Xcel Energy

Operations

• Viewed as the technical engineer or subject matter expert for the organization in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes for an assigned area of responsibility.
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Responsible for major project or several complex projects of moderate to large scope.
• Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs.
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.

Transmission Operations Planning Engineer – Entry, Staff, Senior, Principal

Designer

• Manage projects from initial customer contact through post project analysis
• Establish and manage the construction work plan in order to meet the customers schedule and design requirements as well as financial and budgetary requirements
• Design safe operating facilities for new and existing customers according to Xcel Energy construction standards and interpret administrative instructions for consistent and cost-effective designs
• Provide distribution design project management for the least complex areas of design
• Responsible for the generation of additional revenue through contracts with new business or existing customers
• Obtain permits and easements for facilities in accordance with city ordinances, state, federal, and county agencies
• Execute contracts and agreements in compliance with administrative instructions and regulatory requirements
• Represent the Company with government officials, contractors, city agencies, vendors, architects, and engineers to provide service to customers

Designer Distribution I, II

Manager

• Responsible for retaining and attracting business from large industrial energy customers
• Serves as sales leader in identifying commercial and industrial growth sectors, establishing strategic partnerships and developing customized energy solutions to win new business
• Identifies business growth potential within commercial and industrial (C&I) market sectors and develops strategic plans to attract new businesses within available service territories
• Manages the business attraction process including market research, building and maintaining strategic external relationships and developing creative energy solutions
• Develops and manages internal and external resources necessary to execute strategic business attraction plans
• Collaborates with operating companies account management, community relations, area managers and economic development staff to facilitate customer growth opportunities
• Supports business retention and expansion and shares competitive and market intelligence to help grow current customer business
• Delivers real estate site certifications that promote speed to market for new customer connections and developments
• Administers external engagements to promote service territories
• Leads negotiations to secure load and revenue from new customers
• Establishes strategic relationships with entities that play critical roles within the business attraction process
• Performs in-depth analysis of potential custom solutions for new customer opportunities
• Captures potential customer needs by creating targeted sales plans, utilizing the sales tracking system and communicating product and service opportunities for internal competitive use
• Develops and implements proactive sales strategies
• Manages business retention and expansion processes to generate in-depth analytical research for key accounts and target industry clusters
• Tracks prospects activities, event engagement attributes and load growth
• Provides recommendations for executive leadership regarding customer prospects and business growth
• Anticipates and responds to customer requests for business development information and works with internal and external resources to produce information that differentiates the company from its competition
• Conduct analyses of lost opportunities and improve processes for future planning

Economic Development Manager

Mechanical Engineer

• Viewed as the technical engineer or subject matter expert for the organization in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes for an assigned area of responsibility.
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Responsible for major project or several complex projects of moderate to large scope.
• Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs.
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.
• Works under consultative direction toward broad general goals and objectives.
• Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
• May provide work direction for a team of engineers, technicians and other professionals as necessary to complete assignments.

Mechanical Engineer – Staff, Senior or Principal

Engineer

• Viewed as the technical engineer or subject matter expert for the organization in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes for an assigned area of responsibility.
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Responsible for major project or several complex projects of moderate to large scope.
• Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs.
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.
• May provide work direction for a team of engineers, technicians and other professionals as necessary to complete assignments.
• Applies extensive technical expertise and has a higher-level understanding of the basic principles of other related disciplines.
• Fully demonstrates the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level by applying advanced technical principles, theories and concepts, and contributes to the development of new principles, concepts and technical standards.

System Protection Engineer – Entry, Staff, Senior, Principal

• Supervise a high performing operations team while driving the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of resources according to policies and procedures.
• Assure safe, reliable, and compliant operations and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Ensure consistent and effective use of standard tools and processes.
• Support attainment of corporate and business unit goals and objectives and process and performance metrics.
• Serve as a strong communicator of key strategic and operational changes.
• Provide visible safety leadership and drive real time safety accountability by engaging employees/crew through safety meeting facilitation, job briefs, audits, training, accident investigation/event assessment, and job site observations.
• Work in close partnership with Safety Consultant.
• Evaluate team performance based on operational efficiency, reliability and quality metrics; monitor trends, and take corrective action where appropriate.
• Ensure and reinforce the importance of process adherence and data integrity.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive adoption of process changes through effective communication of expectations and objectives.
• Responsible for crew productivity and quality of execution.
• Maintain a consistent presence in the work environment.
• Assist in removing barriers with pre-requisites, materials, stakeholder, and other issues.
• Align crew skills and availability to work activities through coordinators, planners, and schedulers, prioritizing customer satisfaction and reliability.
• Recruit talented employees, establish clear performance expectations and effectively manage performance.
• Provide training, coaching and oversight and drive employee engagement.
• Provide input and leadership in addressing bargaining unit issues, grievances, corrective actions, and future development.
• Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
• Be knowledgeable 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.
• 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/technical training is completed.
• Establish, monitor, and track processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Operations Supervisor – Metering

