Xcel Energy

Operations Manager – System Protection

Xcel Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Amarillo • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $112,200 - $159,400 per year

About the role

  • Supervise a high performing, safe operations team across multiple functions, facilities, or commodities while driving the efficient and cost-effective use of numerous resources through consistent and effective application of policies and procedures.
  • Assure safe, reliable, and compliant operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Drive attainment of corporate and business unit strategies, goals and objectives, and process and performance metrics.
  • Provide visible safety leadership and actively contribute to the creation, implementation, and continuous improvement of a strong, sustainable safety culture in partnership with Safety Consultant.
  • Drive real-time safety accountability by engaging the team through safety meeting participation, job briefs, audits, training, accident investigation/event assessment, and job site observations.
  • Evaluate team performance based on operational efficiency, reliability and quality metrics and take corrective action where appropriate, focusing on process adherence and data integrity.
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive adoption of process changes through effective collaboration and expectation setting.
  • Provide direct leadership over crew effectiveness, quality and productivity.
  • Maintain a continuous presence in the work environment and assist in removing barriers with pre-requisites, materials, stakeholder, and other issues.
  • Ensure correct crew composition and skills are in place to meet operational, reliability, customer and financial objectives.
  • Assist in preparing resource forecasts and providing input to longer-term work plans.
  • Recruit talented employees, participate in workforce and development planning efforts, establish clear expectations, and effectively and manage performance.
  • Provide training, coaching and oversight and drive employee engagement.
  • Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships with areas that support Operations.
  • Provide strong working knowledge of necessary systems and resources to assist employees, other work groups, and/or customers and stakeholders.
  • Enable crews to provide solutions to issues and improve customer/stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Oversee and coordinate the execution and documentation of work in accordance with Xcel Energy policies and procedures, labor agreements, and regulatory standards.
  • Support and ensure required compliance and technical training is completed. Establish, monitor, and track processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Requirements

  • Five or more years in design, construction, operations, engineering or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related industries/fields or equivalent.
  • Associates or technical degree preferred.
  • Safety & HPI experience preferred.
  • System Protection experience preferred.
  • PRC-005 Compliance experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated technical expertise in specific functional area including standards, procedures, and applicable government/environmental regulations.
  • Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.
  • Effective change leader with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate company and business area strategies and objectives to a variety of stakeholders.
  • Proven results at achieving performance and operational metrics and driving process adherence.
  • Three years of supervisory experience preferred.
  • Completion of an approved apprentice program in an appropriately related craft.
  • Demonstrated understanding of utility finance.
  • Demonstrated experience working as or with bargaining unit employees.
  • Will be required to be on call.
  • Travel required as needed.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
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