Wind Reliability Engineer (Entry, Staff, Senior, or Principal)
About The Position
Xcel Energy is hiring a Wind Reliability Engineer at the entry, staff, senior, or principal level. The selected candidate’s level will be based on their skills and experience, with different requirements for each level. The role supports renewable substation engineering and electrical balance-of-plant equipment reliability, including renewable plant substations, collection systems, protective relaying, and other high- and medium-voltage equipment. At the senior level, the engineer provides technical advice and consultation, carries out complex or innovative assignments, and develops or improves techniques and procedures relating to asset health, equipment performance, maintenance strategies, troubleshooting, and reliability improvement. The role serves as a primary technical contact for substation reliability projects, equipment failures, root-cause investigations, and major capital projects. It involves work with external senior personnel and coordination across organizations, and may include directing staff and leading multiple projects. The position also supports engineering documentation, project work, operations and maintenance, testing and diagnostics, regulatory activities, commissioning, inspections, and technical proposal evaluations. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model, with many roles expected onsite three days per week (Tuesday through Thursday); work location expectations vary by role, team, and business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited curriculum.
- Relevant engineering experience varies by level: 0+ years for entry, 2+ years for staff, 5+ years for senior with EIT/FE or 7+ years without EIT/FE, and 9+ years for principal with PE registration or 15+ years without PE.
- Ability to demonstrate the technical skills and core competencies established for the applicable engineering level.
- Senior level requires EIT/FE with 5+ years of relevant experience; without EIT/FE, 7+ years of relevant experience is required.
- Principal level requires PE registration with 9+ years of relevant experience; without PE, 15+ years of relevant experience is required.
Nice To Haves
- Electrical Engineering degree preferred.
- EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) preferred for entry level and strongly preferred for staff level.
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration may be required for senior level depending on business need.
Responsibilities
- Apply engineering standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to assigned work.
- Support technical documentation, including designs, testing, calculations, reports, and standards, and use or help develop procedures.
- Provide technical support for project activities involving operations, maintenance, testing and diagnostics, and regulatory matters.
- Provide field engineering oversight for commissioning, testing, inspections, and similar activities, as applicable.
- Coordinate or lead projects or project phases, including research, design, equipment selection, procurement support, installation, and commissioning.
- Support bid and evaluation processes through analysis and calculations, and contribute to technical evaluations of proposals.
- Exchange technical information with internal business areas and external customers and vendors.
- Coordinate the work of interns, drafters, technicians, craft personnel, administrative staff, or others, and provide guidance or mentoring to less experienced engineers, as applicable.
- Maintain and develop technical skills and competencies.
- Perform project support activities such as budgeting, estimating, forecasting, accounting, and work order management, as applicable.
- At the senior level, advise on renewable plant substations, collection systems, protective relaying, and high- and medium-voltage equipment reliability.
- At the senior level, develop or improve techniques and procedures for asset health, equipment performance, maintenance strategies, troubleshooting, and reliability improvements.
- At the senior level, serve as the prime technical contact for reliability projects, equipment failures, root-cause investigations, and major capital project initiatives.
- At the senior level, lead or manage multiple moderate-to-large projects or portions of major projects, with latitude in determining technical objectives.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- 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
Entry Level
