Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations

Google Inc.; Hamina; On-site; EUR 92,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Facilities Manager for Data Center Operations in Finland to lead a skilled team, ensure uptime, and optimize critical systems. You will mentor junior staff, drive improvements, and uphold safety and efficiency benchmarks.

The role requires deep data center experience, a strong technical background, and the ability to manage complex facilities across sites. Equity and bonus targets may accompany compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in the management of teams performing installation, maintenance, or upgrade work in data center or business-critical facilities.
• 7 years of experience in HVAC, electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, or other similar technical domains.
• 5 years of experience in data centers, hospitals, hotel industry, power plants, High Voltage (HV) electrical substations, or other mission-critical facility maintenance and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor facilities team to ensure reliable data center operations.
• Ensure uptime, safety standards, and environmental compliance across sites.
• Develop cost-saving approaches and improve overall data center efficiency.

Skills

Team management

Leadership

Data center operations

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

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• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in the management of teams performing installation, maintenance, or upgrade work in data center or business-critical facilities.
• 7 years of experience in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, or other similar technical domains.
• 5 years of experience in data centers, hospitals, hotel industry, power plants, High Voltage (HV) electrical substations, or other mission-critical facility maintenance and operations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing a mission-critical facilities portfolio or operations.
• Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and control systems in a data center environment.
• Ability to develop and grow team members, through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

Finland: €92000 - €94000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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• Empower your team through hiring, talent development, and career support, while integrating Google-wide strategy with internal and external partners, ensuring aligned goals.
• Direct operational budgets and expense forecasting, formulate and execute cost-effective strategies with a focus on total cost of ownership.
• Fulfill service level agreements (SLAs) for uptime, efficiency, and cost with internal teams, set strategy and plan deployments across multiple sites.
• Apply critical thinking and innovation in addressing traditional and emergent data center issues, while demonstrating flexibility and the ability to support operations, taking the lead in responding to critical events when necessary.
• Implement and drive a safety culture at the site, while leading by example, deliver results, develop people, and build community.

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