Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Google; Haskell (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Job summary

Google is seeking a Facilities Technician for its data centers in the United States. The role focuses on operating, monitoring, and supporting complex mechanical and HVAC systems to maintain reliability and efficiency.

You will inspect and repair data center piping and mechanical components, manage uptime for pumps and cooling systems, and assist with commissioning of new equipment while adhering to safety standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of Mechanical/HVAC, Operations, Operations Management, Mechanical Infrastructure Systems, Mechanical Maintenance and Mechanical Testing experience in industrial/commercial environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and use OSHA PPE such as harnesses, ladders, and safety equipment.
• Ability to work non‑standard hours and differing shifts.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair data center piping, mechanical components, and systems.
• Read blueprints, schematics, and sequences of operations; guide system tours and assess operations.
• Manage uptime and maintenance of water pumps, HVAC, and control and monitoring systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facilities.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new mechanical equipment into facilities infrastructure.

Skills

Mechanical/HVAC experience

Operations management

Mechanical infrastructure systems

Maintenance & testing

Shift flexibility

Education

Associate’s degree or trade certification

Tools

Hand tools

Diagnostic equipment

Job description

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/HVAC, Operations, Operations Management, Mechanical Infrastructure Systems, Mechanical Maintenance and Mechanical Testing experience 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 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

• 5 years of experience in maintenance of mechanical/cooling distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Chillers, Air handling units, pumps and CRAC/CRAH 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 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. Core duties include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. Technicians 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 make repairs quickly. In emergency or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize 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 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 shape 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.

US: $105,000 – $146,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians 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.

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.