Transmission Planning Engineer, Staff, Senior or Principal
About The Position
Xcel Energy is hiring a Transmission Planning Engineer at the staff, senior, or principal level. The selected candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with their skills and experience. The role applies extensive technical expertise across related disciplines and serves as a technical advisor and consultant. It carries out complex or innovative assignments, develops or improves techniques and procedures, and may represent the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects. Work is performed with substantial independence and latitude in setting technical objectives, with completed work reviewed over the longer term for desired results. The position leads or contributes to multiple moderate-to-large projects, or portions of major projects, and may assign work to and direct engineers, technicians, craft personnel, and administrative staff. The senior-level role requires strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders in meetings, presentations, discussions, and written reports. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model; many positions are expected onsite three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday, though expectations vary by role, team, and business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or Physics from an ABET-accredited curriculum; electrical engineering is preferred. Principal-level applicants may have a recognized equivalency.
- Staff level: 2 or more years of demonstrated experience.
- Senior level: 5 or more years of experience with a nationally recognized certification, or 7 or more years without certification.
- Principal level: 9 or more years of demonstrated experience with PE registration, or 15 or more years without PE registration.
- Staff level: experience with at least one power-system transmission analysis tool, such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, or PSCAD, or similar software.
- Senior and principal levels: experience with multiple power-system transmission analysis tools, such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, or PSCAD, or similar software.
- Demonstrate broad knowledge and proficiency in power-system studies or transmission planning, knowledge of related specialties, and general knowledge of related disciplines.
- The role calls for balancing technical expertise with strong communication skills and working with limited direction.
Nice To Haves
- EIT/FE certification is strongly preferred at the staff level; EIT/FE and/or PE registration is preferred at the senior and principal levels.
- Graduate degree in engineering and/or Physics.
- Python programming experience.
- Proficiency conducting transient stability studies and analysis.
- Experience with EMT modeling and studies using PSCAD, ETAP, or similar tools.
- PE registration is preferred at the principal level.
Responsibilities
- Lead and perform modeling and analysis for steady-state and stability power-system simulations.
- Develop study scopes that guide long-range transmission system plans and coordinate with Integrated System Planning departments to align assumptions across subdisciplines.
- Communicate study results and department work to varied audiences through written and verbal communication.
- Improve Integrated System Planning procedures and techniques through largely self-directed work and resolve difficult technical and business problems.
- Implement NERC and FERC compliance activities as a subject-matter expert, coordinating with the Integrated System Planning department and external entities.
- Assign tasks to lower-level engineers, interns, and technicians; mentor less experienced engineers and provide training materials.
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 for eligible health-plan enrollees
- Limited-purpose flexible spending account for eligible health-plan and HSA enrollees
- Transportation reimbursement account
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Fitness center reimbursement for eligible health-plan enrollees
- 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
