Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Mission Critical Infrastructure

Location: Spartanburg, SC

Type: Direct Hire

Compensation: $130K–$160K base bonus

Overview

GTN is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to serve as an on-site technical authority for electrical maintenance, reliability, troubleshooting, and operational support within a large-scale mission-critical infrastructure environment in Spartanburg, SC.

This role supports the safe, reliable, and continuous operation of electrical infrastructure across a high-availability data center / HPC environment. The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership across MV/LV power distribution, UPS systems, switchgear, generators, protective relays, electrical safety, procedure execution, and maintenance readiness.

The ideal candidate brings deep electrical systems experience from a data center, industrial, utility, power generation, or mission-critical environment and is comfortable supporting shift-based operations, live-site troubleshooting, equipment reliability, commissioning support, and incident response.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the on-site electrical maintenance and operations SME for MV/LV distribution, UPS systems, switchgear, generators, breakers, transformers, relays, and related infrastructure

• Provide technical direction during switching, energization, restoration, troubleshooting, maintenance activities, and abnormal operating conditions

• Monitor electrical system performance, identify reliability concerns, and support corrective action planning

• Troubleshoot electrical faults, alarms, equipment failures, control issues, and operational deviations

• Support commissioning, startup, acceptance testing, equipment turnover, and transition-to-operations activities

• Partner with Operations, Mechanical, Controls, Liquid Cooling, Energy Station, Safety, and Maintenance teams to support continuous site uptime

• Help develop, review, and improve MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, LOTO plans, switching procedures, and maintenance documentation

• Mentor operators, technicians, and maintenance personnel on electrical systems, safe work practices, and operating procedures

• Ensure compliance with NFPA 70 / 70E, OSHA, LOTO, arc-flash, energized work, and site EHS standards

• Maintain accurate shift logs, equipment status updates, maintenance notes, event documentation, and handover records

• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements for critical electrical systems

Required Experience

• 8 years of MV/LV electrical systems experience in data centers, industrial facilities, utilities, power generation, or mission-critical environments

• Strong hands-on knowledge of switchgear, UPS systems, generators, relays, breakers, transformers, electrical distribution, and protective devices

• Experience supporting high-availability, 24x7, uptime-sensitive operating environments

• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, electrical schematics, control logic diagrams, and technical drawings

• Strong knowledge of electrical safety, LOTO, arc-flash requirements, energized work controls, and safe switching practices

• Experience supporting electrical maintenance, troubleshooting, startup, commissioning, switching, and incident response activities

• Ability to provide calm technical leadership during high-pressure operational events

• Strong communication skills with the ability to train, mentor, and coordinate across technical teams

Preferred Experience

• Data center, hyperscale, HPC, semiconductor, utility, power plant, or large industrial facility background

• Experience with MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, CMMS platforms, and shift-based maintenance / operations environments

• Exposure to on-site generation, substations, MV distribution, integrated power systems, or energy infrastructure

• Familiarity with SCADA, BMS, EPMS, DCIM, or related monitoring and control platforms

• Electrical license, journeyman/master electrician, NETA certification, or related technical certifications preferred