Maintenance Manager (Power Plant)

SpaceX•Starbase, TX, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking a Power Plant Maintenance Manager to own maintenance, equipment reliability, and long-term asset performance for power-generation infrastructure supporting the Starbase supercomputer. The role leads maintenance execution for gas turbines, generators, rotating equipment, mechanical and electrical balance-of-plant systems, and industrial utilities. The manager will build and lead a maintenance organization, develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, coordinate major outages, and work with technicians, engineers, equipment manufacturers, and contractors to maximize reliability and plant availability. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring technical depth, careful planning, and field problem-solving.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 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, Texas.
Must be available to support critical equipment failures, outages, and maintenance events outside standard business hours.
Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends during major maintenance activities.
Ability to work in industrial environments, including outdoors, around rotating machinery, and in confined spaces or elevated locations when necessary.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and safely access equipment for inspections and troubleshooting.
Willingness to travel to OEM facilities or other project sites as needed.
Must meet the stated ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

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 with industrial electrical systems, motors, generators, switchgear, PLCs, and instrumentation.
Ability to interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and equipment maintenance manuals.
Experience supporting new plant construction, commissioning, and equipment turnover into maintenance programs.
Knowledge of industrial maintenance safety requirements, including OSHA practices, NFPA 70E, and lockout/tagout.
Demonstrated improvements in equipment availability, maintenance cost, outage duration, or recurring failure rates.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the power plant maintenance organization, including mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls maintenance personnel.
Own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for gas turbines, generators, pumps, motors, compressors, valves, cooling systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.
Develop and execute maintenance plans and inspection schedules based on OEM recommendations, equipment condition, operating history, and reliability requirements.
Plan and manage major turbine maintenance, including combustion inspections, hot gas path inspections, overhauls, and associated plant outages.
Direct root cause investigations into recurring equipment failures, turbine trips, vibration issues, lubrication failures, and other mechanical or electrical problems.
Implement condition-monitoring and predictive maintenance tools, including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and equipment performance trending.
Establish and maintain a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), including equipment histories, preventive maintenance schedules, work orders, and maintenance backlog tracking.
Develop spare-parts strategies, critical inventory requirements, maintenance budgets, and vendor support agreements.
Work with turbine OEMs, equipment suppliers, and contractors to resolve technical issues, coordinate repairs, and maintain equipment reliability.
Coordinate maintenance work with plant operations to minimize downtime, ensure safe equipment isolation, and support timely return to service.
Support installation, commissioning, maintenance readiness, and turnover of new power-generation assets.
Establish maintenance performance metrics, including planned maintenance compliance, equipment availability, repeat failure rates, and mean time to repair.
Ensure maintenance execution complies with applicable safety requirements, including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, hot work, confined-space entry, and equipment isolation procedures.