Energy Marshal

Location: Houston • Employment Type: Full-Time

About the role

The Energy Marshal is the primary onsite authority responsible for controlling, coordinating, and overseeing electrical energization, de-energization, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) activities for large-scale data center construction projects. This role is responsible for ensuring that equipment start-ups, breaker operations, switching activities, and energization sequences are executed safely, consistently, and in accordance with Hays Electrical Services’ Energy Control Program, NFPA 70E, OSHA standards, and project-specific energization protocols. The Energy Marshal Manager plays a key role in maintaining energized work boundaries, access control, safety planning, documentation control, communication flow, and coordination with commissioning teams, field leadership, the general contractor, and applicable project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the project energization and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) program within HES’ electrical scope of work
• Coordinate energization planning with project leadership, field supervision, commissioning teams, the general contractor, vendor partners, and other project stakeholders
• Maintain control over energization activities, switching sequences, breaker operations, and energized work boundaries to ensure work is performed by approved and qualified personnel
• Facilitate energization readiness meetings, LOTO coordination meetings, and daily planning discussions to confirm scope, sequencing, hazards, required controls, and documentation status
• Ensure required energization and LOTO documentation is submitted, reviewed, approved, maintained, and available in accordance with HES and project requirements
• Verify that pre-energization requirements are complete, including equipment readiness, QA/QC closeout status, labeling, signage, barriers, access restrictions, and hazard boundaries
• Oversee proper application, tracking, and removal of locks, tags, permits, and control points to maintain compliance with energy-control requirements
• Maintain accurate updates to single-line diagrams, breaker schedules, energized equipment postings, LOTO tracking boards, and room status information
• Control access to energized spaces by maintaining authorization lists, room access rules, signage, and restricted-area controls
• Maintain a strong field presence in electrical rooms, energization preparation areas, and locations where switching, testing, or commissioning activities occur
• Communicate energization status, high-risk conditions, documentation gaps, equipment status, and readiness concerns to project leadership and applicable stakeholders
• Validate qualified-worker status, training documentation, and orientation requirements for personnel involved in LOTO, switching, energized work, or work on de-energized electrical systems
• Support commissioning and turnover activities by coordinating equipment availability, system status, access limitations, and readiness conditions
• Provide guidance, coaching, and assurance oversight to reinforce energized work boundaries, human-performance awareness, and safe energy-control execution
• Ensure all activities remain within HES authority and are focused on safe execution, field verification, documentation accuracy, and energy-control governance within the electrical scope of work

Qualifications

Required Education & Qualifications

• 7+ years of electrical construction experience with strong familiarity in medium-voltage and low-voltage systems, equipment start-up, and commissioning interfaces
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910/1926 electrical safety requirements, and Lockout/Tagout programs
• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, electrical drawings, equipment schedules, coordination studies, and energization documentation
• Prior experience serving as an Energy Marshal, Electrical Foreman, Commissioning Lead, Start-Up Electrician, LOTO Coordinator, or similar role with energization exposure
• Proven ability to lead meetings, coordinate stakeholders, and enforce compliance in high-risk electrical environments
• Strong understanding of energized work boundaries, qualified-worker requirements, electrical hazard controls, LOTO sequencing, and field-level energy-control practices
• Ability to maintain organized, audit-ready documentation and communicate energization status, risks, and readiness conditions to project leadership
• Strong field leadership skills with the ability to maintain control, resolve coordination issues, and reinforce procedural expectations during high-risk activities
• Prior mission-critical or data center construction experience
• Training certifications