Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Experience in mission critical systems operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical processing, or similar environments). Experience as a Facilities Manager or Chief Engineer within a critical facility. Preferred qualifications: Experience planning and executing installation, commissioning, and equipment startup, following industry best practices and protocols. Experience managing a large-scale, mission critical facilities portfolio or operations. Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control systems, and mechanical systems in a data center environment. Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels, and develop and grow team members through coaching, mentoring, and training. 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. 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. In this role, you will assess technical systems, address performance issues, and support technical teams to minimize downtime while maintaining high Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) standards. You will review operational budgets, expense forecasts, and performance metrics to ensure cost-effective strategies. You will manage vendor performance and agreements, aligning goals with partners, and developing and delivering project management for internal and global initiatives. You will manage emergency preparedness, operational excellence, and strategic planning. Additionally, you'll lead regulatory and customer audits, ensure compliance, and participate in community events to drive talent acquisition and retention. 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 Lead a team, set and communicate team priorities that support organizational goals. Meet regularly to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching. Monitor data center systems operation, control site activities to minimize risk, and respond effectively to any excursions or emergency procedures. Collaborate with partner teams and project leads to set and implement short and long-term strategies. Plan and execute campus operational budgets, expense forecasting and manage established budgets. Demonstrate critical thinking and innovation in approaching traditional data center and emergent problems. 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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .