Energy Marshal
Title: Energy Marshal
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Duration: 8 month + contract in Iowa, then move to Columbus for 8-10 months for next project
Pay: $70 – $90
Per diem: $143.00 per day
Mob/Demob: up $1000 each way
Monthly paid trip home as allowed: Yes
Energy Marshal
The Energy Marshal is responsible for managing and controlling electrical energization activities throughout the construction, commissioning, and turnover of a data center. This role serves as the project’s central authority for energized-system status, safe work planning, lockout/tagout coordination, and communication between construction, commissioning, operations, and trade partners.
Primary Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and enforce the project Electrical Safety and Energization Plan.
Coordinate all initial energizations, re-energizations, shutdowns, and switching activities.
Maintain an accurate energization schedule and identify upcoming activities, constraints, and required approvals.
Review and approve energization requests, method-of-procedure documents, switching plans, and electrical safe-work plans.
Verify equipment readiness before energization, including inspections, testing, labeling, housekeeping, access control, and documentation.
Confirm completion of required QA/QC inspections, pre-functional checklists, test reports, and commissioning prerequisites.
Establish and manage energized electrical work boundaries and controlled-access areas.
Ensure energized equipment is properly labeled, barricaded, secured, and identified on current one-line diagrams.
Maintain an up-to-date energized-equipment log showing system status, date energized, source, voltage, responsible party, and restrictions.
Oversee the project lockout/tagout program and coordinate multi-trade or group LOTO activities.
Verify that locks, tags, permits, and isolation points are properly installed, documented, audited, and removed.
Conduct routine field audits of energized equipment, temporary power systems, electrical rooms, and LOTO installations.
Lead pre-energization meetings and daily coordination meetings when energized work is planned.
Coordinate with electrical contractors, commissioning agents, equipment vendors, utility representatives, owner operations teams, and the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
Communicate changes in system status to all affected personnel and maintain clear shift-to-shift turnover records.
Participate in incident investigations, near-miss reviews, and corrective-action development involving electrical energy.
Stop or suspend energization or energized work when requirements, documentation, testing, or site conditions are unacceptable.
Support safe turnover of electrical systems from construction control to commissioning and ultimately to the owner.
Provide regular reports covering completed and upcoming energizations, open deficiencies, LOTO status, risks, and schedule impacts.
