Millwright (Gas/Steam Turbines)

About the role

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

Itar Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.