Operations & Maintenance Manager (Power Plant)

The role

This person will lead the operation, maintenance, and long-term reliability of power generation infrastructure supporting the Starbase supercomputer. The role involves managing teams, gas turbines, generators, and supporting utilities.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop multidisciplinary operations and maintenance teams
• Own the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of gas turbine power generation assets, generators, and associated systems
• Establish and continuously improve plant operating procedures, maintenance programs, and reliability strategies
• Drive plant performance against key metrics including availability and maintenance costs
• Lead root cause investigations for turbine trips and forced outages
• Oversee maintenance planning and execution including turbine inspections and overhauls
• Coordinate with equipment OEMs, EPC contractors, vendors, and engineering teams
• Develop maintenance budgets, staffing plans, and spare parts strategies
• Establish a strong safety culture across plant operations
• Lead construction-to-operations turnover and commissioning support

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in power plant operations, maintenance, or engineering, including direct experience with gas turbine or combined-cycle power generation
• 3+ years of experience leading power plant operations and/or maintenance teams
• Demonstrated experience managing plant reliability, equipment maintenance, and operational performance
• Must be able to work onsite at Starbase, TX
• Ability to work in industrial environments, including outdoors in heat, cold, and rain, at heights or in confined spaces when necessary
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and safely access operating equipment
• Willingness to travel to vendor facilities or other project sites as needed

Nice to have

• 10+ years of professional experience in power plant operations, maintenance, or engineering, including direct experience with gas turbine or combined-cycle power generation
• Extensive knowledge of gas turbines, generators, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and mechanical/electrical balance-of-plant systems
• Experience leading operations and maintenance at utility-scale, industrial, or mission-critical power generation facilities
• Strong technical understanding of gas turbine operation, combustion systems, rotating equipment, plant controls, and electrical distribution
• Experience with GE, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, or comparable industrial turbine systems
• Experience managing OEM long-term service agreements, major maintenance contracts, and outage budgets
• Proficiency with distributed control systems (DCS), SCADA, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), and equipment performance monitoring
• Demonstrated experience improving availability, reducing forced outages, and implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs
• Strong understanding of P&IDs, single-line diagrams, operating procedures, and equipment technical documentation
• Experience commissioning new power generation facilities and transitioning equipment into commercial operations

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a 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

About the company

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