Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations

Google; Stillwater (OK); On-site; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a seasoned Facilities Operations leader to oversee daily data center facilities across sites. You will manage cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure readiness, reliability, and safety of critical electrical, mechanical, and control systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration with global teams, adherence to standards, and driving improvements to reduce costs and environmental impact while maintaining top-tier service levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 8 years of experience in data center operations or relevant operational experience in non-data center industries.
• 5 years managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance activities for a data center and analyze results for global data centers.
• Monitor data center systems operations and control site activities to minimize risk.
• Ensure sites follow facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally and drive improvements.
• Develop strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact.
• Provide recommendations for data center design improvements to optimize equipment and operations.

Skills

Managing technical teams and vendors

Operational troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non- data center industries (e.g., power generation, HVAC and refrigeration, industrial manufacturing, military, oil and gas, maritime/marine, chemical cluster, etc.).
• 5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
• Experience with mission critical systems operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical processing, or other high consequence environments).
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• 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 the driving force 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 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: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• 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 driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.
• Incorporate subject matter expertise and experience to make recommendations for data center design improvements to optimize equipment and operations for next generation data centers.

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.