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Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations
Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations-March 2024
Fort Wayne
Mar 28, 2026
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About Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations

  Minimum qualifications:

  Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

  7 years of experience in facilities within a critical environment or working at a journeyman level.

  Preferred qualifications:

  Experience working in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or transmission operations.

  Experience with high-voltage electrical substations, or other mission-critical facility maintenance/operational fields.

  Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical systems used in data center environments (i.e., feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS/PDU/PMM/CRAC/air handling units, and chillers).

  Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.

  Ability to learn and address issues as they arise.

  Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends, holidays and shift-based schedules as needed.

  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.

  We deploy and operate a scalable and secure Google Data Center infrastructure safely, reliably and efficiently. 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.

  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.

  The US base salary range for this full-time position is $93,000-$136,000 + 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/) .

  Provide leadership for critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, and repairs/replacements with minimal supervision in quality, quantity and timeliness as assigned.

  Respond to critical data center events and alarms and be responsible for being a point of escalation on operational issues.

  Provide input and direction for site teams in data center commissioning processes and procedures, commissioning or retest requirements following replacement or major repairs, and acts as a site lead by collaborating on quality issues or concerns.

  Provide coordination and input for global facilities programs such as CMMS, PMS, BMS, SCADA, vibration analysis, thermography and training.

  Provide technical direction/input on quality and reliability issues at sites.

  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.

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