Description
SpaceXSI is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to keep the controls and field instruments reliable on its on-site power plant in the Memphis region. The plant supplies power for high-density AI supercomputing facilities and must stay online 24/7.
As an Instrumentation & Controls Technician, you will calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair instruments and control systems on gas turbines and generators, balance-of-plant, fuel gas and process/fluid systems, water, compressed and instrument air, HVAC, and cooling.
Responsibilities:
- Calibrate, test, troubleshoot, and repair field instruments and final elements
- Troubleshoot turbine, generator, and balance-of-plant control systems
- Find and fix trips, alarms, and bad instrument readings
- Run loop checks and functional checks during start-up, shutdown, commissioning, and outages
- Read and work from P&IDs, loop sheets, wiring diagrams, cause-and-effect charts, and control logic
- Complete calibrations and repairs to procedure, and record as-found/as-left results and work-order closeout in the CMMS
- Identify repeat instrument and controls failures and correct the cause
- Use AI tools to troubleshoot faster and simplify calibration records, procedures, and shift handoffs
- Follow SpaceXSI safety procedures
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 3+ years of hands-on instrumentation and controls maintenance in a power plant, generating station, or other high-reliability industrial facility
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with gas turbine or generator controls from more than one manufacturer
- Experience with PLCs, turbine control systems, and a plant DCS or equivalent control system
- Experience calibrating and troubleshooting 4–20 mA loops, HART devices, control valves, and instrument air
- Experience with fuel-gas, water, or balance-of-plant process instruments
- Ability to read P&IDs, loop sheets, electrical schematics, and control logic
- Experience with LOTO and NFPA 70E / arc-flash practices
- Experience using a CMMS
- Experience supporting commissioning, outages, or trip investigations
- Associate’s degree or technical certificate in instrumentation, controls, or a related field
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willingness to perform hands-on work in all environments
- Remain focused while working in hazardous environments
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
- Valid driver’s license