Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

Google; West Memphis (AR); On-site; USD 105,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls to join our West Memphis, AR team. You will operate, monitor, and maintain data center facilities, including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems, and support the integration of new controls equipment.

You will collaborate with technicians to read blueprints, review ladder logic, and ensure systems are running reliably. Qualified candidates have an associate degree or certified training in a related field and at least 7 years of

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field.
• 7 years of experience in Controls/Automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs and use OSHA PPE and safety equipment.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems including servers, network equipment, PLCs, SCADA, and access control.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians: read blueprints, tours of systems, and assess working order.
• Control, monitor, log, and alarm data center systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facilities.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment and systems.

Skills

Controls/Automation experience

Non-standard hours

Mentoring teammates

Education

Associate's degree or certified training in related technical field

Tools

Scripting language

Job description

Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

Location: West Memphis, AR, USA

Company: Google

Level: Mid – Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 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 of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

• Industry standard certifications related to system administration (e.g. CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, Certified Windows or Linux system administrator).
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or laboratories.
• Experience with Scripting language.
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, relays and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
• 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, mechanical 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/monitoring systems. You regularly inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical 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, identify problems, and repair them 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 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 channel 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.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $105,000–$151,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. The salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as servers, network equipment, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) management.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians: read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Control, monitor, log, and alarm 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 the facilities infrastructure.

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