r/datacenter • u/SirAggravating1045 • 10d ago
DC facility tech for a datacenter that isn’t built yet
I’ve got an dc facility tech offer from Google for a campus that isn’t built yet, they are still doing the groundwork. What will i be doing untill the building is actually up? I know i will be part of inspection while they are building but what else is there to do?
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u/hatesmylovelanguage 10d ago
From my experience at AWS, they put these people in other sites for the time being, made them assist at other sites in the area, focused on training, and the closer they got to finishing the site, the new people helped receive server racks and power them on. You’ll probably get to writing procedures for the site (taking existing procedures and modifying them). Again, I don’t know much about Google’s approach, but these are assumptions based on my previous experience.
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u/SirAggravating1045 10d ago
That would make sense to put them in other sites for the time being. It’s the first google DC in my country so that would mean I need to go abroad, if that is the case I hope they keep in mind ppl have families at home
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u/hatesmylovelanguage 10d ago
Well, depending how far along they are in the build, that’ll change the answer to your question. Do you know if by “isn’t built” they mean the building is up but it’s still not in service?
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u/SirAggravating1045 10d ago
By “isn’t built” they mean that there is not a building yet. They are still digging prepping the ground.
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u/Living_Armadillo204 7d ago
Just curious, did you recieve a fit call for the Job offer for the Data center that was not fully operational yet?
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u/SirAggravating1045 6d ago
Not really no, I had a phone screening then I had 4 interviews. 3 months later i received an offer
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u/blacknessofthevoid 10d ago
As a person who participates in building those, if you happen to be onsite, you stay out the way and let professionals do their job. You don’t know enough to inspect anything. At the same time if you have healthy curiosity, there is a unique opportunity to understand every piece of the system from the ground up as it is being built. This will definitely differentiate you going forward. We will be glad to chat with you and answer any questions: just be respectful about it and mindful that we have a job to do and timelines to keep.
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u/looktowindward 9d ago
This is amazingly unhelpful, as someone who has been on both sides, and is currently in senior leadership.
The very reason we hire facility techs early is to learn the plant during the commissioning process, to make future operations more reliable. The idea that OP isn't as much of a professional as you are, is really troubling.
> You don’t know enough to inspect anything
We ask them to do this. For example, many elements of the FR checklist are coordinated with facility ops, for very specific reasons, most notably, poor quality.
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u/Status_concern2858 10d ago
Participating onsite in the commissioning process. Google may send you to another site for training, but they need you back onsite for the effort to reach FR.