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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Electrical Safety Operations Manager - Commissioning

Environmental Health & SafetyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$100k - $140k

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience supporting electrical safety in utility-scale electrical systems, manufacturing, or a related field.
  • Working knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910, and OSHA 1926 as applied to electrical work.
  • Experience reviewing or implementing lockout/tagout, electrically safe work conditions, job safety analyses, and electrical-risk controls.
  • Ability to evaluate field readiness, communicate gaps clearly, and work across Commissioning, Construction, Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Operations, and contractor teams.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Ability to travel up to 75% of the time between project sites across the U.S.
  • Must be located near a major airport.

Responsibilities

  • Be present at commissioning project sites to support employee HSE needs and provide visible electrical-safety leadership.
  • Partner with Commissioning leadership to verify electrical-safety readiness before testing, switching, energization, substantial completion, and turnover, including review of work plans, isolation and switching plans, lockout/tagout, personnel qualifications, PPE, test equipment, and emergency-response arrangements.
  • Conduct field observations, walkdowns, audits, and risk assessments during commissioning and functional testing to verify approved methods and critical electrical-safety controls are understood and applied.
  • Independently verify required controls, equipment states, documentation, qualifications, and field conditions; document and escalate gaps, exercising stop-work or hold-point authority when material controls are incomplete.
  • Partner with Engineering, Quality, Construction, Project Management, Operations, contractors, and customers to resolve readiness gaps, manage change, and communicate electrical-safety risks, trends, status, and follow-up actions.
  • Support incident and near-miss investigations, corrective actions, and integration of lessons learned into future commissioning plans, procedures, and training.
  • Facilitate commissioning-focused safety trainings.

Desired Qualifications

  • Advanced utility-scale photovoltaic and battery energy storage system knowledge.
  • Relevant certification, such as Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional (CESCP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP).
  • OSHA 30 certification.
  • Current NFPA 70E training.
  • Experience conducting compliance audits, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action verification.
  • Experience applying principle-based decision-making and safety-focused practices in a work environment.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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