Power Plant O&M Engineer — 24/7 Multi-Turbine Ops

xAI; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXSI seeks an experienced Operation & Maintenance Engineer to keep our on-site power plant running in the Memphis/Southaven region. You will oversee gas turbines, balance-of-plant, and plant electrical systems, with 24/7 coverage and rotating shifts, including nights and callouts.

You will troubleshoot equipment, direct contractors, and apply AI to streamline engineering, maintenance, and operations while upholding safety standards and procedures across aging and new systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or other engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of operation or maintenance engineering experience in a power plant, generating station, or other high-reliability industrial facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide operation and maintenance engineering support for the multi-manufacturer gas turbine fleet, generators, balance-of-plant, process and fluid systems, and plant electrical systems, including protection, e-houses, blackstart, and switching.
• Be proficient across all turbine types on site and apply that knowledge to troubleshooting, maintenance, and operating decisions.
• Flex shifts and work hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and callouts, to maintain 24/7 engineering coverage.
• Troubleshoot trips, alarms, and equipment failures with the shift team and return the plant to service.
• Direct contractors: define the work, set when it is done, and confirm it is completed safely and correctly.
• Use AI to streamline and simplify engineering, operating, and maintenance work.
• Own reliability on assigned systems: bad-actor elimination, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions.
• Write and maintain the engineering plans and procedures the plant is being stood up on, including operating, maintenance, and switching and isolation instructions.
• Manage the critical-parts list so the right parts are identified, stocked, and ready.
• Build and maintain the preventive and predictive maintenance program in the CMMS, including tasks, frequencies, and as-found/as-left records.
• Support outage planning and execution, and support start-up, shutdown, commissioning, and turnover of new generation and balance-of-plant systems.
• Apply SpaceXAI safety standards in the field, including LOTO, NFPA 70E / arc-flash, confined space, and hot work. Stop work when conditions are unsafe.

Skills

Gas turbines

Rotating shifts

AI tooling

Contractor management

Plant electrical systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or other engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

SpaceXSI seeks an experienced Operation & Maintenance Engineer to keep our on-site power plant running in the Memphis/Southaven region. You will oversee gas turbines, balance-of-plant, and plant electrical systems, with 24/7 coverage and rotating shifts, including nights and callouts.

You will troubleshoot equipment, direct contractors, and apply AI to streamline engineering, maintenance, and operations while upholding safety standards and procedures across aging and new systems.