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Data Center Plant Engineer, Electrical

Google

The Dalles, ORJob$138–200K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$138–200K/yr
Location
The Dalles, OR
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Data Center Plant Engineer, Electrical supports Google data center facilities, including electrical infrastructure, generators, power distribution, and control systems. The role leads critical-system troubleshooting, commissioning, repairs, and responses to operational events. It monitors plant efficiency, drives site-level programs, collaborates with global engineering teams on technical challenges, and brings an operational perspective to new infrastructure and technology discussions. The position is 100% onsite and is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Critical Environment Facilities OperationsMission-Critical OperationsElectrical InfrastructureGenerator SystemsTechnical TroubleshootingSCADAElectrical SafetyBusiness CollaborationProject ManagementProject PlanningProgram AdministrationData Center Electrical SystemsData Center Mechanical SystemsElectrical Engineering PrinciplesElectrical Safety CodesPeople ManagementLeadershipInfluencing

Qualifications

Associate's Degree or Equivalent9 Years Facilities ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

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XThis role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be able to work 100% onsite.

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 in facilities within a critical environment.

  • Operations experience in mission-critical environments (e.g., data centers, power generation, refinery, semiconductor fabrication, or chemical processing).

  • Experience with electrical infrastructure systems, generators, and technical troubleshooting.

  • Experience with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and electrical safety.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.

  • Experience with project management, project planning, and program administration.

  • Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.

  • Knowledge of electrical engineering principles and electrical safety codes.

  • Effective people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Provide effective leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, and repairs or replacements.

  • Respond to critical data center events and alarms, acting as a point of escalation for operational issues.

  • Monitor plant efficiency (e.g., PUE/WUE) at a data center, acting as an onsite technical lead to drive site-level programs.

  • Interact with global engineering teams to investigate, define solutions for, and implement changes to address highly technical challenges.

  • Work with design engineers and bring an operational mindset to discussions around new infrastructure and technology.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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How this job compares

Set against the 450 open Data Center Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$138–200K/yr
  • US median$146–245K/yr402 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is 17% below the US median midpoint ($204K) — in the middle half of Data Center Engineering salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 12 open Data Center Engineering jobs in Oregon and 450 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience; Data Center Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (303 postings).
Education
124 of the 450 open Data Center Engineering jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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