Lead Technician, Power Generation - Memphis

The role

You will lead the technician crew for on-site power generation that supports AI supercomputing facilities in the Southaven / Memphis area. You will work on gas turbines, balance-of-plant, fuel gas and fluid systems, and medium-voltage electrical up to 34.5 kV.

What you will do

• Perform and lead operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair across plant mechanical, process/fluid, and electrical systems
• Serve as working technical lead on assigned jobs, shifts, and outages
• Mentor plant, process, and electrical technicians through on-the-job training and quality checks
• Execute and support switching, isolation, LOTO, start-up, shutdown, and restoration
• Troubleshoot complex cross-discipline plant issues and support root-cause investigations
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance, inspections, and repairs
• Respond to alarms, trips, and equipment failures and escalate as required
• Support plant start-ups, shutdowns, commissioning, and outages
• Maintain accurate work orders and records in the CMMS
• Know and enforce safety requirements including LOTO, NFPA 70E, confined space, hot work, and PPE

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 5+ years of experience as a plant, process, or electrical technician, industrial mechanic/electrician, or in a role maintaining power generation or high-reliability industrial systems
• Experience providing technical direction, on-the-job training, or crew-lead support to other technicians
• Willingness to perform hands-on work in all environments (heat, cold, rain), in tight quarters or at heights
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required
• Ability to remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing PPE
• Valid driver's license

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience in more than one of: gas turbine / plant mechanical systems; process or fluid systems; medium-voltage electrical (4.16 kV to 34.5 kV)
• Experience in a power plant, generating station, or other high-reliability industrial facility
• Ability to read P&IDs, single-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and O&M manuals
• Experience with LOTO, switching procedures, and NFPA 70E / arc-flash safety practices
• Experience troubleshooting motors, VFDs, MCCs, pumps, valves, rotating equipment, and auxiliary systems
• Familiarity with electrical and mechanical test equipment
• Journeyman electrician or millwright license, or equivalent formal trade training
• Experience using a CMMS or work-order system
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-discipline team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Before you apply

• Must be able to work on-site at the power generation facility

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence, including Colossus supercomputers and Grok models. SpaceX was founded with the goal of making life multiplanetary.