Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Field Mechanical Engineer for its Data Center Engineering team in Europe, coordinating with PMC and SPCs to deliver complex mechanical projects on schedule, within cost and safety requirements. You will provide on-site support and drive mechanical execution across multiple stakeholders.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, 5 years of international project experience, and the ability to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5 years of experience managing construction projects in an international environment.
• Experience with data center equipment, switchgear, generators, controls and safety systems.
• Experience with facility mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive mechanical outcomes of high complexity and scope across stakeholders.
• Manage mechanical scoping, priorities and resource allocation.
• Provide technical leadership on design, scope, schedule, quality and safety for mechanical work.
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical events and escalate as needed, ensuring cross-project alignment.
• Coordinate with authorities and third parties on inspections and compliance.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Project management

Data center equipment

Facility mechanical systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Google welcomes people with disabilities.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Paris, France; Dublin, Ireland; Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, UK.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience managing construction projects within an international working environment.
• Experience working with data center equipment/environments including switchgear, generators, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.
• Experience in facility mechanical systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
• Understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry.
• Ability to build excellent relationships and deliver on action-orientated tasks.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as needed.

About The Job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

In this role, you will provide field mechanical engineering support and issue resolution for campus, supporting the device configuration service (DCS) Technical Project Manager (TPM) in localized design and delivery of projects in line with schedule, cost, quality, technical compliance and safety requirements. You will be primary contact between Google, Project Management Consultancy (PMC), Specialist Contractors (SPC), and coordinate with the PMC’s OR's and SPC’s engineers for all mechanical field engineer efforts.

You will oversee the appointed SPC’s mechanical installation activities ensuring construction operations and SPC’s performance is in compliance with project Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS), quality and schedule requirements, while maintaining relationships when interfacing with project stakeholders. You will identify the workload at all times while engaging/managing discipline ORs to support the Mechanical Engineer (ME) in the delivery of projects, as per expectations.

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.

France: €94000 - €96000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Ireland: €110000 - €112000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Netherlands: €114000 - €116000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Drive project mechanical outcomes of high complexity and scope as a key contributor, integrating feedback from multiple stakeholders when necessary.
• Contribute to project mechanical scoping and direction, and manage project mechanical priorities and allocation of technical resources within the project.
• Provide technical leadership to the projects, support and optimize project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for mechanical discipline. Provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Troubleshoot advanced mechanical system events, **escalate** only the most complex issues as appropriate. Contribute to the development of cross-project, cross-functional, and cross-organizational procedures and ensure alignment of the mechanical engineer’s work with multiple teams/projects.
• Support interactions with the authorities, searching for possible solutions on inspections deficiencies, third-party inspection agreements, and advance statements/instructions from the authorities correction requests.

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 .