Electrical Energy Marshal - Cedar Rapids, IA

Description

• Verify that all LOTO procedures are properly applied, documented, and monitored throughout all energized and de-energized work activities
• Control access to energized spaces by maintaining authorization lists, room access rules, and entry controls consistent with project requirements.
• Reinforce expectations for energized work boundaries, human-performance awareness, and high-risk activity management
• Lead daily energization and LOTO coordination meetings to ensure all involved parties understand work scopes, hazards, and required precautions
• Complete end-of-day verification checks to ensure all equipment is left in a safe and secure condition before crews depart
• Maintain authoritative control over breaker operation and energization sequences, ensuring only approved and qualified personnel engage in switching activities
• Communicate daily high-risk conditions, equipment status, restricted spaces, and planned switching operations to the field workforce and management teams
• Ensure vendor partners and subcontractors receive orientation on the project’s energy-control and LOTO program requirements
• Ensure all pre-energization conditions, including barrier placement, room access restrictions, signage, QA/QC closeout documentation, and hazard boundaries are satisfied before authorizing energization
• Conduct daily pre-start inspections of electrical gear with electricians, commissioning representatives, and project stakeholders to validate that all systems, components, labeling, installation details, and protective measures are in place.
• Ensure all required energization deliverables, such as arc-flash documentation, protective device coordination studies, emergency response considerations, and labeling are completed and validated before equipment is placed in service
• Maintain a strong daily field presence, overseeing electrical rooms, energized gear, energization prep areas, and locations where switching or testing activities occur
• Ensure proper documentation, including PTPs, LOTO plans, energization schedules, AHAs, certifications, and QA/QC records is submitted, reviewed, and approved within required timeframes
• Serve as the primary onsite point of contact for all energization-related activities between Hays Electrical Services, the general contractor, commissioning agents, the electrical contractor, and client representatives
• Develop and maintain the project-specific energization safety plan, updating it as conditions, sequences, or project milestones evolve
• Validate that the project maintains complete and compliant control-of-hazardous-energy process across all equipment and electrical rooms
• Provide clear, consistent communication to project leadership regarding energization progress, risks, system status, and readiness conditions
• Maintain daily updates to single-line diagrams, breaker schedules, energized equipment postings, and LOTO tracking boards to reflect real-time system status.
• Facilitate advance energization readiness meetings, ensuring project stakeholders understand scope, sequencing, risk controls, and required documentation
• Support schedule coordination by integrating energization sequences into pull-planning sessions and daily activity planning
• Ensure LOTO stations are staffed with qualified personnel and that all locks, tags, permits, and equipment boundaries are established before any switching or start-up activity begins
• Provide guidance, coaching, and assurance oversight to ensure all energy-control activities meet the highest standards of safety and technical compliance
• Lead implementation of the project’s energization and LOTO governance program, ensuring all procedures align with Hays corporate standards, NFPA 70E, OSHA regulations, and the general contractor’s energization safety plan
• Oversee installation and removal of locks, ensuring sequencing integrity and proper security of all control points
• Support commissioning turnover by coordinating equipment availability, status updates, and system conditions
• Coordinate energization planning with the general contractor, commissioning leadership, electrical contractor’s Energy Marshal, and other stakeholders

Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, electrical drawings, equipment schedules, and coordination studies
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience with NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910/1926 electrical safety, and LOTO programs
• Proven ability to lead meetings, coordinate stakeholders, and enforce compliance in high-risk electrical environments
• Licensed Journeyman or Master Electrician
• Prior experience serving as an Energy Marshal, Electrical Foreman, Commissioning Lead, Start-Up Electrician, or similar role with energization exposure
• Training certifications in NFPA 70E, LOTO, or MV/LV energization programs
• 7+ years of electrical construction experience with strong familiarity in medium-voltage and low-voltage systems, equipment start-up, and commissioning interfaces
• Validate credentials, training certifications, and qualified-worker status for all personnel performing LOTO, switching, energized work, or working on de-energized electrical components
• Prior mission-critical/data-center construction experience

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance