
Data Center Services Mechanical Engineer Metro Lead
Kansas, KS · HybridJob$144–208K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Data Center Services Mechanical Engineer Metro Lead serves as the on-site technical authority for cooling infrastructure during construction, bridging thermal designs and site execution. The role supports mechanical contractors and Engineers of Record, verifies installations against specifications, and resolves design or spatial conflicts. It focuses on reliable, efficient data center mechanical systems and requires expertise in thermal topologies, piping, fluid dynamics, and mechanical engineering.
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Data Center Services Mechanical Engineer Metro Lead
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XThis role is not remote, but supports a site that is not yet announced.
Candidates must be able to adhere to our hybrid work location policy.
Remote location: Kansas, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
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5 years of experience with thermal topology, including both evaporative cooling (e.g., cooling towers, adiabatic systems) and non-evaporative cooling (e.g., air-cooled chillers, CRAHs, dry coolers, closed-loop liquid cooling) topologies.
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5 years of experience with piping and fluid dynamics, including chilled water plant overviews, pumping systems, and hydronic balancing.
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5 years of experience in mechanical engineering.
Preferred qualifications:
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Understanding of pressurized systems and heavy equipment rigging safety.
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General understanding of electrical systems to facilitate effective cross-discipline collaboration.
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Ability to diagnose mechanical integration issues in real-time.
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Ability to work closely with mechanical contractors to ensure high-quality delivery while maintaining strict adherence to the project schedule.
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Excellent communication skills with the ability to navigate a complex matrix organization.
About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).
As a Data Center Mechanical Engineer, you will serve as the primary on-site authority, ensuring that complex cooling infrastructures—essential for high-availability environments—are installed, integrated, and optimized according to design intent.
In this role, you will act as the Lead Technical Point of Contact (POC) for all mechanical and HVAC-related engineering questions during the construction phase.You will serve as the "boots on the ground" expert responsible for bridging the gap between high-level thermal designs and physical site execution to ensure maximum system reliability and efficiency.
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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $144000 - $208000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Act as the definitive technical resource for mechanical contractors and Engineers of Record (EORs), supporting mechanical system design and resolving ambiguities to maintain construction momentum.
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Perform periodic, rigorous site walk-throughs to verify that mechanical installations align with engineered specifications, focusing on pressure testing, weld inspection requirements, insulation integrity, and equipment placement.
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Ensure that both evaporative and non-evaporative cooling systems are installed to meet Google and project-specific standards while managing overall site thermal performance.
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Lead the field-side Request for Information (RFI) process to resolve spatial or mechanical conflicts, providing immediate engineering solutions to avoid rework, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex design changes during construction.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,734 open Mechanical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$144–208K/yr
- US median$116–187K/yr844 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $176K, is 18% above the US median midpoint ($149K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineering salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Mechanical Engineering jobs in Kansas and 1,734 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Mechanical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (976 postings).
- Education
- 777 of the 1,734 open Mechanical Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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