Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical

Google; Sungai Buloh; On-site; MYR 78,120 - 111,600; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical to join its data center team in Malaysia. You will help operate, monitor and support electrical and HVAC systems, read blueprints, inspect components, and assist senior technicians to maintain high facility standards.

Responsibilities include leading electrical compliance, coordinating commissioning tests, and supporting system maintenance to minimize downtime while adhering to safety rules.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of electrical experience in industrial or commercial environments.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and use PPE as required by safety guidelines.
• Willingness to work non-standard hours and shift rotations.

Responsibilities

• Co‑Lead electrical system compliance with local laws and EHS policies.
• Ensure electrical system reliability and support operation.
• Co‑Lead commissioning activities on IST and Level 4 tests.
• Manage and support electrical system operation and maintenance program.

Education

Associate's degree / trade school certification / related technical training

2 years electrical experience

Safety equipment and PPE familiarity

Ability to work non-standard hours

Job description

Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical

Minimum qualifications:

• 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:

• Certified electrical competent person/chargeman with Suruhanjaya Tenaga (ST).
• 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 Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team‑oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

• Co‑Lead and ensure the electrical system compliance including local legal and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) 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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