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# Data Center Plant Engineer, Controls

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Monrovia, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $122,000.0 - $173,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Networking Hardware, Network Server
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e2af5f55173e17e9

## About the Role

* Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
 * 7 years of experience in Controls/Automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
 * Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
 * Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts., * Master's degree in a related Engineering field
 * 10 years of experience working in data centers, manufacturing, power plants, or transmission operations.
 * Experience collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
 * Experience with facility monitoring, automation, or controls systems, including managing Building Management System (BMS) or Power Monitoring System (PMS) networks and infrastructure.
 * Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
 * Effective people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

## Description

* Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems, including servers, network equipment, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
 * Provide effective leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, and repairs/replacements with minimal supervision in quality, quantity, and timeliness as assigned.
 * Respond to critical data center events and alarms and be responsible for being a point of escalation on operational issues.
 * Monitor plant efficiency (e.g., power usage effectiveness/water usage effectiveness - PUE/WUE) at a data center. Act as an onsite technical lead in these efficiency areas and work with technicians, leads, and managers to drive site level programs.
 * Interact with design engineers, and bring an operational mindset to discussions around new infrastructure and technology.


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