Energy Marshall | Cedar Rapids, IA

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

Job summary

HazTek Safety Management is a full‑service safety partner focused on the health, safety and well‑being of employees and clients. The Energy Marshal coordinates energization activities on mission‑critical projects and oversees safety plans, LOTO, and documentation.

The role involves travel and working with contractors, commissioning agents, and owner teams to ensure compliant energization. The position requires extensive electrical construction/commissioning experience, NFPA 70E/OSHA familiarity,

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enforce the project Electrical Safety and Energization Plan.
• Coordinate all initial energizations, re-energizations, shutdowns, and switching activities.
• Maintain an accurate energization schedule and identify upcoming activities, constraints, and required approvals.
• Review and approve 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

Electrical commissioning

Energization management

LOTO

NFPA 70E familiarity

One-line diagrams

Coordination & leadership

Documentation & QA/QC

Job description

The Energy Marshal coordinates and controls electrical-energy activities but does not replace the electrical contractor’s competent/qualified persons, the commissioning authority, the engineer of record, or the owner’s operational authority. The project-specific responsibility matrix should clearly define who prepares, reviews, approves, performs, witnesses, and accepts each energization and switching activity.

• Develop, maintain, and enforce the project Electrical Safety and Energization Plan.
• Coordinate all initial energizations, re-energizations, shutdowns, and switching activities.
• Maintain an accurate energization schedule and identify upcoming activities, constraints, and required approvals.
• Review and approve 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.

Qualifications

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

Overview

HazTek Safety Management is a full‑service, objective safety partner, founded in 1997. The health, safety and well‑being of employees and companies is our highest priority. We offer full‑time employment, stability, competitive benefits, professional development, travel, diverse safety experiences, management support and the added benefit of working with a network of over 275 full‑time HazTek safety professionals.

At HazTek, We Stand Together for Safety

We are committed to building an environment of inclusion and acceptance which values diversity across all areas of the organization; an environment in which all employees can contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Pay Range

$120,000 - $150.000 per year

Travel | Relocation

Travel and or Relocation will be considered