Technical Operations Manager, Third Party Data Centers
Company: Google
Location: Lancaster, TX
Salary: $138,000 - $200,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-10-28
About this role
This role is not eligible for U.S. 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 experience in electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
- 5 years of experience in program or project management in mission-critical facilities (e.g., data centers, chip fab), design-build, or real estate development environment.
### Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience communicating effectively with all levels of the organization, including executives.
- Experience with reliability centered maintenance and in engineering.
- Ability to forecast resource requirements in a data-driven way.
## 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). You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.
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 ...