Grid Operations Engineer (Entry, Staff, Senior, or Principal)

Xcel Energy•Minneapolis, MN

8d•$70,000 - $156,600•Onsite

About The Position

Our team supports implementation of various ADMS initiatives, including the rollout of Advanced Outage Management, and deploying advanced applications for Wildfire Mitigation and DERMS. We support distribution control centers across all OpCos, make operational data useful and accessible, and support the advanced applications FLISR & and VVO. Our mission is to support Control Center staff as operating engineers and drive ADMS functionality to meet business needs. We are committed to supporting key corporate initiatives through ADMS, assisting users regarding operating/engineering/analytical purposes, and ensuring accurate and complete source data for ADMS use. We break down silos and collaborate with various groups by providing operational feedback to engineering, coordinating with SCADA and Grid Analysts for operational readiness, and bringing distribution use cases to life. The job summary below 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, or principal engineer levels. Position Summary This is an entry level position designed to develop technical expertise in a particular area of specialty. Performs work that involves conventional types of plans, investigations, surveys, structures or equipment with relatively few complex features for which there are precedents. Activities are of limited scope requiring knowledge of principles and techniques commonly employed in the specific narrow area of assignments. May lead small-medium, non-critical projects and/or provide field oversight of critical projects under direction of higher-level engineer or supervisor. Work is reviewed for soundness of technical judgment, overall adequacy and accuracy. As proficiency is gained, may work on portions of larger projects. Works under supervision and follows established procedures. May supervise or coordinate the work of interns, drafters, craft personnel, technicians and/or others.

Requirements

Required bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum, electrical engineering degree preferred.
0+ years relevant engineering experience (for Entry Level)
2+year's relevant engineering experience (for Staff Level)
5+ years relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) required; 7+ years relevant engineering experience without EIT/FE (for Senior Level)
9+ years relevant engineering experience with PE (Professional Engineer) registration required; 15+ years relevant engineering experience without PE (for Principal Level)
Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.

Nice To Haves

EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) preferred (for Entry Level)
EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) strongly preferred (for Staff Level)
PE (Professional Engineer) registration may be required depending on business need (for Senior Level)
ADMS experience
Control center operations experience
Substation and distribution experience

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.