Senior Electrical Operations Engineer - Remote/Travel

PINNACLE GROUP (Pinnacle Technical Resources); Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a Principal Operations Engineer, Electrical to serve as the senior technical authority for electrical infrastructure across a hyperscale data-center fleet. The role requires frequent travel, leading site assessments, audits, and readiness activities from commissioning through operations.

The candidate will review designs from an operational lens, own readiness for new sites, and author critical MOPs/EOPs/AOPs while collaborating with cross-functional teams and cluster leads.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience running mission-critical electrical systems.
• Background in trades or field operations.
• Strong knowledge of switchgear, UPS, generators, paralleling, ATS/STS, PDUs, and EPMS in live critical environments.
• Experience authoring and executing high-risk electrical MOPs and leading root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for operational electrical infrastructure.
• Lead site assessments, operational audits, and technical-readiness efforts before site activation.
• Review designs from an operational perspective and provide feedback.
• Own electrical operational readiness and commissioning-to-operations handoffs for new sites.
• Author and approve high-risk electrical MOPs, EOPs, and AOPs.
• Lead root‑cause analysis for significant electrical events through resolution.
• Collaborate with operations, design, construction, hardware, and EHS teams.
• Act as a technical force multiplier for cluster leads and field engineers.
• Travel approximately 50%–75% across the data-center fleet.

Skills

Electrical systems

Site assessments

Root-cause analysis

Operational readiness

Team development

NFPA 70E knowledge

Tools

EPMS platforms

Arc‑flash programs

Uptime Institute standards

Job description

PTR Global is seeking a Principal Operations Engineer, Electrical to serve as the senior technical authority for electrical infrastructure across a hyperscale data-center fleet. The role requires frequent travel, leading site assessments, audits, and readiness activities from commissioning through operations.

The candidate will review designs from an operational lens, own readiness for new sites, and author critical MOPs/EOPs/AOPs while collaborating with cross-functional teams and cluster leads.