[Remote] Electrical Safety Operations Manager – Commissioning

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DEPCOM Power is hiring an Electrical Safety Manager – Commissioning to support utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects through commissioning, energization, substantial completion, and turnover. The role provides electrical-safety leadership, verifies project readiness and critical controls, and partners with project teams to address risks, investigations, and training.

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

Skills

• Experience supporting electrical safety in utility-scale electrical systems, manufacturing, or a related field
• Working knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, OSHA 1910 and 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
• 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

Benefits

• Remote eligible within the U.S.
• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, and educational assistance.
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance; eligibility criteria and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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