Data Center Plant Engineer (Electrical)
Google · Stockholm, Sweden · SEK 820K–SEK 845K/yr
Software Development · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Lead the troubleshooting, commissioning, and repair of critical electrical systems within a data center environment. Monitor and maintain physical facilities including power supply, generators, and cooling systems to ensure maximum efficiency and uptime.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires an associate's degree or trade certification and at least 7 years of electrical experience in industrial or commercial environments. Candidates must be able to perform physical tasks up to 50 lbs and work non-standard shifts.
Benefits
Full description
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
- Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.
- Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
Preferred qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
- Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
- Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
- Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
- Understanding of PUE/WUE and energy efficiencies of a plant.
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.
As a Data Center Operations Plant Engineer, you are a leader of exceptional environmental practices. The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated and efficient electrical and HVAC systems using 50% less energy than most data centers around the world. Our engineers are continually seeking different approaches to reducing operational costs while improving efficiencies through the operation and maintenance of LV/MV/HV Electrical systems and control and monitoring systems.
You have a electrical background and you are a technology enthusiast who not only enjoys being challenged by problems of scale and complexity but also has a strong desire to make services better for users while doing better for the environment.
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.
Sweden: kr820000 - kr845000 (SEK) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:
- Provide effective leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, repairs/replacements with little to no supervision in quality, quantity and timeliness as assigned.
- Operate critical plant equipment as authorized by facilities manager.
- Provide coordination/input for global facilities programs such as in electrical, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Building Management System (BMS), energy savings, training and thermography.
