Energy Marshal - Field Support

With 19 years of experience and hundreds of million-dollar projects completed, Hays Electrical Services supports complex commercial and mission critical construction projects throughout the region. We are committed to delivering projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards of workmanship.

Energy Marshal – Field Support

Position Summary

The Energy Marshal – Field Support provides direct field support to the Energy Marshal team during construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and energization activities. The position helps ensure that designated work areas, equipment, personnel, and activities are coordinated in accordance with the project's energy management procedures, electrical safety requirements, and commissioning plans.

The role supports the implementation of energy isolation controls, permit-to-work requirements, energization readiness checks, restricted-area controls, and field communication processes. It works closely with construction, commissioning, electrical, instrumentation and controls, operations, maintenance, and subcontractor teams to promote safe and orderly execution of work involving energized or potentially energized systems.

The position is responsible for identifying field conflicts, verifying assigned checks, maintaining accurate records, and promptly escalating deficiencies or unsafe conditions to the Energy Marshal Lead or authorized person.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Energy Marshal Lead in implementing the project's energy management and energization procedures.

• Conduct routine field rounds to verify that energy-controlled areas, equipment boundaries, warning signs, barricades, and access restrictions are maintained.

• Assist with identifying equipment and systems approaching pre-commissioning, commissioning, or energization readiness.

• Monitor field activities for conflicts between construction work, testing, commissioning, and energized-system boundaries.

• Help communicate changes in equipment status, energy boundaries, and work restrictions to affected personnel.

• Help coordinate field notifications before, during, and after planned energization activities.

• Maintain records of energization-related observations, outstanding actions, and equipment status updates.

• Escalate discrepancies between the approved commissioning plan and actual field conditions before work proceeds.

• Check that required warning tags, barricades, and isolation identification are present and consistent with approved documentation.

• Report missing, damaged, unclear, or inconsistent isolation devices, tags, or documentation immediately.

• Assist with tracking permits, isolation records, and equipment status information as required.

• Attend coordination meetings, toolbox talks, pre-job briefings, and energization planning meetings as required.

• Identify simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) and potential conflicts between work groups, equipment testing, and energization activities.

• Communicate planned changes in work boundaries and equipment status through approved project communication channels.

• Assist with maintaining clear access routes, controlled work areas, and designated emergency access points.

• Support shift handovers to ensure continuity of energy control information between work groups.

• Maintain accurate records in accordance with project document-control requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical certification or trade qualification preferred.

• Experience in construction, electrical installation, commissioning, pre-commissioning, industrial maintenance, or energy management.

• Working knowledge of electrical safety, hazardous energy control, permit-to-work systems, and lockout/tagout (LOTO) principles.

• Familiarity with electrical distribution systems, switchgear, transformers, motor control centers, generators, temporary power, or related equipment is desirable.

• Competency in preparing field reports, maintaining logs, and using standard computer-based tracking tools.
  
  Required Competencies

• Strong safety awareness and attention to detail.

• Clear communication and coordination skills.

• Ability to recognize hazardous conditions and escalate concerns promptly.

• Good understanding of work boundaries and the importance of equipment status control.

• Ability to manage competing field priorities in a dynamic construction environment.

• Accurate documentation and follow-through on outstanding actions.

• Professional interaction with construction, commissioning, operations, and contractor personnel.

• Ability to work shifts, weekends, overtime, and extended site hours when required by the commissioning schedule.

The role is primarily site-based and may involve outdoor work, walking and standing for extended periods, working around construction and commissioning activities, and accessing industrial facilities or electrical installation areas under approved site controls. Shift work, overtime, and weekend work may be required during critical commissioning and energization periods.