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SpaceXSI

Iron Worker (Construction) - Memphis

Location

Southaven, MS

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

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Posted on October 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to explore the stars and is seeking a skilled Iron Worker to support the buildout of SpaceXAI's high-performance data centers and AI supercomputing campuses. This role involves erecting structural steel and miscellaneous metals for supercomputer halls and site infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Erect structural steel for supercomputer halls, mechanical plants, substations, cooling yards, and site buildings.
  • Install miscellaneous metals including stairs, ladders, platforms, and handrails.
  • Fabricate and install pipe racks and support steel for chilled-water piping and cable trays.
  • Rig, hoist, and set structural members and heavy equipment-support steel.
  • Bolt, torque, weld, and plumb connections to drawings and standards.
  • Read structural drawings and lay out from control, checking elevations and plumb.
  • Coordinate with civil, mechanical, and electrical crews for correct placement of embeds and support steel.
  • Follow safety protocols and maintain a safe work area.
  • Support inspection, punch-list, and turnover work.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of ironworking experience on commercial, industrial, or heavy-civil structural steel.
  • Ability to read structural and erection drawings.
  • Hands-on proficiency with structural bolt-up and safe use of material-handling equipment.
  • Willingness to work at heights and outdoors.
  • Strong safety mindset with current OSHA 10 or equivalent training.
  • Willingness to work extended hours, nights, and weekends.
  • Journey-level ironworker experience or completion of an ironworker apprenticeship.
  • AWS D1.1 structural welding certification.
  • Qualified rigger and/or signal person certification.
  • OSHA 30 and/or fall-protection competent person certification.
  • Prior experience on hyperscale data center or mission-critical steel.
  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
  • Ability to travel extensively to construction sites.

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time, onsite role with significant travel to SpaceXAI data center sites.
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How this job compares in Southaven, MS

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Mississippi currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$39/hr across 43 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Southaven, MS

Southaven, MS is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 98 other active welding openings from 56 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Mississippi.

SpaceXSI currently has 1 other opening live in Mississippi, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TIC - The Industrial Company (13), Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (7), and HII (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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