Gas Standards Engineer (Entry, Staff, Senior, or Principal)

Xcel Energy•Saint Paul, MN

1d•$70,000 - $156,600•Onsite

About The Position

The Gas Standards Engineer develops, maintains, and improves engineering standards, procedures, specifications, and technical guidance that support the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of natural gas facilities. This position evaluates technical requirements, industry standards, regulations, materials, equipment, technologies, and work practices to determine their application to company operations. The engineer identifies risks and improvement opportunities from event findings, investigations, operating experience, and emerging industry trends and develops standards, procedures, specifications, and other controls to improve safety, reliability, and compliance. The position works with Operations, Engineering, Compliance, Training, and other stakeholders to support risk-informed decisions and ensure consistent implementation of company standards. The engineer may lead technical projects, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives and serves as a technical resource for gas transmission, distribution, and related operations. The below job summary and responsibilities reflect the entry engineer level role. The successfully chosen candidate will be placed at a level that is commensurate with their skills and experience as different skills and/or experience will be required at the staff, senior and principal engineer levels.

Requirements

Required bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum
0+ years relevant engineering experience. Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering from ABET accredited
2+year's relevant engineering experience. Demonstrated broad knowledge & proficiency in specialty area, knowledge of related specialties, & general knowledge of other related disciplines.
Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills & core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.
5+ years relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) required; 7+ years relevant engineering experience without EIT/FE.
Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.
9+ years relevant engineering experience with PE (Professional Engineer) registration required; 15+ years relevant engineering experience without PE.
Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization

Nice To Haves

Preferred EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) preferred.
EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) strongly preferred.
Preferred PE (Professional Engineer) registration may be required depending on business need.
Experience interpreting and applying technical, regulatory, industry, or company requirements to support engineering, operational, compliance, or risk-management activities.
Experience developing, implementing, maintaining, or improving standards, procedures, specifications, technical guidance, or similar governance documents.
Experience evaluating technical issues, risks, materials, equipment, technologies, or work practices and developing recommendations for improvement.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizations and influence technical decisions involving multiple stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

Uses and applies technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to perform activities/assignments of limited scope.
Supports the development of technical documentation (including but not limited to designs, testing, calculations, reports, standards, etc.) Utilizes and may assist with the development of procedures.
Provides ongoing technical support for project activities within areas such as Operations, Maintenance, Testing/diagnostics, Regulatory, etc. May provide field engineering oversight for activities such as commissioning, testing, inspections etc. under direct supervision.
Coordinates/leads projects or portions of projects (including phases such as research, design, equipment selection, procurement support, installation and commissioning), under the direction of a higher level engineer or supervisor.
Under the direction of a higher level engineer/supervisor, supports bid/evaluation processes by performing basic analysis and calculations on existing documentation and materials that support the preparation of bid documents. In completing segments of technical evaluations for proposals may need to effectively communicate with other business areas of the company following appropriate processes.
Effectively exchanges information in all formats, on matters having a wide range of importance and complexity both inter-organizationally and with outside customer/vendors.
May coordinate the work of interns, drafters, technicians, and/or others and provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced engineers. Responsible for continuous self development of technical skills and competencies.
May perform activities such as budgeting, estimating, forecasting, accounting, work order management, in support of engineering projects.