Data Center Controls Facilities Technician

Google Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Data Center team is seeking a Facilities Technician to operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions in our Singapore data centers. You will inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems such as power distribution, cooling, servers, and SCADA/PLCs, while ensuring safety and reliability.

Working with engineers and technicians, you will read blueprints, ladder logic, and sequence of operations, participate in startup and commissioning of new controls equipment, and help

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in Controls/Automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and use PPE per safety guidelines.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and shifts.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems such as servers, network equipment, PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA.
• Provide daily assistance to read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations and assess systems.
• Control, monitoring, logging, and alarming systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facilities.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment.

Skills

Collaboration

Teamwork

Learning on the job

Safety awareness

Problem solving

Education

Associate's degree / related technical training

Tools

Rockwell

Schneider Electric

Siemens

SCADA

Job description

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

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info_outline X Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in Controls/Automation 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, 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 differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

• Industry certifications (e.g., CompTIA Network+, Security+, ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST), vendor-specific training).
• Experience in a critical environment such as a data center, power plant, hospital, or industrial facility.
• Experience with Building Management System/Power Management System (BMS/PMS) platforms (e.g., Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Siemens).
• Proficiency in troubleshooting PLCs, Human-Machine Interface (HMIs), and associated control devices and understanding of data center power and cooling systems and how control systems interact with them.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and collaboration skills.

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.

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 team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our 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 servers, network equipment, Product Life Cycle (PLCs), system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) management.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Control, monitoring, logging, and alarming systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

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