Data Center Operations Critical Facility Manager, Mechanical (English, Dutch)

Google; Eemshaven; On-site; EUR 98,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead a large 24/7 data center operations team in the Netherlands, focusing on uptime, cost efficiency, and safety. You will manage budgets, supervise electrical, mechanical, and control systems, and drive improvements across regional and international sites.

You will coordinate across business units, mentor staff, and ensure environmental standards while navigating travel up to regional and international levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non-data center industries.
• 4 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 Dutch fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
• Experience 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 travel regionally and have a valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Own campus operational budgets, conduct expense forecasting, and manage established budgets with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Maintain accountability for meeting internal SLAs for uptime, efficiencies, and cost; monitor data center systems and respond to operational excursions.
• Develop creative approaches to reduce operational costs and improve data center efficiency; advocate environmental initiatives (WUE, PUE).
• Oversee data center performance issues and outages, implementing repair protocols to minimize recovery time from failures.
• Ensure regional and global teams comply with guidelines and design standards; promote strong safety culture at the site.

Skills

English fluency

Dutch fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non-data center industries.
• 4 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 Dutch fluently to support client relationship management in this region.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non-data center industries.
• 4 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 Dutch fluently to support client relationship management in this region.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Experience with change management initiatives and a track record of positively impacting team culture change.
• Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control systems, and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• Ability to develop and grow team members, through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Ability to engage culturally with the local community.
• Ability to travel on their own over the region and have a valid drivers licence.

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'll provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

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.

As a Facilities Manager, you will lead and grow a large team overseeing 24/7 operations in our hyperscale data centers. You will ensure our server, storage, and networking systems meet stringent service level agreements and availability goals, all while upholding the highest environmental and safety standards at scale. In this role, you will drive efficiency, continuous improvements, and initiatives to optimize costs and enhance overall data center performance, navigating both traditional and emergent issues. This role involves regular travel between metro area sites, some regional and international travel (up to 10%), and participation in an on-call rotation to support our 24x7 business.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Netherlands: €98000 - €100000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Own campus operational budgets, conduct meticulous expense forecasting, and manage established budgets with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO). Develop and implement cost-effective operational strategies.
• Maintain accountable for meeting stringent internal service level agreements (SLAs) for uptime, efficiencies, and cost. Oversee monitoring of data center systems, control site activities to minimize risk, and ensure effective response to any operational excursions.
• Develop creative approaches to reduce operational costs and improve overall data center efficiency. Advocate the development of strategies to minimize environmental impact (WUE, PUE).
• Oversee the swift management of data center performance issues and outages, implementing repair protocols in emergency situations to minimize recovery time from failures.
• Ensure regional and global teams comply with project guidelines and design standards. Drive and uphold a strong safety culture at the site, identifying and mitigating risks.

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 .