Industrial Chiller / Process Water Technician
- SpaceX
- Memphis, TN, USA
Job Description
The work
- Set, pipe, and align water-cooled chillers (centrifugal, screw, and similar large-tonnage machines)
- Chilled-water and condenser-water piping: fit, hang, bolt-up, hydro, flush
- Cooling towers, basins, strainers, chemical/skid tie-ins
- Pumps, valves, strainers, expansion tanks, heat exchangers
- Support commissioning: first fill, startup, punch, and turnover
- Read isometrics, P&IDs, and equipment drawings
- Follow LOTO, PPE, and permit rules; no live-system work without authorization
Who should apply (with updated resume)
- Industrial pipefitters
- Large HVAC / chiller technicians
- Millwrights with pump/chiller set experience
- Plant, refinery, power, manufacturing, hospital, or large-campus central plant backgrounds
Pluses
- York, Carrier, Trane, Daikin, or similar large chillers
- Cooling-tower install or overhaul
- Chiller startup / commissioning
- Data center or mission-critical cooling (not required)
Do not apply if
- Residential is your background
- Light commercial rooftop / split-system only
- Generic labor
- Design-only or estimator
PAY
PER DIEM
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SpaceX is building the infrastructure for the future — reusable rockets and Starship for access to space, Starlink for global connectivity, and a major AI platform after integrating xAI. The combined company is focused on making life multiplanetary while advancing intelligence that helps us understand the universe.
The Memphis Colossus facilities are the terrestrial AI compute backbone of that vision. They are among the largest and fastest-built AI training clusters on Earth. They power Grok, and we also lease capacity to other leading AI companies. That work generates revenue today, accelerates our models, and is the proving ground for a longer-term goal: orbital data centers — putting AI compute in space, where energy and cooling constraints are radically different.
In short: the work in Memphis is high-impact infrastructure at the intersection of launch, connectivity, and AI. The people we hire now will build it.