Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical

Google; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Data Center team designs and operates sophisticated electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems. Facilities Technicians monitor, read blueprints, and repair data center systems, ensuring reliable power and infrastructure.

You will inspect and maintain components, read schematics, and assess system performance to reduce downtime. This role requires lifting up to 50 lbs, flexibility for non-standard hours, and collaboration with contractors to upgrade critical facilities.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of Electrical experience in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and use OSHA PPE and safety equipment.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians, read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, 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 electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

Skills

Electrical experience

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Non-standard hours

Contractor communication

Education

Technical field training or related degree

Tools

Hand tools

Digital metering

Calibration/diagnostic equipment

Job description

Data Center Facilities Technician I, Electrical

This role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship.

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) 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, and to use OSHA standard safety equipment including limited weight‑bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety harnesses.
• Ability to work non‑standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, 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 sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems. 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 help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical components, read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.

As an advocate for best practices, you develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency, ensuring environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly, and managing performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians, read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, 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 electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

US: $86,000 - $119,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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