Electrical SME
Applied Digital · Ellendale, ND · 4 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the onsite technical expert for LV/MV/HV power distribution, UPS systems, battery systems, switchgear, busway, generators, and power protection systems.
- Oversee electrical maintenance, troubleshooting, retrofits, testing, and repair activities to maintain continuous uptime for critical AI workloads.
- Ensure electrical systems meet all applicable codes, industry standards, and internal safety/compliance programs.
- Conduct root-cause analysis (RCA) for events, system failures, and anomalies.
Technical Governance, Documentation & Change Control
- Author, review, and approve technical procedures including SOPs & MOPs.
- Maintain accurate documentation and technical reports detailing electrical system performance, incidents, and improvements.
- Oversee electrical system configuration changes, ensuring integrity and compliance with best practices and change-control processes.
Construction, Commissioning & Expansion Support
- Provide SME-level technical oversight during design review, submittal review, construction, and commissioning for expansion or greenfield AI data center projects.
- Validate designs (SLDs, load lists, redundancy strategies such as N+1/2N) and assess equipment for high-density compute power requirements.
- Participate in integrated systems testing (IST), factory witness tests, and energization planning.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Training
- Provide daily assistance to critical engineering technicians—interpreting drawings, conducting system tours, explaining operating modes, and guiding troubleshooting.
- Deliver site-specific electrical training for operations teams, techs, vendors, and new hires to ensure safe and consistent execution.
- Cook up coordination closely with mechanical, controls, networking, and construction teams to support AI-ready capacity scaling.
Vendor, Safety, and Compliance Oversight
- Manage vendor relationships—ensuring compliance with safety, quality, operational standards, and timely completion of work.
- Support electrical safety programs, risk assessments, and mitigation planning for high-energy infrastructure.