Data Center Facilities Technician Electrical

Google; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Google as a critical part of our Technical Infrastructure team, managing and monitoring our data centers. In this role, you will ensure uptime and reliability of electrical systems while having opportunities for equipment innovation and improvement. You will troubleshoot, maintain critical equipment, and work collaboratively to maximize system performance in a high-stakes setting.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in electrical environments.
• Certification as an HVAP/LVAP preferred.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor control room operations for data centers.
• Maintain and troubleshoot electrical distribution systems.
• Support integration of new equipment and systems.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Control room operations

Material handling

Communication skills

Education

Associate's degree or certification in a relevant technical field

Tools

OSHA safety equipment

Job description

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• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other verifiable training in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of Electrical experience (eg. electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Experience in control room operations for critical systems, with electrical troubleshooting.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and holidays, on shift-based schedules.
  
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other verifiable training in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of Electrical experience (eg. electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Experience in control room operations for critical systems, with electrical troubleshooting.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and holidays, on shift-based schedules.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification as an HVAP/LVAP (High Voltage Authorised Person/ Low Voltage Authorised Person).
• Experience planning and executing installation, commissioning, and equipment startup, following industry practices and protocols.
• Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems within data center environments, alongside relevant controls and monitoring systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prioritize work.
• Full driving license (EU valid).
  
  

About the jobIn this role, you will monitor several data centers from a central control room, ensuring quick response and minimum recovery time from failures. You also troubleshoot problems, perform maintenance and repairs on critical equipment, work collaboratively with internal or external teams to maximize reliability while maintaining a low equipment downtime.

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.

Responsibilities

• Effective monitor multiple information streams in the control room and make accurate mission-critical decisions.
• Responsible for the uptime, maintenance, and troubleshooting of electrical distribution systems and power monitoring.
• Operate, monitor, maintain and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
• Direct the execution of controls system programming, starting-up, commissioning, documentation, and full facilities turnover on assigned projects.
  
  
  

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 .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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