European Sustainability Program Manager

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 tackle 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.

As a Sustainability Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You coordinate discussions among our data center (DC) stakeholders to set up our EU Sustainability Strategy. You set up actions plans with other DC teams. This includes managing actions/projects schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You’re equally at home explaining your team’s analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

You’ll manage and support environmental and sustainability projects at Google’s EU data centers. With a data center Power usage effectiveness PUEs that range from 1.08 to 1.14, we’ve already done the easy stuff. We are looking to you to drive truly innovative programs in areas beyond energy efficiency. Whether it is optimizing systems, pushing suppliers, auditing data centers, or introducing alternative technologies, you are able to work both strategically and tactically across the fields of sustainability. You are passionate about data centers and the environment, and will inspire colleagues to push the envelope on building design and operations.

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’re always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Create and monitor the implementation of environmental and sustainability plans, strategies, standards, procedures and systems, regulations and statutory legislation within the program, in line with corporate requirements.
• Develop, administer, and manage risk and opportunity assessments for new technologies/project investigations.
• Support the measurement and certification of the program’s performance against environmental sustainability legislation, standards and objectives.
• Facilitate continued improvement in the program’s environmental sustainability performance, support construction projects, and provide input through design using environmental assessments.
• Liaise with Governmental departments and outside environmental agencies as required by individual projects and subject to the approval of the Legal and Corporate teams.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in a technical environmental field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with ISO 50001 BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes and LEED, and thorough knowledge of EU sustainability and environmental legislation.
• Experience with, and in-depth knowledge of, all mechanical, electrical, life safety and building automation systems that are typically used within DC industry.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering or sustainability-related field.
• 10 years of relevant sustainability work experience in data centers and/or industrial, mission-critical facilities. Experience working on global teams.
• Sound understanding of Quality and Safety Management systems.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including ability to synthesis information to see the big picture while effectively managing details.
• Ability to work positively with DC teams, fellow employees, outside contractors and vendors to manage environmental sustainability matters, ideally with involvement in infrastructure programs (construction).
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills with the ability to operate with flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving and collaborative environment and work.

At Google, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

To Apply

Please visit the Google careers website.