MILLWRIGHT (GAS/STEAM TURBINES)
Starbase is standing up on-site power generation for the Starbase AI supercomputer. This millwright role installs that plant: trailer- and skid-mounted aeroderivative gas turbines, generators, and the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) stacks beside them. You set the machines, laser-align the couplings, grout them, preserve them until they run, and install the emissions equipment as foundations come out of the ground.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Receive, inspect, and set trailer-mounted and skid-mounted gas turbines and generators
- Perform precision alignment of turbine-to-generator couplings, including laser and dial-indicator methods, soft-foot correction, and thermal growth compensation
- Land, level, grout, and anchor rotating equipment using hydraulic jacks, non-shrink grout, and epoxy anchors
- Torque and control coupling and foundation hardware through each install
- Preserve idle turbomachinery until startup, including rotor barring, space heaters, and desiccant
- Assist OEM dry-crank and motoring of turbine packages
- Install SCR stacks and associated mechanical equipment; work around aqueous ammonia emissions systems
- Rig and signal crane moves of heavy rotating equipment; follow lockout/tagout and machinery-installation standards (API RP 686)
- Execute OEM installation work packages in the field with engineers, technicians, and OEM technical advisors
- Coordinate with other crafts to keep picks, grout pours, and alignment windows on schedule
- Maintain installed packages and run standard operating procedures after set
- Maintain millwright tools, hardware, and critical spares
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 5+ years of hands-on millwright, rotating-equipment, or industrial machinery installation experience
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Hands-on experience setting and aligning large rotating machinery (gas turbines, generators, compressors, pumps, or similar)
- Journey-level millwright card, NCCER millwright, or equivalent rotating-equipment qualification
- Demonstrated laser-alignment of couplings and dial-indicator alignment, including soft-foot correction and thermal growth / hot-running offset
- Experience setting trailer-mounted or skid-mounted aeroderivative gas turbines and generators
- Working knowledge of API RP 686 (machinery installation)
- Experience with hydraulic jacks, sole plates, non-shrink grout, and epoxy anchors
- Qualified rigger and/or crane signalperson (NCCCO, NCCER, or equivalent)
- Ability to read OEM installation manuals, coupling drawings, and foundation details and execute them in the field
- Experience preserving idle turbomachinery (rotor barring, space heaters, desiccant, dry-crank / motoring assist)
- Experience working around aqueous ammonia, SCR, or other power-plant emissions equipment
- Comfortable taking direction from an OEM technical advisor and translating it to a crew
- Able to work well in an integrated team with technicians, engineers, OEM advisors, and construction crafts
- Able to prioritize and execute in a high-pressure, fast-paced construction environment
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed based on site operational needs; flexibility required
- Willingness to travel to job sites during construction, commissioning, and critical operational events
- Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs. unassisted
- Must be able to climb ladders and stairs, work at heights, kneel, crouch, and work in tight quarters around trailers, skids, and stack steel
- Must be able to work outdoors in South Texas heat, wind, and rain, and around 19% aqueous ammonia SCR equipment
- Must be willing to wear required PPE, including respiratory protection when specified
- Valid driver's license required