Xcel Energy

Director, Grid Strategy and Emerging Technology

Xcel Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Denver • Colorado • Minnesota • United States

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Salary

💰 $148,400 - $210,733 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Provides visionary and strategic leadership related to operational impacts for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Integration, Energy Storage and Grid Operations & System performance groups.
  • Leads engineering team responsible for development, implementation and management of technical areas for new and emerging industry technology.
  • Interacts with Senior Executives, Regulatory, Utility Commissions and key stakeholders to develop and implement plans policy and practices.
  • Primary accountability and lead for the DER Interconnection processes, including compliance.
  • Responsible for the deployment of emerging DER pilots and demonstrations and other emerging technology.
  • Understand financial impacts of decisions or policies and drive the development of operational and regulatory plans to gain approval and regulatory recovery.
  • Analyze and evaluate value propositions and business cases.
  • Through benchmarking and research, identify organizational opportunities to create efficiencies in the integration processes.
  • Lead research investments through EPRI, NREL and similar entities to gain value and insights to guide technical requirements.
  • Provide support to regulatory and testimony as necessary.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
  • 10 years of work experience within the electric delivery industry which includes 5 years of middle management experience.
  • Proven expertise in energy storage, DER integration and emerging technologies.
  • Ability to drive major initiatives, significant communication and influence skills (written and verbal).
  • Demonstrated management history of cultivating positive operating cultures.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of management systems, safety manual and labor agreement is essential.
  • Advanced Degree and Professional Engineer License from a state within company service territory are preferred.
Benefits
  • Annual Incentive Program
  • Long Term Incentive
  • Medical/Pharmacy Plan
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
  • Health Care Reimbursement Account
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
  • Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
  • Transportation Reimbursement Account
  • Short-term disability (STD)
  • Long-term disability (LTD)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Transit programs
  • Employee recognition program
  • Pension
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Holidays
  • Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
  • Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
energy storageDER integrationemerging technologiesoperational planningregulatory compliancefinancial analysisbenchmarkingtechnical requirementsmanagement systemssafety manual
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipcommunication skillsinfluence skillsmanagement historycultivating positive cultures
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringProfessional Engineer LicenseAdvanced Degree