Data Center Operations Manager — Reliability & Efficiency

Google Inc.; Lancaster (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 201,000; Full time

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Job summary

The Data Center team at Google Lancaster, TX designs and operates advanced electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems to support critical facilities. Facilities Technicians, and the team at large, maintain and repair data center infrastructure, reading blueprints, and ensuring safety standards are met while driving efficiency and reliability.

As a Technical Operations Manager, you’ll partner with Google Data Center engineering, hardware operations, and third-party vendors to ensure operability and

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience in electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management in mission-critical facilities (e.g., data centers, chip fab), design-build, or real estate development environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for critical complex equipment operation for the data center domain.
• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with managing site-level development of programs and initiatives.

Skills

Electrical systems experience

Mechanical/HVAC experience

Controls/automation experience

Program/Project management

Reading blueprints/schematics

Leadership and mentoring

Education

Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

The Data Center team at Google Lancaster, TX designs and operates advanced electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems to support critical facilities. Facilities Technicians, and the team at large, maintain and repair data center infrastructure, reading blueprints, and ensuring safety standards are met while driving efficiency and reliability.

As a Technical Operations Manager, you’ll partner with Google Data Center engineering, hardware operations, and third-party vendors to ensure operability and