Electrical Safety Operations Manager – Commissioning

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona.

📋 Description

• Assist in the commissioning, energization, significant completion, and transition of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects.

• Be present at commissioning sites to address employee health, safety, and environmental (HSE) requirements while providing prominent electrical-safety leadership.

• Collaborate with Commissioning leadership to ensure electrical-safety preparedness prior to testing, switching, energization, significant completion, and transition.

• Evaluate work plans, isolation and switching procedures, lockout/tagout protocols, personnel qualifications, personal protective equipment (PPE), testing apparatus, and emergency-response strategies.

• Perform field observations, walkthroughs, audits, and risk evaluations during the commissioning and functional testing phases.

• Independently verify necessary controls, equipment conditions, documentation, qualifications, and field circumstances.

• Record and escalate any deficiencies, exercising stop-work or hold-point authority when essential controls are lacking.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Construction, Project Management, Operations, contractors, and clients to address readiness deficiencies and manage changes.

• Communicate electrical-safety hazards, trends, status updates, and follow-up measures.

• Assist in investigations of incidents and near-misses, implementing corrective actions and capturing lessons learned.

• Lead safety training sessions focused on commissioning.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in supporting electrical safety within utility-scale electrical systems, manufacturing, or a related domain.

• Solid understanding of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910, and OSHA 1926 as they pertain to electrical work.

• Experience in reviewing or implementing lockout/tagout procedures, ensuring electrically safe work environments, conducting job safety analyses, and managing electrical risk controls.

• Capability to assess field readiness, clearly communicate identified gaps, and collaborate with Commissioning, Construction, Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Operations, and contractor teams.

• Possession of a valid driver’s license.

• Willingness to travel up to 75% of the time among project sites throughout the U.S.

• Must reside near a major airport.

• Advanced knowledge of utility-scale photovoltaic systems and battery energy storage technology.

• Relevant certifications such as CESCP, CSP, or CUSP are preferred.

• OSHA 30 certification is preferred.

• Current NFPA 70E training is preferred.

• Proven experience in conducting compliance audits, incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and verifying corrective actions.

• Background in applying principle-based decision-making and safety-centric practices in the workplace.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Flexible spending accounts

• Health savings accounts

• Life insurance

• Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance

• Disability insurance

• Retirement benefits

• Paid vacation/time off

• Educational assistance

• Infertility assistance (may apply)

• Paid parental leave (may apply)

• Adoption assistance (may apply)

• Flexible work environment