Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical, based in Skien, Norway, is responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining critical mechanical systems within Google's data centers. Responsibilities include overseeing HVAC, pumps, standby power generation, and electrical distribution; troubleshooting system issues; executing controls system programming and commissioning; and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. The role requires proactive problem-solving, quick response to emergencies, and a commitment to minimizing downtime. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mechanical maintenance within large-scale facilities, including data centers, and a strong understanding of related systems.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in mechanical maintenance
  • HVAC, pumps, power generation expertise
  • Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Data center experience preferred
  • Adherence to safety and environmental standards
Good to have:
  • Experience with UPS systems, generators
  • Data analysis and failure investigation skills
  • Knowledge of electrical and control systems
  • Experience in controls system programming

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, other verifiable training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or Controls/Automation experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
  • Experience with mechanical maintenance, including Fire and Safety Systems, Buildings Infrastructure, Pumps, Tanks, Piping, Elevators, and Cooling Systems (e.g., HVAC equipment, Chillers, Cooling Towers).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in mechanical maintenance of critical large-scale facilities (e.g., Data Centers, Pharma/Medical/Electrical installations) including maintenance of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, generators, and associated devices.
  • Experience investigating failures and performing data analysis.
  • Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and controls systems including Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, or commercial Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours including, shift-based schedules, weekends, and holidays.

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).

As an advocate for best 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. 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.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor multiple information streams in the control room and make accurate mission-critical decisions.
  • Oversee the uptime, maintenance, and troubleshooting of various data center systems such as pumps, Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), control and monitoring systems, stand-by power generation, and electrical distribution.
  • Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
  • Lead the execution of controls system programming, start-up, commissioning, documentation, and full facilities turnover on assigned projects.
  • Follow the site’s environmental health and safety policies.

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