Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Google; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 520,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical in Stockholm, Sweden. This hybrid role allows in-office work in Stockholm or remote work within Sweden, with a focus on maintaining HVAC and mechanical systems in Google's data centers.

Responsibilities include inspection, repair, and optimization of piping, pumps, CRAC/CRA units, and related equipment, while ensuring safety and environmental standards and supporting new equipment installations.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or certified training in a related technical field.
• 5 years HVAC/Mechanical experience in a commercial/industrial setting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs with proper PPE.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and rotations.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems including piping and mechanical components.
• Assist daily by reading blueprints and sequences of operations; conduct system tours.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of water pumps, HVAC, and control/monitoring systems.
• Operate and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facilities and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new mechanical equipment.

Skills

HVAC experience

Blueprints literacy

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent training

Job description

Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Location: Stockholm, Sweden (Remote eligible)

Type: Hybrid workplace – choose in‑office (Stockholm) or remote within Sweden.

Minimum qualifications

• Associate’s degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of Mechanical/Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) experience in an 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, using required safety equipment such as limited‑weight platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines.
• Ability to work non‑standard hours and rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications

• Certification in F‑Gas.
• 5 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or in a construction/technical environment.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting using 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 CRAC/CRAH units).

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. Duties include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control systems, and inspecting, maintaining and repairing 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 recovery time.

As a Facilities Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that data centers run smoothly and sustainably, focusing on the mechanical systems that power the global network.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and mechanical system components.
• Assist technicians daily by reading blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conducting tours of systems, and assessing 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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