Job: Energy Marshal
Location: On-site project assignment | Schedule: Full-time, typically Monday-Saturday
Build Your Future with GBAGBA Mission Critical is looking for an experienced Energy Marshal to support a major mission-critical construction and commissioning project. In this highly visible on-site role, you will coordinate electrical energization planning, readiness reviews, switching activities, energy-control boundaries, LOTO coordination, commissioning interfaces, and turnover documentation.
You will work closely with the Owner, General Contractor, electrical subcontractors, Commissioning Authority, equipment vendors, utility representatives, and operations personnel to help ensure electrical systems are energized safely, deliberately, and with clear project-wide communication.
- Plan and coordinate energization sequencing with construction and commissioning schedules.
- Lead or support readiness reviews before electrical systems are energized.
- Review installation records, QA/QC documentation, electrical test reports, one-lines, permits, switching plans, and turnover packages.
- Coordinate LOTO processes, isolation boundaries, and identification of cross-feed or back-feed conditions.
- Facilitate pre-energization meetings, switching briefings, and stakeholder communications.
- Support startup, functional testing, Integrated Systems Testing, temporary-to-permanent power transitions, and turnover.
- Maintain accurate system-status tracking for energized and non-energized electrical infrastructure.
- Document energization events, prerequisites, open items, risks, and post-energization status.
- Escalate critical conditions and procedural deviations promptly.
- Mission-critical electrical construction, commissioning, startup, energization, or turnover experience.
- Experience coordinating electrical contractors, commissioning teams, vendors, and operations stakeholders.
- Ability to interpret electrical one-line diagrams and evaluate readiness documentation and testing records.
- Practical knowledge of LOTO, energy-control processes, electrical isolation boundaries, and switching coordination.
- Strong communication, organization, judgment, and documentation skills.
- Willingness and ability to work full-time on site, typically 58 hours per week, with schedule flexibility for critical project activities.
GBA brings together architecture, engineering, commissioning, and project-delivery expertise to help clients deliver high-performing, reliable facilities. In this role, you will have a direct impact on project safety, energization discipline, commissioning readiness, and successful turnover of critical electrical systems.
Join Our TeamIf you are a disciplined electrical professional who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and takes pride in making energization activities controlled, coordinated, and traceable, we invite you to apply.
Apply today and build your future with GBA.
At GBA, we are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer promoting diversity in our workforce by including all individuals regardless of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law.
Skills Required
- Mission-critical electrical construction, commissioning, startup, energization, or turnover experience
- Experience coordinating electrical contractors, commissioning teams, vendors, and operations stakeholders
- Ability to interpret electrical one-line diagrams
- Ability to evaluate readiness documentation and electrical testing records
- Practical knowledge of LOTO, energy-control processes, electrical isolation boundaries, and switching coordination
- Strong communication, organization, judgment, and documentation skills
- Ability and willingness to work full-time on site, typically 58 hours per week, with schedule flexibility
What We Do
GBA is an architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) services firm that delivers integrated solutions for complex, highly specialized projects across the United States. It traces its origins to George Butler’s 1969 consulting engineering practice and provides architectural and engineering design, construction services, and related technical expertise for clients nationwide. GBA serves federal, industrial, life sciences, mission-critical, municipal, site-development, transportation, and water-environment markets.









