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Manager, Engineering (Power Generation & Utilities) - Memphis

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Southaven, MSfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Manager of Engineering responsible for design, build-out, commissioning, and continuous improvement of automation, controls, and electrical systems at SpaceXSI's power generation facility in Southaven, ensuring high reliability power and utilities for AI compute infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Own automation, controls, and electrical scope for power generation assets (gas turbine simple cycle, combined cycle, and steam turbine systems) and plant electrical systems, including DCS/SCADA architecture, PLC systems, turbine control interfaces, switchgear, protection and metering, plant distribution, instrumentation, and control networks — from control philosophy through commissioning and reliability, in compliance with NFPA 70/70B/70E, NESC, and IEEE standards.
  • Lead controls scope for mechanical and electrical balance-of-plant and supporting utilities, including fuel gas, HVAC, fire protection, compressed air, cooling water, raw water intake, demineralization, wastewater treatment, and industrial gas systems that keep the plant and downstream compute campus online.
  • Build, mentor, and manage a team of automation and controls engineers and technicians; scale the team with power generation capacity growth and AI supercomputer demand.
  • Review and approve control philosophy documents, I/O lists, control narratives, single-line diagrams, electrical/pneumatic schematics, cause-and-effect diagrams, and control panel designs; drive standardized DCS/PLC/SCADA architecture, cybersecurity posture, documentation, and engineering practices across the Southaven facilities.
  • Interface with internal engineering, construction, OEMs (turbine, HRSG, BOP, and electrical equipment vendors), and contractors; develop SOWs, negotiate, and manage contractor work to keep controls and electrical scope integrated and on schedule.
  • Own field commissioning for automation, controls, and electrical systems (loop checks, functional testing, protection testing, start-up, and hand-off) and drive root-cause investigations and reliability improvements on operating assets.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related engineering field.
  • 8+ years of experience in automation and controls engineering, with direct experience on industrial power generation projects (gas turbine, combined cycle, or steam systems preferred) or large-scale critical power infrastructure.
  • 3+ years of experience directly managing or leading a team of engineers (and preferably technicians).

Skills

Required:DCS/SCADA platforms (e.g., Emerson, ABB, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, SEL, Ignition)Communication and mentoring
Nice to have:Gas turbine/combined-cycle plant controlsElectrical power systems knowledgeIndustrial control panel design and electrical schematicsEPC/OEM project experienceProfessional Engineer license
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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