Electrical Operator

Position Type: Critical Facilities Operations

Position Overview

Our client is building and operating the infrastructure required to accelerate the development of aligned artificial intelligence. The organization is focused on acquiring power, designing and constructing large-scale data centers, and operating advanced compute environments through integrated hardware, software, and infrastructure teams.

The Data Center Operations team is responsible for keeping live, mission-critical facilities running safely and reliably while construction, commissioning, and capacity expansion activities continue around them. The Staff Electrical Operator will serve as a senior electrical subject-matter expert responsible for operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining high-voltage electrical systems in an active data center environment.

This role is ideal for an experienced electrical operator, chief engineer, data center field engineer, electrical design engineer, or mission-critical facilities professional who has worked with large-capacity power systems and can operate independently in complex, fast-moving environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot electrical distribution systems ranging from 480V through 15kV and higher.
• Manage and support generators, medium-voltage switch gear, UPS systems, protection systems, transformers, controls, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Perform electrical switching, energization, de-energization, isolation, and restoration activities in accordance with approved procedures.
• Execute lockout/tagout procedures and maintain compliance with NFPA 70E, arc-flash boundaries, electrical safety standards, and site-specific requirements.
• Lead electrical incident response activities, including fault isolation, emergency power restoration, system stabilization, and post-incident reporting.
• Investigate electrical failures and develop detailed root-cause analyses and corrective action plans.
• Monitor electrical and facility conditions through Building Management Systems and Electrical Power Monitoring Systems.
• Review and tune alarm thresholds, escalation paths, response procedures, and system notifications.
• Create, update, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, Method of Procedures, and Emergency Operating Procedures as new electrical capacity comes online.
• Develop procedures and documentation for systems that may have incomplete, evolving, or inconsistent records.
• Partner with construction, commissioning, controls, mechanical, engineering, and operations teams during facility expansion and equipment turnover.
• Support commissioning activities, testing, equipment energization, system validation, and operational readiness.
• Maintain accurate records of switching activities, system conditions, incidents, maintenance events, and operational changes.
• Train and mentor junior electrical operators on switching procedures, electrical safety, emergency response, and facility operating standards.
• Serve as an electrical subject-matter expert for a large site, campus, or portfolio of mission-critical facilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, safety, documentation, procedures, and team performance.

Required Qualifications

• At least eight years of hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting electrical systems in live, mission-critical facilities.
• Experience working onsite in data centers or comparable environments across electrical, controls, mechanical, or related critical-facility disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience with electrical distribution equipment from 480V through 15kV or higher.
• Strong working knowledge of generators, medium-voltage switch gear, UPS systems, protection systems, transfer systems, and electrical controls.
• Experience using or…