Electrical Systems Expert
Required skills
- MV/LV distribution
- generator plants
- UPS systems
- EPMS
- NETA acceptance testing
- protective device testing
- load bank testing
- pull-the-plug scenarios
- integrated systems testing
- NFPA 70E
Nice to have
- Electrical license
- military power background
- Navy nuke
- Air Force power pro
- engineering degree
Role summary
The Electrical SME is a critical role within Managed Services, embedded in data center builds to ensure electrical systems are designed, commissioned, and handed over for safe and maintainable operation. Responsibilities include reviewing electrical designs (MV/LV distribution, generators, UPS, EPMS) for operability and safety, verifying installations during construction, witnessing NETA acceptance testing and commissioning, confirming turnover package completeness, supporting energization and early operations, and providing feedback to improve electrical standards. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in critical facilities electrical operations or commissioning, deep knowledge of electrical systems, NFPA 70E fluency, and practical switching/LOTO experience.
Hut 8 brings exceptional people together to solve the world’s most consequential problems at the intersection of energy and technology. Today, that means building infrastructure for AI at a pace and scale without precedent. Tomorrow, it could mean powering a new era of innovation through robotics, advanced manufacturing, or an industry that does not yet exist. Whatever the technology demands, our ambition holds: to build the defining physical infrastructure company of our generation.
We look for thinkers and builders with the rigor, humility, and ownership to solve problems at this scale. They start from zero and choose truth over tradition. They back the best idea, whatever its source. They bet on themselves and embrace the hard truths that force them to grow. Our commitment is to keep the path from idea to execution short, trust them with critical decisions and the work that follows, and surround them with colleagues whose curiosity extends beyond their expertise.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Electrical SME is Managed Services' electrical expert embedded in a data center build - supporting design review and commissioning witness to ensure electrical systems are operable and maintainable at turnover. The electrical system is the facility's spine; this role makes sure it can be operated, switched, and maintained safely by the team inheriting it.
Some of the key responsibilities you should expect are the following:
Operability Design Review
Review electrical designs - MV/LV distribution, generator plants, UPS systems, EPMS - for operability: maintenance access and working clearances, switching practicality and arc-flash exposure during real operating procedures, redundancy behavior under maintenance conditions, and labeling/mimic clarity. Push back where the design assumes maintenance that can't safely be performed.
Construction - Phase Verification
Walk electrical installations at key milestones: equipment setting and clearances, terminations and torque documentation, grounding, and cable management quality - flagging operability and quality issues to the MEP superintendent early.
Testing & Commissioning Witness
Witness NETA acceptance testing and Level 3-5 commissioning: protective device testing, generator and UPS transfer sequences, load bank testing, pull-the-plug scenarios, and integrated systems testing. Drive operational findings into the Cx log and verify closure.
Turnover Readiness
Verify electrical turnover packages: test records and settings files, one-lines and as-builts, arc-flash labels matching final studies, spare breakers and critical spares, PM program inputs, and switching procedures. Confirm operator training covers real switching and emergency scenarios.
Energization & Early Operations
Support energization sequences and early operations stabilization: alarm and EPMS tuning input, operating procedure refinement, and first-months troubleshooting with the operations team.
Program Feedback
Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 electrical standards and future basis-of-design decisions.
ABOUT YOU
- What we're looking for:
- 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.
- Commissioning witness experience through integrated systems testing in mission-critical environments.
- NFPA 70E fluency and real switching/LOTO experience - you've operated the gear, not just reviewed it.
- NETA testing literacy: you can read the reports critically and catch what's missing.
- Maintainability instincts in design review: clearances, access, and safe isolation paths.
- Turnover documentation rigor, especially settings files and test records.
- Electrical license, military power background (Navy nuke/Air Force power pro), or engineering degree all welcome paths.
ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Full-time on-site based role.
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