[Skip to main content](#main-content) [ OpenNash ](https://opennash.com/) / [Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [ 01 Search jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/search/)[ 02 Companies](https://jobs.opennash.com/explore/)[ 03 Hiring report](https://jobs.opennash.com/reports/hiring/)[ 04 AI assistants](https://jobs.opennash.com/connect/)[ 05 How it works](https://jobs.opennash.com/methodology/) Alphabet · Council Bluffs, IA # Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical Council Bluffs, IA, USA Data & Analytics Listed on Alphabet’s official careers site. Listed as of November 7, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Alphabet’s careers site →](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/84899911648060102-data-center-plant-engineer-mechanical) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Alphabet](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/) / Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical ## Job description ### 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 with commercial/industrial HVAC, chillers, mechanical cooling systems, and mission-critical facility operations. 4 years of experience working in data centers, central utility plants, hospitals, or industrial process facilities. ### Preferred qualifications Experience maintaining data center cooling infrastructure beyond the minimum. Knowledge of large-scale mechanical systems, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, and water treatment. Familiarity with Building Management Systems (BMS), controls sequences, and mechanical telemetry. Ability to coordinate with external mechanical contractors performing maintenance and repairs. Ability to work non-standard hours, including shift rotations, weekends, and on-call response. 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). This team ensures that our customer service level agreements and availability goals are met while maintaining environmental and safety standards, at scale. We manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures, identifying problems while making repairs quickly in emergency situations. In this role, you will approach complex topics like how we manage the lifecycle of our computing, network, and storage infrastructure in environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiency, seeks continuous improvements, communicates recommendations to senior-level executives and drives implementation alongside peers. You will act as the lead from a site in providing technical direction or input on quality or reliability issues at a site or that affects multiple sites across the globe or region, and provide design inputs in the domain of expertise. 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 $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Nov 7, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 7, 2026 - Listed for: Under a day - Location: Council Bluffs, IA, USA[Apply on Alphabet’s careers site →](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/84899911648060102-data-center-plant-engineer-mechanical) ## Hiring at Alphabet - Open jobs: 3,389 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Aug 20, 2026 [All Alphabet jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Alphabet ### [Data Center Site Program Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/1603acd13fa29b31ea02/) Council Bluffs, IA, USA ### [Data Center Technician II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/160da49c4e5b874727f2/) Council Bluffs, IA, USA ### [Data Center Technician, Hardware Operations/Global Server Operations](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/15a3a177b2eccc5f9076/) Council Bluffs, IA, USA ### [Facilities Manager, Data Center Operations](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/9cc671f55f5898a0e4a8/) Council Bluffs, IA, USA ### [Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/alphabet/jobs/92a73168515f08b2c16a/) Midlothian, TX, USA ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Plant Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nestle/jobs/ac9a943207fffc2eefa8/) Nestlé · Moga, IN ### [Plant Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ecolab/jobs/a017028ae1a5032caaef/) Ecolab · Glenwood, Illinois, United States of America ### [Infrastructure (Inside Plant) Design Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/b6aa56cd548645790038/) BAE Systems · Chesapeake, Virginia, United States ### [MFG Plant Maintenance Engineer II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kroger/jobs/cbe5cefa3398f8384336/) Kroger · Layton, UT, United States ### [MFG Plant Maintenance Engineer II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kroger/jobs/b9c343264ad3c4ff94ab/) Kroger · Livonia, MI, United States OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. Dates come from the employer where stated; “first seen” and “last checked” are our own observations. [ OpenNash ](https://opennash.com/) AI-native services firm that builds custom software and 24/7 AI agents. OpenNash Jobs is an OpenNash Applied AI project. [Book time with OpenNash](https://calendly.com/opennash/new-meeting?hide_gdpr_banner=1) Jobs - [Search jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/search/) - [Companies](https://jobs.opennash.com/explore/) - [Hiring report](https://jobs.opennash.com/reports/hiring/) - [AI assistants](https://jobs.opennash.com/connect/) - [How it works](https://jobs.opennash.com/methodology/) OpenNash - [opennash.com](https://opennash.com/) - [Services](https://opennash.com/ai-agent-consulting/) - [OpenNash CX](https://opennash.com/cx/) - [AI Tools](https://opennash.com/ai-tools/) - [Blog](https://opennash.com/blog/) - [About](https://opennash.com/about/) Contact - [hello@opennash.com](mailto:hello@opennash.com) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/opennash) - [Support](https://jobs.opennash.com/support/) - [Privacy](https://jobs.opennash.com/privacy/) - [Terms](https://jobs.opennash.com/terms/) © 2026 OpenNash, Inc. Company names and public job postings belong to their respective owners. Employers control source availability and application decisions.