Senior Power Plant Operations & Maintenance Lead

SpaceX; Starbase (TX); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SpaceX is seeking an experienced Operations and Maintenance Manager to lead the power generation infrastructure supporting the Starbase supercomputer. You will own plant availability, maintenance strategy, and continuous improvement, leading field teams across turbines, generators, and controls.

This hands‑on leadership role requires deep power plant experience, strong engineering judgment, and the ability to resolve complex issues in high‑pressure environments.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in power plant operations, maintenance, or engineering, including direct experience with gas turbine or combined‑cycle power generation.
• 3+ years of experience leading power plant operations and/or maintenance teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing plant reliability, equipment maintenance, and operational performance.

Aufgaben

• Build, lead, and develop multidisciplinary operations and maintenance teams, including plant engineers, operators, maintenance technicians, and technical supervisors
• Own the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of gas turbine power generation assets, generators, and associated mechanical, electrical, and controls systems
• Establish and continuously improve plant operating procedures, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, emergency response protocols, and equipment reliability strategies
• Drive plant performance against key metrics including availability, forced outage rate, heat rate, maintenance costs, and equipment reliability
• Lead root cause investigations for turbine trips, forced outages, recurring equipment failures, and performance degradation; implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Oversee maintenance planning and execution, including major and minor turbine inspections, combustion inspections, equipment overhauls, and planned outages
• Coordinate directly with equipment OEMs, EPC contractors, vendors, and engineering teams to resolve technical issues and support long‑term equipment performance
• Develop maintenance budgets, staffing plans, spare parts strategies, and long‑term service requirements
• Establish a strong safety culture across plant operations, including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, permit‑to‑work procedures, and environmental compliance
• Lead construction‑to‑operations turnover, commissioning support, startup readiness, and integration of new power generation assets into operating facilities
• Coordinate with supercomputer infrastructure and electrical engineering teams to ensure power generation reliability supports critical compute operations
• Hire, train, mentor, and develop engineers and technicians while establishing clear technical and operational performance expectations

Kenntnisse

Leadership, team building

Plant reliability

Root cause analysis

Safety culture

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Gas turbines

GE/Siemens/Mitsubishi turbines

DCS/SCADA/CMMS

Jobbeschreibung

SpaceX is seeking an experienced Operations and Maintenance Manager to lead the power generation infrastructure supporting the Starbase supercomputer. You will own plant availability, maintenance strategy, and continuous improvement, leading field teams across turbines, generators, and controls.

This hands‑on leadership role requires deep power plant experience, strong engineering judgment, and the ability to resolve complex issues in high‑pressure environments.