Site Operations Lead, Cable Landing Station

Google; Torquay; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking an on-site leader for its Cable Landing Station in Torquay, VIC. You will own local operations, ensure service availability, and oversee service provider performance while enforcing Google’s standards and procedures.

You will engage with local stakeholders, manage regulatory and environmental governance, and serve as the on-site sponsor for audits, EHS, and safety compliance while supporting Google’s scalable AI and infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or related certified training, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience in operational team management in CLS, data center, or mission-critical facility environment.
• Australian citizen and able to obtain and maintain AGSVA NV1 clearance.
• Valid Australian driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Oversee direct local operations across the Cable Landing Station (CLS) and adjacent facilities, ensuring SLA adherence by third-party providers and optimizing MTTR/MTBF.
• Enforce SOPs, access controls, and EHS policies; conduct audits and contractor background checks to maintain audit-ready facilities.
• Maintain custody of critical spares, consumables, warranties, and specialized test equipment; manage end-to-end inventory tracking and replenishment.
• Supervise FM contracts, power systems (UPS, generators), cooling, and SLTE infrastructure with preventative maintenance and security oversight.
• Travel between operational locations to manage urgent incidents and transport equipment to sites not reachable by public transit.

Skills

Operational leadership

AGSVA NV1 clearance

Australian citizen

Driver's license

Technical field training

Education

Associate's degree / certified training

Job description

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

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.

Minimum qualifications

• 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.
• A valid Australian driver’s licence.

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.
• Active AGSVA NV1 clearance (or higher) with proven adherence to Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) operational standards.

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.

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

• 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.

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 .