The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facility Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some 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'll provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.
You will 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.
Join us at our brand-new greenfield site in Muhos, Finland!
As part of our landmark regional infrastructure expansion, you will lead the facilities operations of a campus. In this role, you will manage systems while driving local sustainability initiatives, including pioneering heat recovery and clean energy grid partnerships.The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Finland: €112000 - €114000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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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.
Minimum qualifications:
- 10 years of experience managing technical teams in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
- Experience in a people management, supervision, or team leadership role.
- Ability to communicate in English and Finnish fluently, to support client relationship management in this region.
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in operating at large industrial scale in cold Nordic environment.
- Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.