MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non-DC industries (e.g., power generation, HVAC and refrigeration, industrial manufacturing, military, oil and gas, maritime/marine, chemical cluster, etc.).
• 5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
• Ability to act as a working Incident Manager, in on-call rotations, over weekends.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a high-tech, fluid environment along with the ability to work in an ambiguous space.
• Experience with vendor and performance based management, focused on achieving customer satisfaction with the ability to set goals and lead a team towards success.
• Ability to achieve financial goals and ensure effective, efficient and economic operation of assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to communicate in Dutch fluently, to support client relationship management in this region.
• Excellent data-motivated mindset and the ability to use data to draw conclusions and make informed business decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
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  Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
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  Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
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  Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with generating site-level development of programs and initiatives.
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  Incorporate subject matter expertise and experience to make recommendations for data center design improvements to optimize equipment and operations for next generation data centers.
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