Maintenance Engineering Manager (Power Plant)

The role

You will own the maintenance, equipment reliability, and long-term asset performance of power generation infrastructure supporting the Starbase supercomputer. You will lead a maintenance organization and develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for gas turbines, generators, and associated systems.

What you will do

• Lead and develop the power plant maintenance organization
• Own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Develop and execute maintenance plans and inspection schedules
• Plan and manage major turbine maintenance activities
• Direct root cause investigations for recurring equipment failures
• Implement condition-monitoring and predictive maintenance tools
• Establish and maintain a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
• Develop spare parts strategies, critical inventory requirements, and maintenance budgets
• Work directly with turbine OEMs, equipment suppliers, and contractors
• Coordinate maintenance work with plant operations

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in power plant maintenance, rotating equipment reliability, or maintenance engineering at a power generation facility
• Experience planning and executing maintenance on gas turbines, generators, or associated industrial plant equipment
• Experience leading maintenance personnel, contractors, or multidisciplinary technical work
• Must be able to work onsite at Starbase, TX
• Ability to work in industrial environments, including outdoors, around rotating machinery, and in confined spaces or elevated locations
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment
• Willingness to travel to OEM facilities or other project sites as needed

Nice to have

• Direct maintenance experience with gas turbines, generators, steam turbines, and mechanical/electrical balance-of-plant systems
• Experience with GE, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, or comparable turbine OEM equipment
• Strong knowledge of rotating equipment, bearings, seals, lubrication systems, alignment, vibration analysis, and equipment failure modes
• Experience planning and executing turbine inspections, hot gas path maintenance, major overhauls, and forced outage repairs
• Proficiency with CMMS platforms, maintenance scheduling, equipment asset management, and critical spare parts inventory
• Experience implementing preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause failure analysis and implement permanent corrective actions
• Familiarity with long-term service agreements, warranty administration, maintenance contracts, and OEM technical support
• Experience working with industrial electrical systems, motors, generators, switchgear, PLCs, and instrumentation
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and equipment maintenance manuals

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible.