Electrical helper Jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

Energy Marshal

With over 18 years of experience and hundreds of million-dollar projects completed, Hays Electrical Services provides excellent service to customers in hospitality, commercial, and solar industry. Hays Electrical Services approaches each project with a cooperative mindset, working with business owners, contractors, and subcontractors towards the common goal – successful project delivery.

Position Overview

The Energy Marshal is the primary onsite authority responsible for controlling, coordinating, and overseeing all electrical energization, de-energization, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) activities for the Cedar Rapids data center project. This role ensures that all equipment start-ups, breaker operations, and energization sequences are managed safely, consistently, and in accordance with Hays Electrical Services' Energy Control Program, NFPA 70E, OSHA standards, and project-specific energization protocols. The Energy Marshal maintains strict control over energized work boundaries, access control, safety planning, documentation, communication flow, and coordination with commissioning teams, the electrical contractor, and the General Contractor's program expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the project's energization and LOTO governance program, ensuring all procedures align with Hays corporate standards, NFPA 70E, OSHA regulations, and the general contractor's energization safety plan.
• Develop and maintain the project-specific energization safety plan, updating it as conditions, sequences, or project milestones evolve.
• Ensure all required energization deliverables, such as arc-flash documentation, protective device coordination studies, emergency response considerations, and labeling are completed and validated before equipment is placed in service.
• Maintain authoritative control over breaker operation and energization sequences, ensuring only approved and qualified personnel engage in switching activities.

Planning, Communication & Documentation Control

• Coordinate energization planning with the general contractor, commissioning leadership, electrical contractor's Energy Marshal, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate advance energization readiness meetings, ensuring project stakeholders understand scope, sequencing, risk controls, and required documentation.
• Ensure proper documentation, including PTPs, LOTO plans, energization schedules, AHAs, certifications, and QA/QC records is submitted, reviewed, and approved within required timeframes.
• Maintain daily updates to single-line diagrams, breaker schedules, energized equipment postings, and LOTO tracking boards to reflect real-time system status.

LOTO Program Oversight

• Verify that all LOTO procedures are properly applied, documented, and monitored throughout all energized and de-energized work activities.
• Ensure LOTO stations are staffed with qualified personnel and that all locks, tags, permits, and equipment boundaries are established before any switching or start-up activity begins.
• Oversee installation and removal of locks, ensuring sequencing integrity and proper security of all control points.
• Validate that the project maintains complete and compliant control-of-hazardous-energy process across all equipment and electrical rooms.

Pre-Energization & Post-Energization Activities

• Conduct daily pre-start inspections of electrical gear with electricians, commissioning representatives, and project stakeholders to validate that all systems, components, labeling, installation details, and protective measures are in place.
• Complete end-of-day verification checks to ensure all equipment is left in a safe and secure condition before crews depart.
• Ensure all pre-energization conditions, including barrier placement, room access restrictions, signage, QA/QC closeout documentation, and hazard boundaries are satisfied before authorizing energization.
• Support commissioning turnover by coordinating equipment availability, status updates, and system conditions.

Field Presence, Control Measures & Hazard Communication

• Maintain a strong daily field presence, overseeing electrical rooms, energized gear, energization prep areas, and locations where switching or testing activities occur.
• Control access to energized spaces by maintaining authorization lists, room access rules, and entry controls consistent with project requirements.
• Communicate daily high-risk conditions, equipment status, restricted spaces, and planned switching operations to the field workforce and management teams.
• Lead daily energization and LOTO coordination meetings to ensure all involved parties understand work scopes, hazards, and required precautions.

Qualifications & Worker Competency Assurance

• Validate credentials, training certifications, and qualified-worker status for all personnel performing LOTO, switching, energized work, or working on de-energized electrical components.
• Ensure vendor partners and subcontractors receive orientation on the project's energy-control and LOTO program requirements.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and assurance oversight to ensure all energy-control activities meet the highest standards of safety and technical compliance.

Leadership, Coordination & Stakeholder Interface

• Serve as the primary onsite point of contact for all energization-related activities between Hays Electrical Services, the general contractor, commissioning agents, the electrical contractor, and client representatives.
• Support schedule coordination by integrating energization sequences into pull-planning sessions and daily activity planning.
• Provide clear, consistent communication to project leadership regarding energization progress, risks, system status, and readiness conditions.
• Reinforce expectations for energized work boundaries, human-performance awareness, and high-risk activity management.

Education & Qualifications Required

• 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, and LOTO programs.
• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, electrical drawings, equipment schedules, and coordination studies.
• Prior experience serving as an Energy Marshal, Electrical Foreman, Commissioning Lead, Start-Up Electrician, or similar role with energization exposure.
• Proven ability to lead meetings, coordinate stakeholders, and enforce compliance in high-risk electrical environments.
• Prior mission-critical/data-center construction experience.
• Training certifications in NFPA 70E, LOTO, or MV/LV energization programs.

Preferred (not required)

• Licensed Journeyman or Master Electrician.

Join a company that's building more than just electrical systems—join a team committed to excellence and innovation. If you meet the qualifications outlined above and are ready to contribute your skills to the team at Hays Electrical Services, we encourage you to apply. Join us in providing exceptional service for our clients and supporting our company's operations.