Sr. Engineering Commissioning Manager (Power Plant)

Spacex; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Spacex in Starbase, Texas seeks a Sr. Commissioning Manager (Power Plant) to lead commissioning of large-scale power generation for launch and compute.

You will be in the control room during startup and in the field troubleshooting, owning schedules, budgets, and staffing while coordinating with OEM crews. The role requires hands-on leadership for gas and steam turbine systems, HRSG, and balance of plant through mechanical completion to reliable operation, with no desk-bound duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience commissioning utility-scale power plants in the field.
• Experience leading commissioning on a utility-scale or multi-unit plant.

Responsibilities

• Build and run the commissioning plan for the power plant.
• Own the commissioning schedule, budget, and staffing plan.
• Lead the commissioning team and OEM field crews.
• Accept a system from construction with a complete mechanical completion package.
• Start up and test aeroderivative and simple-cycle units; manage HRSG scope.

Skills

Power plant commissioning

Field leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

SR. COMMISSIONING MANAGER (POWER PLANT)

the company is building and operating large-scale power generation for launch and compute. This role leads commissioning of the power plant: gas and steam turbines, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), balance of plant, electrical, and controls, from mechanical completion to reliable operation. This is not a desk job. You will be in the control room during startup and in the field troubleshooting.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and run the commissioning plan: system turnover, pre-commissioning, first fire, synchronization, performance test, and reliability run
• Own the commissioning schedule, budget, and staffing plan
• Lead the commissioning team and the OEM field crews
• Accept a system from construction only with a complete mechanical completion package
• Start up aeroderivative and simple-cycle units; where an HRSG is in scope, run chemical cleaning and steam or air blows before the steam turbine takes steam
• Own procedures, punchlists, deficiency tracking, and the decision that a system is ready
• Close punch by category, commercial deficiencies included, before commercial operation
• Own LOTO, permit-to-work, and energization authority from first backfeed through commercial operation
• Commission controls and protection with the electrical and automation team
• Run guarantee and performance tests against the contract and carry the reliability run through commercial operation
• Hand operations a plant that starts, trips, and recovers as designed

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience commissioning utility-scale power plants, including gas turbines, in the field
• Experience leading commissioning on a utility-scale or multi-unit plant, not only single-skid support