Operation & Maintenance Engineer (Power Plant) - Memphis

The role

You will keep an on-site power plant running 24/7 that supplies power for AI supercomputing facilities. The work covers gas turbines, generators, balance-of-plant, fuel and fluid systems, and plant electrical systems, including troubleshooting and directing contractors.

What you will do

• Provide operation and maintenance engineering support for the gas turbine fleet, generators, balance-of-plant, process and fluid systems, and plant electrical systems
• Be proficient across all turbine types on site
• Troubleshoot trips, alarms and equipment failures with the shift team and return the plant to service
• Direct contractors: define the work, set the schedule, and confirm it is done safely and correctly
• Own reliability on assigned systems, including root-cause investigations and corrective actions
• Write and maintain engineering plans and procedures, including operating, maintenance, and switching and isolation instructions
• Manage the critical-parts list
• Build and maintain the preventive and predictive maintenance program in the CMMS
• Support outage planning and execution, and start-up, shutdown, commissioning and turnover of new systems
• Apply safety standards in the field, including LOTO, NFPA 70E / arc-flash, confined space and hot work; stop work when unsafe

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline
• 3+ years of operation or maintenance engineering experience in a power plant, generating station, or other high-reliability industrial facility
• Willingness to be in the plant and do hands-on work in heat, cold and rain, in tight quarters or at heights
• Ability to stay focused in hazardous environments while wearing PPE
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Ability to lift, stand, climb, bend, grasp, sit, pull, push, stoop, stretch and carry as generally required
• Ability to work on-site at the power generation facility
• Valid driver's license

Nice to have

• Experience with gas turbines from more than one manufacturer, plus balance-of-plant, fuel gas, water, compressed air and plant electrical systems
• Willingness to work rotating or flexible shifts, including nights, weekends, holidays and on-call
• Experience using AI tools to streamline or simplify engineering, maintenance or operating processes
• Experience directing contractors, including assigning work and setting the schedule
• Experience managing critical-parts lists
• Experience with engineering planning and procedure writing
• Working knowledge of P&IDs, single-line diagrams, electrical schematics, protection and switching
• Experience with LOTO and NFPA 70E / arc-flash practices
• Experience with a CMMS, including preventive maintenance, work orders and equipment history
• Experience supporting outages, commissioning or root-cause investigations on power plant equipment

Before you apply

• Hiring is for a role with potential travel to other SpaceXAI sites

About the company

SpaceX was founded to make life multiplanetary. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe, including the Colossus supercomputers and Grok models and applications.