Energy Marshal Manager (Houston)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the project energization and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) program within HES’ electrical scope of work.
• Cook up 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.

  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.
  • Able 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 in NFPA 70E, LOTO, or MV/LV energization programs.

  Preferred (not required)

  • Licensed Journeyman Electrician or equivalent electrical trade background.
  • Prior mission-critical or data center construction experience.
  • Exposure to energization planning, equipment start-up, commissioning, or Energy Marshal program support.
  • Training certifications in NFPA 70E, LOTO, or electrical safety/energization programs.
  • Experience with digital documentation platforms such as Procore, Bluebeam, or similar systems.