Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical Engineering (English, Malay)

Google Inc.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Data Center Facilities Technician in Kuala Lumpur to operate, monitor, and support advanced mechanical systems. The role requires 5 years of mechanical/HVAC experience, fluency in English and Malay, and offers a dynamic work environment focused on best practices and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include managing data center systems and ensuring safety and environmental standards are met while providing support for new equipment integration.

Qualifications

• 5 years of mechanical/HVAC experience in a large scale industrial environment.
• Ability to communicate in English and Malay fluently.
• Experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of HVAC and control systems.
• Support startup and integration of new mechanical equipment.

Skills

Mechanical/HVAC experience

Fluent in English

Fluent in Malay

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

Tools

Standard hand tools

Digital metering equipment

Job description

Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical Engineering (English, Malay)

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• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of mechanical/HVAC experience in a large scale industrial environment.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.
• 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, ladders, and personal protective equipment in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.
• Ability to communicate in English and Malay fluently in order to interact with contractors and stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems, in a construction/technical environment, or related field.
• Experience working in mission-critical facility environments, including oil and gas, semiconductor, power plants, data centers, or production factories.
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., chillers, air handling units, pumps and Computer Room Air Conditioning/Computer Room Air Handling (CRAC/CRAH) units).
• Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.

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).

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.

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

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC, and control and monitoring systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new mechanical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

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