Power Plant Maintenance Lead - Gas Turbines & Reliability

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Manager to own maintenance programs for gas turbines, generators and related systems. You will build and lead a hands-on maintenance organization, develop preventive and predictive strategies, and coordinate major outages while ensuring peak equipment reliability.

You will work closely with technicians, engineers, and OEMs to maximize uptime, establish CMMS and spare parts strategies, and maintain safety compliance across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on experience in power plant maintenance.
• Experience planning and executing maintenance on gas turbines, generators, or related plant equipment.
• Experience leading maintenance personnel, contractors, or technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the power plant maintenance organization, including mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls maintenance personnel.
• Own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for gas turbines, generators, pumps, motors, compressors, valves, cooling systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.
• Develop and execute maintenance plans and inspection schedules based on OEM recommendations, equipment condition, operating history, and reliability requirements.
• Plan and manage major turbine maintenance activities, including combustion inspections, hot gas path inspections, overhauls, and associated plant outages.
• Direct root cause investigations for recurring equipment failures, turbine trips, vibration issues, lubrication failures, and other mechanical or electrical problems.
• Implement condition-monitoring and predictive maintenance tools including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and equipment performance trending.
• Establish and maintain a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), including equipment histories, preventive maintenance schedules, work orders, and maintenance backlog tracking.
• Develop spare parts strategies, critical inventory requirements, maintenance budgets, and vendor support agreements.
• Work directly with turbine OEMs, equipment suppliers, and contractors to resolve technical issues, coordinate repairs, and maintain equipment reliability.
• Coordinate maintenance work with plant operations to minimize downtime, ensure safe equipment isolation, and support timely return to service.
• Support installation, commissioning, maintenance readiness, and turnover of new power generation assets.
• Establish maintenance performance metrics, including planned maintenance compliance, equipment availability, repeat failure rates, and mean time to repair.
• Ensure maintenance execution complies with applicable safety requirements, including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, hot work, confined-space entry, and equipment isolation procedure.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Vibration analysis

Thermography

Oil analysis

Job description

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Manager to own maintenance programs for gas turbines, generators and related systems. You will build and lead a hands-on maintenance organization, develop preventive and predictive strategies, and coordinate major outages while ensuring peak equipment reliability.

You will work closely with technicians, engineers, and OEMs to maximize uptime, establish CMMS and spare parts strategies, and maintain safety compliance across operations.