Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy
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.

Senior Substation Engineer

Lead complex substation engineering design, research, and commissioning projects for Xcel Energy’s electric utility infrastructure. Advise management and customers while mentoring engineers and technical teams.

Description

  • Serve as a technical engineer and subject matter expert on advanced engineering principles, concepts, and processes
  • Lead major, complex, critical, and strategic engineering projects
  • Apply advanced technical principles and help develop new concepts and standards
  • Conduct research to develop procedures, codes, and standards
  • Prepare technical documentation based on complex, related studies
  • Provide technical leadership on independently initiated and directed assignments
  • Manage bidding and evaluation, including bid documents, technical reviews, and selection recommendations
  • Advise management and customers on advanced technical research and applications
  • Represent the organization on advanced projects and programs
  • Direct, mentor, and share knowledge with engineers, interns, craft personnel, technicians, and other professionals
  • Coordinate project budgeting, estimates, forecasts, accounting, and work orders
  • Support project research, design, equipment specifications and selection, installation, start-up, commissioning, and evaluation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program required
  • Senior Engineer: at least 5 years of relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE, or at least 7 years without EIT/FE
  • Principal Engineer: at least 9 years of relevant engineering experience with PE registration, or at least 15 years without PE
  • Demonstrate the organization’s documented technical skills and core competencies
  • PE registration may be required based on business needs
  • PE registration strongly preferred for Principal Engineer
  • Utility industry experience preferred
  • Physical or controls engineering experience preferred

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)
  • Limited-purpose flexible spending account
  • Transportation reimbursement account
  • Short-term disability (STD)
  • Long-term disability (LTD)
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Fitness center reimbursement
  • 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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