Data Center Facilities Technician, High Voltage
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
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.
As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Responsibilities
- Perform electrical work under FSE (High and Low Voltage) regulations, ensuring strict adherence to the LFS (Leder for sikkerhet/Person in Charge of Safety) duties during all High Voltage/Medium Voltage switching and earthing operations.
- Act as the lead authority for Lockout/Tagout, application of portable and fixed grounding/earthing switches, and verification of zero energy state before issuing work permits to contractors.
- Author, review, and execute High Voltage/Medium Voltage Switching Plans and Methods of Procedure for maintenance de-energization, commissioning, and grid failover.
- Execute daily rounds, visual inspections, telemetry logging, and thermal thermography across the outdoor 132 kilovolt yard, indoor Gas Insulated Switchgear, dead tank circuit breakers, disconnect switches, instrument transformers, and Neutral Grounding Resistors.
- Monitor substation MicroSCADA, Power Monitoring Systems, and microprocessor-based protection relays, and retrieve and analyze event records and fault oscillography following grid or switchgear disturbances.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of Electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
- Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.
- Experience operating, maintenance, or troubleshooting facility electrical systems.
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, and AC/DC systems.
- Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
Preferred qualifications:
- Eligibility for FSE High Voltage and FSE First Aid/CPR certification.
- Norwegian Fagbrev as an Electrician or Energy/Distribution Network Technician, or formal DSB approval of equivalent international qualification.
- 3 years of experience in high-voltage transmission/distribution substations, utility networks, or hyperscale facilities.
- Experience in authoring, verifying, and executing high-voltage switching programs and formal Lockout/Tagout procedures.
- Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
- Ability to communicate in English and Norwegian fluently to support client in this region.