Business Operations

• Perform a wide range of operations support activities.
• Ensure consistent and effective creation of non-design work orders, as well as service and material purchase requisitions, and work order reconciliation activities where needed.
• Ensure a high level of accuracy within all operating systems to support data integrity and process adherence in addition to supporting automation opportunities.
• Provide backup administrative support functions as required.
• Manage non-design work order creation, purchase requisition creation, and/or work order reconciliation for Operations business needs.
• Assist business unit customers with SAP errors related to work order release, purchase requisition release and other barriers to work.
• Support development and implementation of related automation support for respective workstreams.
• Assist business unit with training and utilization of automation.
• Communicate and work effectively with business unit and build and leverage strong partnerships with stakeholder groups and customers at a variety of levels to maximize productivity, utilization, and operational efficiency of all resources.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of work processes, Capital and O&M requirements, vendors and contracts, safety requirements and other information as necessary to perform the role.
• Ensure requests are processed accurately in a timely manner.

Business Operations Support Specialist – Entry or Senior Level

Field Engineer

• Provides visionary, strategic and technical leadership while directing Xcel Energy's Substation Field Engineering activities for high voltage substations.
• Accountable for providing resident technical matter expertise and real-time technical support to construction, maintenance and operations teams for high voltage substations.
• Manages root cause analysis of equipment failures and event investigations.
• Accountable for assigned portions of Xcel Energy NERC/FERC compliance responsibilities, goals and objectives.
• Committed to employee development.
• Manages engineering support of substation maintenance activities as assigned.
• Accountabilities for substation field engineering assignments include the implementation and management of substation maintenance work plans, substation event investigations and root cause analysis of equipment problems and managing the development of maintenance standards.
• Accountable for the adherence and execution of operating company regulatory compliance related to system protection and CIP including all applicable NERC and regional reliability coordinator.
• Establishes and champions the Department's business plan, goals and objectives in line with corporate and business unit strategic goals and initiatives.
• Responsible for effective, efficient and competitive utilization of resources, with emphasis on safety, timeliness, cost-containment, system reliability, customer satisfaction, optimal asset utilization and compliance with regulations.
• Develops leadership, selects and retains a multi-functional, diverse and well-trained workforce which is motivated and empowered.
• Models innovative approaches.
• Promotes employee involvement in continuous learning, career planning and enhancing job/industry knowledge and skills.
• Promotes engineers being professionally registered.
• Communicates with and establishes effective working relationships with external entities and internal organizations to maximize project efficiency, responsiveness and resource allocation.
• Represents the company nationally and locally through participation in industry and professional forums in order to stay abreast of emerging industry changes, issues and technologies.

Senior Manager – Substation Field Engineering

Compliance

• Perform or coordinate the preparation and distribution of statistical operating reports and compliance filings for Energy Supply
• Review, provide analysis, and interpret new and proposed operational tracking regulations
• Accountable for the preparation and distribution of external and internal operating reports for all operating companies
• Ensure compliance with various reporting requirements
• Accountable for maintaining working relationships with internal and external customers
• Direct and execute various special projects for senior management and perform analysis of the data
• Develop tools and reports to facilitate consistent and defendable operations data analysis
• Train users to understand and properly use the reporting systems as appropriate

Operations Reporting and Compliance Analyst

Security Engineer

• Designs and executes critical aspects of the Enterprise Security Risk Management function.
• Develops, recommends and implements controls and cost-effective approaches to minimize the organization's risks effects.
• Partners with the business and technology teams to promote understanding of the business landscape in order to facilitate security risk-based discussions.
• Collaborates with executive and technical leadership to embed a security-focused mindset in all areas.
• Analyzes organizational security risks, interactions, develop and publish security risk handbook, and procedures for implementation ensuring alignment with appropriate standards and frameworks.
• Manage and execute risk identification, assessment and quantification, aggregation reporting, and monitoring processes.
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions/best practices.
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify solutions.
• Analyzes external market dynamics and other data sources to assess trends and develop actionable insights and recommendations to management, via understanding of the business model and the information available for analysis.
• Assist in coordinating the security risk within the context of the security risk model.
• Assesses and communicates information regarding business risks with functions across the organization.
• Builds and maintains relationships with business partners, including understanding their specific risk landscape.
• Uses professional knowledge, skills, and experience to influence and guide, monitor, and credibly challenge business areas as they manage risk and make risk decisions.
• Coordinates the security risk program efforts including risk modeling, comprehensive periodic risk assessments, and regulatory reporting standards and expectations.
• Develops presentations appropriate for senior level audiences and external regulators.
• May mentor and give work direction to less experienced colleagues.

