Senior Technology Solution Consultant (SAP Asset Management)

Xcel Energy • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Technology Solution Consultant is a domain-aligned expert responsible for advising, translating, and aligning business needs with technology enablement during enterprise transformation/major initiatives across end-to-end solution lifecycle of Operations team at Xcel Energy. Operating at the intersection of business operations and system delivery, this role partners with technology teams, business stakeholders and implementation partners to ensure functional alignment, system usability and future state readiness. The Senior Consultant applies deep domain expertise to guide solutioning, validate end-to-end design, and support change adoption across the transformation lifecycle. The preferred candidate will be able to commute 3 days a week to our downtown Minneapolis office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a domain specific or system enabled or transformation role.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems and systems enabled business processes.
• Advanced process and system thinking and functional solution literacy.
• Strong stakeholder alignment, requirements shaping and cross functional influence skills.
• Knowledge of integration points across business functions.

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of hands-on functional, configuration and design experience with SAP (S/4 HANA preferred with Fiori) systems in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Plant Maintenance (PM)/Service Management (SM) and Project Systems (PS) modules.
• Utility experience preferred.
• Proven expertise in Preventive Maintenance plans, Functional locations & Equipment Master Data, Characteristics, Measurement points, Work Centers Capacity planning and scheduling, Equipment BOMs, Task lists, Notification, Maintenance & Service order management, Service Contracts & Service Entry Sheets, Compatible Units, Project Structure and Work breakdown structure (WBS) Hierarchy, Cost Flow Analysis of Work Orders, etc.
• Knowledge of integration of SAP PM with other modules including PS, MM, WM, HR, FI/CO and BW HANA Sidecar integration for Reporting.
• Knowledge of SAP BTP integration suite, S/4 HANA Fiori Apps library for EAM area is a plus.
• SAP Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full life cycle implementation of SAP EAM business processes, from business requirements gathering through conducting business workshops, including gap analysis, blueprinting, design, configuration, testing, cutover, data migration, go-live, training, and post go-live support.
• Contribute to the implementation and execution of the SAP EAM/Plant Maintenance processes and its integration with Utilities Field Execution solutions (SAP Asset Manager, SAP Field Service Management etc.) and GIS systems (ESRI, Smallworld etc.).
• Assess current state, identify customer requirements and define future state and/or business solution.
• Translate business needs into documented functional and technical solution requirements and validate feasibility.
• Collaborate with implementation partners, architects, and engineering teams to guide solution design.
• Validate functional design against end-to-end business processes, upstream/downstream impacts, and integration points.
• Serve as domain SME across design, build, testing, migration, and deployment phases.
• Facilitate cross functional design decisions and ensure alignment between business requirements and system capabilities.
• Support impact assessment, solution traceability, readiness work, and design documentation.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in 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 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior