Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

Google Inc; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 72,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Facilities Technician to operate and maintain data center facilities in Germany. The role includes monitoring power systems, UPS, and electrical distribution, with duties spanning inspection, repair, and daily support of senior technicians.

Expect involvement in startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment. The team emphasizes safety, efficiency, and cost reduction while ensuring high reliability across hyperscale environments.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of experience with electrical distribution systems (high/low voltage, protection & controls).
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and holidays.
• Legally recognized skilled electrician (EFK) per DGUV Regulation 3.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution and control systems.
• Operate, monitor, and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facilities.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment.

Skills

Electrical distribution experience

Shift work flexibility

Physical task capability

Communication skills

Control room experience

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent training

EFK DGUV Regulation 3 credential

Job description

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with electrical distribution systems (high voltage, low voltage, protection and controls, power quality).
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and holidays on shift based schedules as required.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
• Legally recognized skilled electrician (EFK) according to DGUV Regulation 3.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience planning and executing installation, commissioning, and equipment startup, following industry best practices and protocols.
• Experience working in the control room for critical operations.
• Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in data center environments and controls/monitoring systems.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and people management skills, with the ability to prioritize work efficiently.

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 Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Germany: €70000 - €71500 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• 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.

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 .