Manager Data Center Execution Engineering, Global Data Centers

Google LLC; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 214,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and-dis/

401(k) with company match

PTO: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Manager of Data Center Engineering (Execution Engineering) to lead end-to-end hyperscale infrastructure delivery worldwide. You will oversee civil, structural, geotechnical and water/wastewater systems from due diligence through commissioning, guiding engineers and external partners to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will act as a technical authority, coordinating cross-functional teams, driving safety, and maintaining high availability across global data center

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of Civil/Structural or Site Engineering experience.
• Experience with building design, coordination, and construction.
• Experience implementing civil/structural engineering principles (e.g., grading and drainage, hydraulic modeling, sediment control, erosion control, or soil migration).

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution and delivery of civil, structural, geotechnical, and water/waste water infrastructure for global data center campus developments from site intake to operational handover.
• Manage cross-functional technical teams and A/E consultants to ensure adherence to strict engineering standards, building codes, and project milestones.
• Work with the DCS team on construction issues and provide technical guidance.
• Oversee critical site due diligence, mass grading, foundation designs, and stormwater/wastewater management strategies to mitigate risks and optimize site constructability.
• Drive quality assurance, schedule tracking, and risk mitigation frameworks across all active construction phases to guarantee high availability and reliability.

Skills

Civil/Structural engineering

Site engineering

Project leadership

Design coordination

Construction experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience

Job description

The application window will be open until at least November 24, 2026.

This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

Sunnyvale, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in Civil/Structural or Site Engineering.
• Experience with building design, coordination, and construction.
• Experience implementing civil/structural engineering principles (e.g., grading and drainage, hydraulic modeling, sediment control, erosion control, or soil migration).

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Chartered Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of site layout, grading, drainage, road and infrastructure layouts.
• Knowledge of water/wastewater design, hydraulic modeling, and industry construction means and methods.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and communicate technical issues effectively in written and verbal forms, with special consideration given to online collaboration and presentations.

About The Job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

Through your leadership, you use your technical expertise to lead cross-functional teams to develop infrastructure improvements. You manage a team of engineers and assign Googlers to projects based on their capabilities and the project's demands.

As a Manager of Data Center Engineering (Execution Engineering), you will lead the end-to-end delivery of hyperscale infrastructure, overseeing civil, structural, geotechnical, and water/wastewater systems from site due diligence, design through final commissioning and supporting Operations. You will act as the technical authority, collaborating with cross-functional teams, external A/E partners, and general contractors to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget. You will also manage a group of experienced engineers: civil, structural, geotech water and waste water.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

US: $214000 - $298000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Lead the execution and delivery of civil, structural, geotechnical, and water/waste water infrastructure for global data center campus developments from site intake to operational handover.
• Manage cross-functional technical teams and A/E consultants to ensure adherence to strict engineering standards, building codes, and project milestones.
• Work with the DCS team on construction issues and provide technical guidance.
• Oversee critical site due diligence, mass grading, foundation designs, and stormwater/wastewater management strategies to mitigate risks and optimize site constructability.
• Drive quality assurance, schedule tracking, and risk mitigation frameworks across all active construction phases to guarantee high availability and reliability.

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.