Senior Transmission Planning Engineer
Xcel Energy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Amarillo • Colorado • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $97,000 - $129,267 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Leads and performs modeling and analysis activities for steady state and stability simulations
- Develops scopes for studies to guide long-range transmission system plans and coordinates with other Integrated System Planning departments to ensure assumptions align across subdisciplines
- Effectively communicates the results of studies and department endeavors to a wide range of audiences through written and verbal means
- Improves Integrated System Planning procedures and techniques through largely self-directed work.
- Resolves difficult technical and business problems
- Implements, without substantial direction, NERC and FERC compliance activities as an SME.
- Assigns tasks to lower-level engineers, interns and technicians.
- Mentors and provides training materials for less experienced engineers to ensure group development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or Physics from ABET accredited curriculum, electrical engineering degree preferred.
- 5+ years with nationally recognized certification, 7+ years without certification.
- Experience with multiple power system transmission analysis tools such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, PSCAD or other similar analysis software.
- EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering and/or PE (Professional Engineer) registration preferred.
- Graduate degree in fields above preferred.
- Experience with Python programming
- Proficiency in conducting transient stability studies and analysis.
- Experience with EMT modeling and studies using PSCAD, ETAP or other similar tools.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- 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
modelinganalysistransmission system planningtransient stability studiesEMT modelingPython programming
Soft Skills
communicationproblem-solvingmentoringtraining
Certifications
EITFEPE