Sr. Manager, Power Plant (Starship)

The role

This person will own the design, build, and operation of combined-cycle gas turbine power plants. The role involves constructing the plant, owning commissioning in the control room, and troubleshooting in the field.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop a multi-disciplinary power plant team
• Own the full lifecycle of gas turbine power generation assets
• Set technical direction and execution plans for commissioning
• Own root-cause analysis and corrective action for turbine trips and outages
• Establish and improve operating procedures and playbooks
• Serve as the primary technical and commercial interface with OEMs
• Plan, staff, and execute major and minor inspections
• Drive turbine performance analysis to identify efficiency losses
• Coordinate across balance-of-plant teams
• Own the construction-to-operations handoff with EPC contractors

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 14+ years of experience working utility-scale gas turbines in commissioning, operations, maintenance, or plant
• 2+ years of project management experience leading operations
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of combined-cycle plant systems: gas turbines, HRSGs, steam turbines, generators, and balance-of-plant equipment
• Experience reading and interpreting P&IDs, single-line diagrams, and turbine control logic
• Direct commissioning or operations leadership experience with GE 7/9HA, Siemens Energy SGT6/8-8000H, Mitsubishi M501/701JAC, or Doosan H-class turbines
• Experience with DCS/turbine control platforms (Mark VIe, SPPA-T3000, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with LTSA structures, OEM contract negotiation, or outage scope development
• Background in root-cause failure analysis (RCA/5-Why/Fishbone) for rotating equipment
• Experience with performance monitoring tools and heat balance modeling
• Exposure to grid interconnection requirements, PPA performance obligations, or capacity market rules
• Experience integrating power generation with co-located industrial or data center loads
• Proven ownership of plant or fleet reliability metrics and budgets

About the company

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