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Google Associate Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical/Controls in Bridgeport, Alabama
Minimum qualifications:
Associate's degree program, trade school certification, or other verifiable training in a relevant technical field (CMCO, SMT, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in Mechanical/Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC), or electrical.
Ability to work non-standard hours.
Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, work on platforms, ladders and under raised floors.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience at apprenticeship or technician level in a critical environment.
Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal working hours or when on-call.
Comfortable performing repetitive technical and manual work.
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 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.
In this role, you train alongside experienced technicians and may regularly help inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components. The Associates Facilities Technician is a training role, where you will learn Google systems and tools in order to create a solid technical foundation.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $56,000-$80,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .
Contribute to operations, maintenance, and repairs of non-production facilities systems.
Assist executive technicians (e.g., assess a systems' working order or read blueprints/schematics).
Follow approved procedures.
Assist in the resolution of tickets and work orders.
Complete all assigned trainings as scheduled. Be available to work on shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.