Data Center Facilities Manager (English, Bahasa)

Google; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global tech leader in Malaysia seeks a Facility Technician to oversee data center operations, ensuring efficiency and compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data center operations, a technical degree, and fluency in English and Bahasa. Responsibilities include managing technical teams, enhancing operational efficiencies, and developing strategies to minimize costs and environmental impact. You will play a crucial role in maintaining high performance and rapid response to any operational issues.

Qualifications

• 8 years in data center operations or relevant operational experience.
• 5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors.
• Understanding of HVAC and electrical control systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance activities for a data center globally.
• Monitor data center systems operations and site activities.
• Develop strategies to minimize operational costs and improve efficiency.

Skills

Technical team management

Data center operations

Communication in English and Bahasa

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

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 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.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non-DC industries (e.g., power generation, HVAC and refrigeration, industrial manufacturing, military, oil and gas, maritime/marine, chemical cluster, etc.).
• 5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
• Ability to communicate in English and Bahasa fluently to support client relationship management in this region.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control systems, and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• Ability to set, prioritize, and achieve business objectives.
• Ability to develop and grow team members, through coaching, mentoring, and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.
• Incorporate subject matter expertise and experience to make recommendations for data center design improvements to optimize equipment and operations for next generation data centers.

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