Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations

Google; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Facilities Manager for Data Center Operations in Frankfurt, Germany. You will lead a team responsible for operating, maintaining, and optimizing data center facilities and infrastructure, including electrical, HVAC, and power systems, while ensuring reliability and compliance.

Minimum qualifications include a technical bachelor's degree and 8 years in facilities/operations leadership in mission-critical environments, with 2 years specifically in data center installation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience as a Facilities Manager, Chief Engineer or Operations manager in a Mission Critical Environment.
• 2 years of experience in site-level data center or mission critical installation management.
• Experience managing a mission critical facilities portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of individuals, set and communicate individual and team priorities that support organizational goals.
• Partner with teams to meet goals and stakeholders to manage facility activities and set/implement short- and long-term strategies.
• Maintain, monitor, and execute security and operational procedures and track/analyze trends to identify opportunities for improvements ensuring alignment with organizational policies.
• Repair, fix, and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, servers, machines, or infrastructure based on identified issues.
• Support and contribute to the implementation of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and other compliance programs and initiatives in collaboration with other teams to ensure environmental and safety incidents are investigated, resolved, and reported.

Skills

Facilities Management

Data Center

Team Leadership

Operations Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Position Level: Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience as a Facilities Manager, Chief Engineer or Operations manager in a Mission Critical Environment.
• 2 years of experience in site-level data center or mission critical installation management.
• Experience managing a mission critical facilities portfolio.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Experience overseeing a large-scale portfolio of mission-critical facilities or operations.

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. Facility Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some 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'll provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

You will 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of individuals, set and communicate individual and team priorities that support organizational goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching.
• Partner with teams to meet goals and stakeholders to manage facility activities and set/implement short- and long-term strategies.
• Maintain, monitor, and execute security and operational procedures and track/analyze trends to identify opportunities for improvements ensuring alignment with organizational policies.
• Repair, fix, and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, servers, machines, or infrastructure based on identified issues.
• Support and contribute to the implementation of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and other compliance programs and initiatives in collaboration with other teams to ensure environmental and safety incidents are investigated, resolved, and reported.

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