Technical Operations Manager, Third-Party Data Centres (English)
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This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or controls experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
- Experience in critical facility operation management.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to interact with local vendors and contractors.
- Successful candidates will be required to obtain TS NV1 clearance under the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or advanced education in a related field.
- Experience working in data center environments, including building and operating infrastructure.
- Experience with initiating and executing initiatives in a global environment.
- Ability to perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party sites.
- Ability to forecast resource requirements.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, and passion for operations and people management.
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.
Responsibilities
- Support site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.
- Perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party Co-Location (COLO) sites.
- Oversee all co-location site operations and accountability for the area/region.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to provide project updates and drive decisions.
- Contribute to focus area strategy and setting strategy for local groups.
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