Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

Google; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company located in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Facilities Technician to oversee the operation of electrical systems within data centers. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with safety policies, co-leading commissioning activities, and maintaining electrical system reliability. The ideal candidate should possess an Associate's degree or equivalent technical experience with at least 2 years in an electrical role. This position requires problem-solving skills and the ability to work flexible hours.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and manage weight handling tasks.

Responsibilities

• Co-Lead electrical system compliance with local laws.
• Manage and support electrical system operation.
• Ensure reliability of electrical systems.

Skills

Electrical experience

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Associate's degree or trade school certification

Job description

Early

Experience completing work as directed, and collaborating with teammates; developing knowledge of relevant concepts and processes.

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in the facilities field including operating and maintaining facilities.
• Experience as an electrical engineer or a Professional Engineer with Certification or registered electrical energy manager.
• Familiar with safety rules and regulations associated with operating complex infrastructure.
• Ability to perform maintenance on electrical or controls systems and capable of resolving common system failures on their own.

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

As an advocate for best practices, you 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.

As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Co-Lead and ensure the electrical system compliance including local legal and Environmental Health and Safety policies.
• Work proactively for ensuring electrical system reliability.
• Co-Lead the commissioning activities on Level 4 Functional test and Level 5 Integrated System Test (IST).
• Manage and support electrical system operation.
• Co-Lead the electrical system maintenance program including preparing the technical specification, procurement and maintenance vendor performance management.

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