Power Plant Reliability & Maintenance Leader

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Manager to own maintenance programs for a high‑reliability power generation facility. You will lead a diverse team across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls disciplines, driving preventive and predictive strategies to maximize asset availability.

You will coordinate outages, manage vendor relationships, and work with OEMs to resolve complex issues while ensuring safety and compliance in a hands‑on leadership role at a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in power plant maintenance, rotating equipment reliability, or maintenance engineering at a power generation facility
• Experience planning and executing maintenance on gas turbines, generators, or associated industrial plant equipment
• Experience leading maintenance personnel, contractors, or multidisciplinary technical work

Responsabilités

• 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

Connaissances

Leadership

Preventive and predictive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Planning and scheduling

Safety compliance

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Outils

CMMS

Vibration analysis

Description du poste

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Manager to own maintenance programs for a high‑reliability power generation facility. You will lead a diverse team across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls disciplines, driving preventive and predictive strategies to maximize asset availability.

You will coordinate outages, manage vendor relationships, and work with OEMs to resolve complex issues while ensuring safety and compliance in a hands‑on leadership role at a