Principal Security Risk Analyst

Full-stack Engineer

• Apply extensive technical expertise and has an understanding of the basic principles of other related disciplines
• Fully demonstrate unique technical skills and core competencies by applying technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to lead projects
• Develop, coordinate, and drive analysis and strategy related to long-term planning in close collaboration with partners in Xcel’s operations, customer, and regulatory organizations
• Work on modeling, analysis, and strategy development supporting the Company’s Colorado Distribution System Plans (DSPs)
• Support the development of technical documentation including designs, testing, calculations, reports, standards, etc.
• Provide field engineering oversight and direction for project activities
• Coordinates/leads multiple projects or portions of projects

Senior Engineer – Integrated System Planning, Electric

• Seeking a forward-thinking Principal Engineer or Senior Engineer to join our Integrated System Planning team.
• Support many of the crosscutting long-term planning initiatives at the intersection of our gas and electric distribution business and energy delivery systems.
• Help chart the path toward a modernized energy system by developing data-driven strategies that aim to better align electric and gas planning.
• Enable clean energy adoption and support customer choice.
• Largely self-directed work is expected to result in the development of new or improved techniques, procedures and standards.
• Coordinate and drive analysis and strategy related to long-term planning in close collaboration with partners.
• Provide field engineering oversight and direction for activities such as support, testing, installation, inspections, commissioning etc.

Senior Engineer – Integrated System Planning, Gas

Procurement

• Participate in development and execution of category sourcing strategies that align with business stakeholder priorities.
• Utilize data and analytics, project management, and communications skills to administer sourcing process and develop reporting, while leveraging Supply Chain resources.
• Support risk mitigation efforts and ongoing supplier performance monitoring activities to ensure category strategy adherence.
• Develop foundational contracting and negotiation skills.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and Supply Chain team.
• Ensure compliance with supplier safety, risk assessments, and other supplier programs.
• Support Category Managers with data and reporting and category administration, while learning foundational category management skills.
• Perform analysis of contracts, supply & demand, market and commodity trends (including total cost of ownership and should-cost modeling), contributing to category strategies.
• Monitor industry information, trends, and supplier risk profiles to ensure category strategy remains in line with best practices while supporting business requirements.
• Support development and execution of sourcing events, including coordinating the evaluation of proposals and selection of suppliers for targeted categories of spend.
• Administer sourcing workflow and contracts, building expertise in process and systems.
• Support Category Managers in supplier performance and relationship management efforts, developing supplier scorecards and monitoring performance.
• Work with Category Managers and business stakeholders to ensure metrics are meaningful and measurable.
• Administer RFx’s utilizing eSourcing tools.
• Support Category Managers in setting up RFx documents, managing templates, administering events, and managing supplier communications.
• Assist with scoring and supplier selection activities.
• Support Category Managers in developing contracts, redlining, and administering contract approvals, as well as negotiations in some instances.
• Ensure all contract processes are followed, documents are complete, and appropriate records are retained.
• Monitor compliance across buying channels, supplier, and contract purchasing execution.
• Coordinate the resolution of disputes and contract adjustments with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Communicate contract summary and implementation plans.
• Limit risk by ensuring all required documents and notices have been obtained and are satisfactory.
• Support Category Managers in timely and accurate documentation and workflow, including intake requests, project management, approvals, and document administration.

Associate Category Manager – Corporate Services

• Ensure proper training of all field staff and uphold safety standards
• Takes immediate steps to resolve any unsafe working conditions
• Collaborate with office and field staff on route schedules, invoicing, errors, training, payroll, employee status changes and other employee related issues
• Verify that all routes are completed ensuring quality and timeliness
• Schedules re-reads, shut offs and other special consideration customers as needed
• Track daily completions, labor hours, etc
• Runs reports and supplies production information as requested by Director, Corporate or Customer
• Perform staff management functions including monitor and resolve on-the-job problems, set appropriate performance standards, analyze staffing levels, interview and selects new employees; facilitate staff training, coaching, cross-training and mentoring; perform performance evaluations, resolve employee concerns; performs disciplinary counseling, and performs terminations with Human Resources assistance
• Maintain a strong working relationship with customers, keeping them informed on a regular basis
• Work with Regional Manager to introduce the client to Olameter Corporation additional services and grow business
• Manage and maintain the project budget
• Review operating costs become familiar with project revenue projections and contract
• Keeps records, tracks project performance and produces reports as requested
• May perform route related project duties as needed if qualified
• All other duties as assigned.

Contract Manager

Electrical Engineer

• Viewed as the technical engineer or subject matter expert for the organization
• Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts
• Problems must be approached through complex and conceptually related studies
• Responsible for major project or several complex projects
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications
• Works under consultative direction toward broad general goals and objectives
• Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results
• May provide work direction for a team of engineers, technicians and other professionals as necessary