Technical Operations Manager (English)

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience as a facilities manager, chief engineer, or operations manager in a mission-critical field.
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Reliability Engineering.
• Experience in conducting operational assessments and risk analysis for third-party facilities.
• Experience building and operating infrastructure within data center environments.
• Experience with operations and people management, as well as forecasting resource requirements using data-driven methods.
• Experience managing and executing initiatives in a global environment and applying reliability-centered maintenance and engineering principles.
  
  

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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the operations of the partner data centers and ensure the digital infrastructure runs smoothly.
• Actively manage one or multiple colocation facilities to ensure they consistently meet the strict availability and performance requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams and external vendors to direct building operations, manage infrastructure risks, and ensure seamless handovers from construction to active operations.
• Directly support the resilience, scalability, and reliability of the global cloud infrastructure.
  
  

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