Facilities Manager II, Data Center Operations

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

Job summary

Google seeks a Facilities Management leader to oversee data center operations and drive compliant, efficient, and globally consistent programs. You will lead a team responsible for maintaining electrical, mechanical, and control systems while mentoring managers and fostering cross-functional collaboration.

The role emphasizes reducing cost and environmental impact, optimizing designs for next-generation data centers, and ensuring operational excellence across Google's global portfolio of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 10 years managing technical teams overseeing electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring or developing managers.

Responsibilities

• Own compliance activities for data centers and analyze results globally.
• Monitor data center systems operations and control site activities to minimize risk.
• Ensure sites follow facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally.
• Develop strategies to minimize operational costs, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact.
• Apply expertise to enhance data center designs for next-gen equipment and operations.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Coaching/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

10 years managing technical teams

Experience mentoring managers

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

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Own 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.
• Lead efforts to 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.
• Incorporate subdomain expertise and experience to enhance data center design to optimize equipment and operations for next generation data centers.