Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations

Socket.dev; Bridgeport (AL); On-site; USD 164,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Facilities Management team is seeking a seasoned leader to oversee data center operations and compliance across global sites. You will ensure standards, safety, and reliability while delivering exceptional service to Googlers and Cloud customers.

With a background in mission-critical environments and strong people management, you will coach managers, drive efficiency, and partner with other business units to meet company goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience managing technical teams responsible for operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
• Experience mentoring or developing managers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee compliance activities for a data center and analyze global compliance results, ensuring regional and worldwide teams adhere to project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Lead efforts to ensure all sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Own the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.
• Apply subdomain expertise and experience to enhance data center design to optimize equipment and operations for next-generation data centers.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Mentor managers

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience managing technical teams in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
• Experience in mentoring or developing managers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in mission‑critical systems operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical processing, or other high consequence environments).
• Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control systems, and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• Ability to develop and grow team members through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Excellent people management and leadership skills.

About the job:

At Google, we aim to foster Googley work environments that are collaborative, friendly and fun. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as you oversee the daily operations of our offices. While roles with similar names at other companies can be far more mundane, you’re a creative, organized customer service specialist, who takes pride in seeing things run smoothly and efficiently. You go out of your way to make sure that clients are not only satisfied, but singing Google’s praises. You’re comfortable in a fast‑paced environment with the highest standards of excellence. You aren’t afraid to have fun with your job, and bring an enthusiasm, dedication and a collaborative spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world’s most cutting‑edge innovation.

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 behind Google’s groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $164000 - $237000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee compliance activities for a data center and analyze global compliance results, ensuring regional and worldwide teams adhere to project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Lead efforts to ensure all sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Own the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site‑level development of programs and initiatives.
• Apply subdomain expertise and experience to enhance data center design to optimize equipment and operations for next‑generation data centers.