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Xcel Energy is an energy and utilities company working with communities, customers, and business partners to support a reliable, affordable transition toward cleaner energy. Its customer-focused services include billing resources, energy-use tracking, and safety information, while its careers span the company’s work across energy, utilities, and related retail operations.
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Distribution Engineer (Entry, Staff, or Senior) – Xcel Energy

Support electric distribution design, field engineering, and project delivery at Xcel Energy. Placement at the entry, staff, or senior level depends on engineering experience and competencies.

USUnited StatesTXTexas
$70,000 – $129,267 / year
HybridFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredEngineer

Description

  • Build technical expertise in an engineering specialty.
  • Complete plans, investigations, surveys, and work involving structures or equipment within an assigned scope.
  • Lead small and medium noncritical projects, and oversee field work on critical projects under supervision.
  • Apply relevant technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and methods to assigned work.
  • Prepare and support technical materials, including designs, test documentation, calculations, reports, and standards.
  • Use established procedures and help develop new ones.
  • Provide continuing technical support to Operations, Maintenance, Testing and Diagnostics, Regulatory, and related project work.
  • Oversee field engineering for commissioning, testing, and inspections under supervision.
  • Coordinate or lead project stages, from research and design through equipment selection, procurement support, installation, and commissioning.
  • Analyze and calculate information for bid documents and proposal evaluations.
  • Share information with internal teams, customers, and vendors.
  • Coordinate interns, drafters, technicians, and others, and mentor less experienced engineers.
  • Continue developing technical skills and competencies.
  • Support project budgets, estimates, forecasts, accounting, and work order management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program required.
  • A degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
  • Entry level: at least 0 years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Staff level: at least 2 years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Senior level: at least 5 years of relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE, or 7 years without EIT/FE.
  • Demonstrate the technical skills and core competencies specified for the applicable engineering level.
  • EIT/FE is preferred or strongly preferred for entry and staff levels.
  • PE registration may be required based on business needs.
  • Knowledge of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and methods.
  • Ability to produce technical documentation and work on designs, testing, calculations, reports, and standards.
  • Ability to perform basic analysis and calculations for bid documents and technical evaluations.
  • Ability to communicate with business teams, customers, and vendors.
  • Ability to coordinate the work of interns, drafters, technicians, craft personnel, and others.
  • Ability to support engineering projects with budgeting, estimating, forecasting, accounting, and work order management.
  • Ability to work onsite based on role, team, and business needs; many roles are expected onsite Tuesday through Thursday.

Benefits

  • Annual incentive program
  • Medical and pharmacy plan
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Dependent care flexible spending account
  • Health care flexible spending account
  • Health Savings Account (HSA), if enrolled in an eligible health plan
  • Limited-purpose flexible spending account, if enrolled in an 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 an 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
  • Hybrid work model supporting collaboration and flexibility

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