Site Operations Lead, Cable Landing Station

Google; Torquay; Hybride; AUD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Google LLC in Victoria, AU, seeks a Site Operations Lead for its Cable Landing Station. This on-site role requires strong operational leadership, safeguarding Google's infrastructure, and ensuring network availability.

You will act as on-site owner’s representative, coordinate with service providers, regulators, and security lines, and enforce SOPs while travel to sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 9 years of experience in operational team management within CLS, data centers, or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience overseeing high-reliability infrastructure and assets.

Responsabilités

• Oversee local operations at CLS, fronthaul, and outside plant while enforcing SLAs.
• Audit-ready facilities with EHS and security controls; coordinate with contractors.
• Maintain custody of spare parts, inventory tracking, and timely replenishment.
• Manage FM contracts, power systems, cooling, and transmission assets.
• Travel between sites to handle urgent incidents.

Connaissances

Operational leadership

Team management

Stakeholder engagement

Formation

Associate's degree or equivalent training

Outils

SLA management

Vendor management

Description du poste

Site Operations Lead, Cable Landing Station

At Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information.

Remote location: Victoria, AU.

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience in operational team management, within a cable landing station (CLS), data center, or mission-critical technical facility environment.
• Successful candidate must be an Australian citizen and will be required to obtain and maintain an AGSVA NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) security clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in operational leadership and engineering management, overseeing high-reliability infrastructure.
• Experience maintaining critical power, cooling, and optical network assets (e.g., UPS, backup generators, PFE, SLTE).
• Experience in spares custody, end-to-end inventory lifecycle management, and mission-critical asset reliability (MTTR/MTBF).
• Ability to manage third-party vendor contracts, SLAs, and commercial facilities management (FM) agreements.

About the job

In this role, you will serve as the primary on-site owner’s representative for Google's Cable Landing Stations. You will be directly responsible for local service assurance and safeguarding Google's infrastructure investments by overseeing service provider performance and enforcing Google's engineering and operational standards and will ensure optimal network availability and reliability. You will be a strong operational leader who ensures full compliance with standard operating procedures.

You will serve as a key on-the-ground point-of-contact for local stakeholder engagement, customs, security engagement, community relations, and direct coordination with regional governmental bodies and authorities into google as needed. You will act as the dedicated on-site executive sponsor for regulatory compliance, environmental governance, EHS, and statutory site audits, ensuring adherence to local laws and rapid resolution of official findings.

Important Note: This position is strictly an on-site role based at our Cable Landing Station in Torquay, VIC. Full-time on-site presence is required

Responsibilities

• Oversee direct local operations across the Cable Landing Station (CLS), fronthaul, and outside plant (OSP), holding third-party providers strictly to SLAs while driving rapid MTTR and long-term asset reliability (MTBF).
• Enforce rigorous technical guidelines, SOPs, access controls, and EHS/environmental policies, executing audits and contractor background checks to maintain audit-ready facilities.
• Maintain direct custody of critical spares, consumables, warranties, and specialized test equipment, managing end-to-end inventory tracking and timely replenishment.
• Supervise facilities management (FM) contracts, power systems (UPS, generators, PFE), cooling, and transmission assets (SLTE) through strict preventative maintenance and continuous security oversight.
• Travel independently and at short notice between operational locations to manage urgent incidents, including safely transporting specialized equipment and tools to sites inaccessible by public transit.

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