Principal, Electrical SME

Hut 8 • Nueces County, Texas, TX

2h • Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical SME is Managed Services' electrical expert embedded in a data center build. The role supports design reviews and commissioning witness activities to ensure electrical systems are operable and maintainable at turnover, and that the team inheriting the facility can operate, switch, and maintain its systems safely. The position also supports energization and early operations, and contributes operational lessons to Hut 8 electrical standards and future basis-of-design decisions.

The role is full-time and on-site.

Requirements

• At least 8 years in critical-facilities electrical operations, commissioning, or NETA-adjacent field roles.
• Deep knowledge of MV/LV switchgear, protective devices, generator and UPS systems, and EPMS/power monitoring.
• Experience witnessing commissioning through integrated systems testing in mission-critical environments.
• Fluency in NFPA 70E and hands-on switching and lockout/tagout (LOTO) experience.
• NETA testing literacy, including the ability to critically review reports and identify omissions.
• Maintainability-focused design-review instincts, including clearances, access, and safe isolation paths.
• Rigor with turnover documentation, especially settings files and test records.

Nice To Haves

• Electrical license.
• Military power background, such as Navy nuclear or Air Force power-pro roles.
• Engineering degree.

Responsibilities

• Review MV/LV distribution, generator plant, UPS, and EPMS designs for operability, including maintenance access and clearances, practical switching, arc-flash exposure during operating procedures, redundancy during maintenance, and labeling and mimic clarity. Challenge designs that assume unsafe maintenance practices.
• Inspect electrical installations at key construction milestones, including equipment setting and clearances, terminations and torque documentation, grounding, and cable management; raise operability and quality issues with the MEP superintendent early.
• Witness NETA acceptance testing and Level 3–5 commissioning, including protective device testing, generator and UPS transfer sequences, load bank testing, pull-the-plug scenarios, and integrated systems testing. Record operational findings in the commissioning log and verify their closure.
• Verify electrical turnover packages, including test records and settings files, one-lines and as-builts, arc-flash labels against final studies, spare breakers and critical spares, preventive-maintenance program inputs, and switching procedures. Confirm operator training covers real switching and emergency scenarios.
• Support energization sequences and early-operations stabilization, including alarm and EPMS tuning input, operating-procedure refinement, and troubleshooting with the operations team during the first months.
• Provide operational lessons for Hut 8 electrical standards and future basis-of-design decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed