Google

Runs Search and YouTube and builds Gemini AI

Cable Landing Site Operations Lead

Facilities ManagementPosted on Nov 12

Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

An Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 9 years of experience in operational team management within a cable landing station or mission-critical technical facility environment.
Ability to lift and move 50 pounds of equipment and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations or shifts.
A valid California driver's license.

Responsibilities

Oversee direct local operations across the Cable Landing Station, fronthaul, and outside plant, hold third-party providers to service-level agreements, and drive rapid mean time to repair and long-term asset reliability measured by mean time between failures.
Enforce technical guidelines, standard operating procedures, access controls, and environmental, health, and safety policies; execute audits and contractor background checks to maintain audit-ready facilities.
Maintain direct custody of critical spares, consumables, warranties, and specialized test equipment; manage end-to-end inventory tracking and timely replenishment.
Supervise facilities-management contracts, power systems including uninterruptible power supplies, generators, and power-feeding equipment, cooling, and submarine line terminal equipment through preventative maintenance and continuous security oversight.
Travel at short notice between operational locations to manage urgent incidents, including safely transporting specialized equipment and tools to sites inaccessible by public transit.
Serve as the primary on-site owner's representative for Google's Cable Landing Stations and be directly responsible for local service assurance and safeguarding infrastructure investments by overseeing service-provider performance and enforcing engineering and operational standards.
Ensure optimal network availability and reliability and ensure full compliance with standard operating procedures.
Serve as an on-the-ground point of contact for local stakeholder engagement, customs, security engagement, community relations, and coordination with regional governmental bodies and authorities.
Act as the on-site executive sponsor for regulatory compliance, environmental governance, environmental health and safety, and statutory site audits; ensure adherence to local laws and rapid resolution of official findings.

Desired Qualifications

At least 10 years of experience in operational leadership and engineering management overseeing high-reliability infrastructure.
Experience maintaining critical power, cooling, and optical network assets, including uninterruptible power supplies, backup generators, power-feeding equipment, and submarine line terminal equipment.
Experience in spares custody, end-to-end inventory lifecycle management, and mission-critical asset reliability measured by mean time to repair and mean time between failures.
Ability to manage third-party vendor contracts, service-level agreements, and commercial facilities-management agreements.

Oversee direct local operations across the Cable Landing Station (CLS), fronthaul, and outside plant (OSP), holding third-party providers strictly to SLAs while driving rapid MTTR and long-term asset reliability (MTBF).
Enforce technical guidelines, SOPs, access controls, and EHS/environmental policies, executing audits and contractor background checks to maintain audit-ready facilities.
Maintain direct custody of critical spares, consumables, warranties, and specialized test equipment, managing end-to-end inventory tracking and timely replenishment.
Supervise facilities management (FM) contracts, power systems (UPS, generators, PFE), cooling, and transmission assets (SLTE) through strict preventative maintenance and continuous security oversight.
Travel separately and at short notice between operational locations to manage urgent incidents, including safely transporting specialized equipment and tools to sites inaccessible by public transit.

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 in operational team management, within a cable landing station (CLS), or mission-critical technical facility environment.
Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
A valid California driver’s licence.

Preferred qualifications:

10 years of experience in operational leadership and engineering management, overseeing high-reliability infrastructure.
Experience maintaining critical power, cooling, and optical network assets (e.g., UPS, backup generators, PFE, SLTE).
Experience in spares custody, end-to-end inventory lifecycle management, and mission-critical asset reliability (MTTR/MTBF).
Ability to manage third-party vendor contracts, SLAs, and commercial facilities management (FM) agreements.

Who are we? Global Submarine Networks (GSN)

Our mission GSN is part of Global Infrastructure & Energy (go/gie), and ultimately a part of Google Global Infrastructure (go/ggi) and AI2 (go/ai2).

At a broad level, GSN will create and manage Google's international submarine transport networks. The gCLS Operate Team is tasked with running our Cable Landing Stations around the globe.

In this role, you will serve as the primary on-site owner’s representative for Google's Cable Landing Stations. You will be directly responsible for local service assurance and safeguarding Google's infrastructure investments by overseeing service provider performance and enforcing Google's engineering and operational standards and will ensure optimal network availability and reliability. You will be a strong operational leader who ensures full compliance with standard operating procedures.

You will serve as a key on-the-ground point-of-contact for local stakeholder engagement, customs, security engagement, community relations, and direct coordination with regional governmental bodies and authorities into google as needed. You will act as the dedicated on-site executive sponsor for regulatory compliance, environmental governance, EHS, and statutory site audits, ensuring adherence to local laws and rapid resolution of official findings.

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.

This job will be largely based at the San Diego gCLS site, which is outside of San Diego itself. You will also need to be able to drive to other locations in the Southern California area.

It is not remote from anywhere in California. It is not based in the Google San Diego office.

This role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be able to work 100% onsite.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Remote location: California, USA.

Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
9 years of experience in operational team management, within a cable landing station (CLS), or mission-critical technical facility environment.
Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
A valid California driver’s licence.

About the Company

Google

Runs Search and YouTube and builds Gemini AI

Google runs the world's most used search engine and free services such as YouTube, Android, and Gmail, and it builds the Gemini AI models that work inside them. In 2017, its researchers invented the transformer, the neural network design behind ChatGPT and most other AI chatbots. People use these services without paying, and Google earns most of its money from ads placed beside search results and YouTube videos. Businesses rent computing power and Gemini models through Google Cloud, and Google also sells subscriptions and Pixel phones. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998 as Stanford PhD students; it is based in Mountain View, California, United States, and is the main business of parent company Alphabet.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Founded: 1998

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