SpaceXAI

Director, Memphis Power Plant Operations

  • United StatesSouthaven, MS; Memphis, TN
  • Posted 8 Sept 2026
  • regulatory compliance

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for a gas turbine power plant. You will oversee round-the-clock operations, maintenance, commissioning, construction, compliance, budgets, reliability, and multidisciplinary personnel supporting data center power delivery. Responsibilities ---------------- * Lead power plant operations, maintenance, commissioning, construction, and capacity expansion * Own reliable electrical-power delivery to data center sites * Lead operators, technicians, engineers, contractors, and support staff * Oversee plant performance, testing, commissioning, and data center integration * Develop operations and maintenance strategies * Manage construction and phased capacity expansions * Ensure environmental, safety, and regulatory compliance * Manage budgets, fuel, operations and maintenance, capital projects, and operating plans * Improve plant availability, heat rate, emissions, cost, safety, and operational processes * Serve as site representative to the community, regulators, and stakeholders * Recruit, develop, and retain talent and oversee staffing and contractors Requirements ------------ * Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or another engineering discipline * 8+ years of experience in power generation operations, plant management, or related industrial or aerospace operations * 5+ years of leadership experience managing operators, technicians, and engineers * Experience operating or managing gas turbine power plants * Ability to support operations and construction outside normal business hours * Must be based at the Memphis, Tennessee site * Willingness to work extended hours * Ability to work in industrial and outdoor environments

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