Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Google; Farciennes; Sur place; EUR 78 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Google is seeking a Facilities Technician to support data center HVAC and mechanical systems in Belgium. You will inspect, maintain, and repair critical infrastructure, read schematics, and assist technicians with system tours and operations.

The role focuses on uptime, safety, and cost-efficient operation of pumps, chillers, and CRAC/CRAH units, with opportunities to contribute to projects and upgrades in a fast-paced data center environment.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or related training.
• 5 years of Mechanical/HVAC experience in industrial or commercial settings.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and use safety PPE per guidelines.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and shifts.

Responsabilités

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems and components.
• Read blueprints, schematics, and sequences of operations for system tours.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of pumps, HVAC, and water treatment systems.
• Operate and monitor data center facilities and respond to abnormal conditions.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new mechanical equipment.

Connaissances

HVAC maintenance

Mechanical systems

Safety procedures

Non-standard hours

Formation

Associate's degree or trade cert

Outils

Hand tools

Digital metering

Calibration equipment

Description du poste

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Saint-Ghislain, Belgium; Farciennes, Belgium.

Minimum qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of Mechanical/HVAC, experience in an industrial or commercial environment.
• 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.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or construction/technical environment or in a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• 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 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). 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 Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for the data centers. 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.

Belgium: €78000 - €79500 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and control, and monitor systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new mechanical 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 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 .