Electrical Energization Lead — Data Center Safety & Coordination

HazTek Inc; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HazTek Safety Management is seeking an Energy Marshal to coordinate and control electrical-energy activities on large data-center projects, ensuring compliance with safety plans and owner requirements.

The role involves developing the Electrical Safety and Energization Plan, coordinating energizations, inspections, QA/QC, and maintaining logs, with strong emphasis on LOTO and multi-trade coordination.

Travel/relocation may be considered; competitive benefits and full-time employment offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive electrical construction, commissioning, or mission-critical experience.
• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, one-line diagrams, switching, grounding, temporary power, LOTO.
• Familiarity with NFPA 70E, OSHA electrical-safety requirements, NFPA 70, and owner standards.
• Qualified-person electrical training for assigned responsibilities.
• Strong coordination, documentation, communication, and field leadership.
• Prior experience managing energization activities on large data center or mission-critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enforce the Electrical Safety and Energization Plan.
• Coordinate energizations, re-energizations, shutdowns, and switching activities.
• Maintain energization schedule and identify upcoming activities, constraints, and required approvals.
• Review energization requests, method-of-procedure documents, switching plans, and electrical safe-work plans.
• Verify equipment readiness before energization, including inspections, testing, labeling, housekeeping, access control, and documentation.
• Confirm completion of required QA/QC inspections, pre-functional checklists, test reports, and commissioning prerequisites.
• Establish and manage energized electrical work boundaries and controlled-access areas.
• Ensure energized equipment is properly labeled, barricaded, secured, and identified on current one-line diagrams.
• Maintain an up-to-date energized-equipment log showing system status, date energized, source, voltage, responsible party, and restrictions.
• Oversee the project lockout/tagout program and coordinate multi-trade or group LOTO activities.
• Verify that locks, tags, permits, and isolation points are properly installed, documented, audited, and removed.
• Conduct routine field audits of energized equipment, temporary power systems, electrical rooms, and LOTO installations.
• Lead pre-energization meetings and daily coordination meetings when energized work is planned.
• Coordinate with electrical contractors, commissioning agents, equipment vendors, utility representatives, owner operations teams, and the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
• Communicate changes in system status to all affected personnel and maintain clear shift-to-shift turnover records.
• Participate in incident investigations, near-miss reviews, and corrective-action development involving electrical energy.
• Stop or suspend energization or energized work when requirements, documentation, testing, or site conditions are unacceptable.
• Support safe turnover of electrical systems from construction control to commissioning and ultimately to the owner.
• Provide regular reports covering completed and upcoming energizations, open deficiencies, LOTO status, risks, and schedule impacts.

Skills

Electrical construction

Commissioning

Mission-critical

Electrical distribution

One-line diagrams

Switching procedures

Grounding

Temporary power

LOTO

NFPA 70E

OSHA safety

Tools

NA

Job description

HazTek Safety Management is seeking an Energy Marshal to coordinate and control electrical-energy activities on large data-center projects, ensuring compliance with safety plans and owner requirements.

The role involves developing the Electrical Safety and Energization Plan, coordinating energizations, inspections, QA/QC, and maintaining logs, with strong emphasis on LOTO and multi-trade coordination.

Travel/relocation may be considered; competitive benefits and full-time employment offered.