Lead Electrical Commissioning Engineer

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🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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OVERWATCH

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Defense • Consulting • Logistics

Overwatch is a veteran-led construction management company that specializes in strategic construction solutions for federal, state, and local public agencies. With expertise in Project Management, CPM Scheduling, Cost Estimating, and Quality Assurance, Overwatch engages actively with clients to execute their capital programs. Founded by industry veterans, the company has a proven track record of managing building and infrastructure projects nationwide, with a focus on serving governmental organizations such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

📋 Description

• Direct the electrical commissioning sequence from factory acceptance testing (FAT/L1) to final Integrated Systems Testing (IST/L5) and turnover to Operations • Oversee Level 2 documentation verification, installation and construction-readiness checks, and Level 3 equipment startup and vendor validation • Lead Level 4 functional performance testing, including breaker coordination, insulation resistance, and component failovers • Design, coordinate, and command Level 5 pull-the-plug heat-load and electrical fault testing using load banks • Validate system redundancy, concurrent maintainability, transient behaviors, and automated throwover schemes • Review electrical design packages, single-line diagrams, protection settings, breaker coordination studies, arc flash evaluations, and engineering submittals • Author and approve test scripts, Method Statements, Energization Plans, and pre-functional checklists • Root-cause analyze electrical faults, protection trip events, harmonic distortion issues, and transient power abnormalities • Own the electrical project issue log and ensure discrepancies and safety gaps are tracked and remediated • Manage and prioritize assignments for internal electrical commissioning engineers and third-party NETA technicians • Serve as the primary electrical point of contact for clients, contractors, vendors, and utility representatives • Represent electrical commissioning in energization coordination, schedule reviews, construction meetings, and client performance updates • Validate installation, protection tuning, and failure modes of mission-critical electrical systems

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent technical field experience • Minimum 3+ years of direct electrical commissioning, engineering, or mission-critical facilities construction experience • Minimum 2+ years of dedicated data center project experience • Demonstrated experience leading L1–L5 programs on hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise builds • Advanced capacity to read and interpret complex single-line diagrams (SLDs), three-line diagrams, schematic diagrams, control wiring diagrams, and time-current coordination curves • Ability to navigate construction sites, climb ladders, and lift up to 30 lbs. • Ability to travel 50% to 65% of the time

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Paid time off • Relocation assistance available

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