing planned PM and reactive maintenance.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions, including reacting promptly to BMS alarms and HVAC issues.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC, and control/monitoring systems.
• Assist senior technicians, read blueprints/schematics, and conduct tours of systems.

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent in a related technical field

2 years of Chemical Engineering experience in Water Treatment or related environments

Tools

Digital meters

Calibration/diagnostic equipment

Safety PPE usage

Job description

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• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience as a Chemical Engineer in Water Treatment Plant (WTP), chemical analysis, mechanical/cooling distribution systems, or construction/technical environments.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or construction/technical environments, or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Proficiency in managing data and updating digital chemical logs.
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Chillers, Air handling units, pumps and CRAC/CRAH units).
• Ability to communicate in English or German fluently to interact 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. 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.

As a Data Center Water Treatment Technician, you will ensure 24/7 reliability of our physical infrastructure. Your core duties involve operating, monitoring, and supporting Mechanical systems critical to data center performance, including: water pumps and treatment systems, chillers, HVAC and advanced control and monitoring systems. You will regularly inspect, maintain, and repair these systems. Google commits to your professional growth, offering access to certifications and limitless opportunities to realize your full potential in this rapidly evolving field.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Austria: €62000 - €63500 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Provide analysis of chemical testing data and perform changes to keep the plant safe and protected.
• Monitor all cooling systems including make up water, cooling water, and closed cooling water.
• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and mechanical system components, completing planned Preventative Maintenance (PM) and reactive maintenance.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions, including reacting promptly to the Building Management System (BMS) alarms and responding to HVAC-related client problems.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), and control/monitoring systems.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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