Distribution Planning Staff, Senior, or Principal Engineer
About The Position
This role is part of the Integrated Planning Delivery team and focuses on understanding current planning processes and advancing their integration through tools and automation. The engineer collaborates on assumptions and performs integrated technical analysis as an electric distribution planning subject matter expert, developing insights, recommendations, and reports to support business decisions and major initiatives. The role requires communicating technical concepts effectively, including through appropriate data visualization. The successful candidate will have experience with electric distribution planning studies, capacity checks, or distributed energy resource (DER) studies. The position may be filled at Staff, Senior, or Principal Engineer level, depending on the candidate’s skills and experience. At the applicable level, the engineer applies technical expertise to complex or innovative work, develops or improves techniques and procedures, and may serve as a technical advisor and primary technical contact on projects. The role may include coordinating or leading projects, directing or mentoring staff, supporting technical and field activities, and managing project budgeting, estimating, forecasting, accounting, and work orders. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday, though expectations vary by role, team, and business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited curriculum or recognized equivalency.
- Staff level: at least 2 years of relevant engineering experience.
- Senior level: at least 5 years of relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE, or at least 7 years without EIT/FE.
- Principal level: at least 9 years of relevant engineering experience with PE registration, or at least 15 years without PE registration.
- Ability to demonstrate the technical skills and core competencies established for the applicable engineering level.
- Staff level: broad knowledge and proficiency in the specialty area, knowledge of related specialties, and general knowledge of related disciplines.
- Experience running electric distribution planning studies, capacity checks, or DER studies.
Nice To Haves
- PE registration may be required depending on business need.
- EIT/FE certification.
- Distribution planning or business experience, including distribution planning or interconnection studies for a utility or consultant.
- Experience with CYME, Synergi Electric, or similar tools.
- Experience working with power flow models, GIS data, ratings/equipment databases, or CIM.
- Python or SQL experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate on planning assumptions and perform integrated technical analysis as an electric distribution planning subject matter expert.
- Develop insights, recommendations, and reports to support business decisions and major initiatives.
- Communicate technical concepts effectively using appropriate data visualization.
- Apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to lead projects of moderate to large size, scope, and complexity.
- Develop or improve techniques, procedures, standards, and technical documentation, including designs, testing, calculations, reports, and standards.
- Provide technical support and field engineering oversight for activities such as operations, maintenance, testing, diagnostics, installation, inspections, and commissioning.
- Coordinate or lead multiple projects or portions of projects, including research, design, equipment selection, procurement, installation, and commissioning.
- Represent the organization as a technical contact in bid and evaluation processes, prepare bid documents, evaluate proposals, and recommend selections.
- Resolve technical and business matters through communication with internal organizations, external personnel, customers, and vendors.
- Assign or direct work for engineers, technicians, craft personnel, and support staff; coordinate and review assignments; and mentor less experienced engineers.
- Maintain and develop technical skills and competencies.
- Lead or support budgeting, estimating, forecasting, accounting, and work order management for engineering projects.
Benefits
- Annual incentive program
- Medical/pharmacy plan
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Dependent care flexible spending account
- Health care flexible spending account
- Health savings account (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
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Fitness center reimbursement (if enrolled in an eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Volunteer paid time off
- Parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
