Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical

Google; Haskell (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Equity options

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical, in Haskell, TX. The role includes monitoring mechanical and HVAC systems, ensuring compliance, and mentoring junior team members. You will manage issues and improve data center efficiency while adhering to environmental and safety standards.

With a minimum qualification of an Associate's degree and 9 years of relevant experience, candidates should have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lift heavy equipment. The role offers a salary range of $138,000 to $200,000 plus bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 9 years of HVAC or mechanical experience.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems in data centers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with contractors.

Responsibilities

• Monitor data center systems operations and compliance activities.
• Manage data center performance issues and outages.
• Develop strategies for reducing operational costs.

Skills

HVAC experience

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent experience

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Standard hand tools

Digital metering equipment

Job description

Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical

Location: Haskell, TX, USA

Company: Google

Level: Mid

Experience: Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring 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.
• 9 years of experience in Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, mechanical, or other similar technical domains.
• Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced education in a related field.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in a data center environment.
• 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 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. You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

As a master of exceptional 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $138,000-$200,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our 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.

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Responsibilities

• Deliver efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for equipment operation for data center domain of expertise.
• Guide 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.
• Deliver efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure response to any excursions.
• Deliver efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting improvement to said policies and programs.
• Guide the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with delivering site-level development of programs and initiatives.

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