Area Site Operations Manager, Third Party Data Centers

Google; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Reliability Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in a HVAC, electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, mechanical, or other similar technical domain.
• 5 years of experience in a data center or facilities environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Reliability Engineering.
• Experience in managing people in critical operations roles.
• Experience in Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and engineering.
• Experience communicating effectively with all levels of the organization, including executives.
• Experience forecasting resource requirements in data-driven ways.
• Data Center management experience.

About the job

At Google, we aim to foster Googley work environments that are collaborative, friendly and fun. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as you oversee the daily operations of our offices. While roles with similar names at other companies can be far more mundane, you're a creative, organized customer service specialist, who takes pride in seeing things run smoothly and efficiently. You go out of your way to make sure that clients are not only satisfied, but singing Google's praises. You're comfortable in a fast-paced environment with the highest standards of excellence. You aren't afraid to have fun with your job, and bring an enthusiasm, dedication and a collaborative spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world's most cutting edge innovation.

As a Third Party Data Centers Site Operations Manager, you will manage a team involved in every aspect of Colocation operations of our electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure. You will partner with Google data center engineering, Engineering Field Service, Network Infrastructure and third party data center vendors and operators with a focus on Operability, Maintainability and Reliability. In this role, you will be responsible to ensure your team advocates for the operations organization, and be responsible to ensure Operability, Maintainability and Reliability are critical criteria for Google assets.

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 of individuals, set and communicate individual and team priorities that support organizational goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching.
• Ensure team members are following work processes and complying with guidelines and all sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs, while making recommendations for data center improvements.
• Monitor data center systems operation, control site activities to minimize risk, and respond effectively to any excursions or emergency procedures.
• Develop strategies to improve efficiency, minimize cost, and reduce environmental impact, validate and improve processes and procedures for equipment operations, and perform and analyze compliance checks for data centers globally.
• Collaborate with partner teams and project leads to set and implement short and long-term strategies.