Energy Marshal Manager - Houston

The Energy Marshal Manager 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.

• →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.

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

• 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.