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Data Center Plant Engineer, Controls

The role involves acting as an onsite technical lead to oversee data center electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems while mentoring facilities technicians. You will manage site-level programs, ensure compliance with safety standards, and coordinate commissioning processes and technical repairs.

Haskell, Texas, United StatesonsiteFULL_TIME

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About the role

What will you do at Google?

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 working in data centers, hospitals, power plants, HV

electrical substations, or other mission-critical facility

maintenance/operational experience.

* Experience in project controls and programmable logic controllers.

* Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends, holidays, and on

shift-based schedules.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or other related engineering

degree.

* Experience with management of change and project management software.

* Experience with TCP/IP, EtherNet IP, BacNet or MODBUS, IEC 61850

communication protocol.

* Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing and

troubleshooting building management system (BMS) and Electrical supervisory

control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems application specific controllers

and software such as Ignition and Factory Talk.

* Understanding of engineering documentation, PMS/BMS drawings and standard

operating procedures.

* Track record for cultivating strong relationships with internal stakeholders,

vendors, or customers, with excellent communication skills, teamwork,

organizational, and problem-solving skills.

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 Data Center Plant Engineer role involves the design and operation of

electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems to improve efficiencies. In this role,

you will be responsible for overseeing subject matter experts (SMEs),

coordinating with Facilities Technicians, and approving bug fixes and repairs.

You will also provide daily assistance to executive technicians in reading

blueprints/schematics and assessing work orders.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Acts as an onsite technical lead in these efficiency areas and works with

technicians, leads, and manager to drive site level programs.

* Take a more strategic approach in EHS, operations, and maintenance programs

to focus on compliance to those program requirements. Acts as a resource and

mentor for Facilities Technicians (FTs) to drive improvements and feedback to

programs.

* Navigate organizational change processes including providing site level

feedback, ensuring appropriate SMEs are included, coordinating with other FTs

and managers to execute approved decisions, and properly closing out

technical bugs.

* Provide input and direction site teams in DC commissioning processes and

procedures, commissioning or retesting requirements following replacement or

major repairs, and acts as a site lead in collaborating with quality on

quality issues or concerns.

Which skills does this role require?

Project controlsProgrammable logic controllersCommissioningPlant EngineerControlsProject ControlsPLCEHSFacilities MaintenanceMission-criticalInfrastructureBlueprintsSchematicsOperational EfficiencySMETechnical LeadComplianceSystem MonitoringGCP

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