Distribution Wildfire Engineer

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow A position at Xcel Energy could be just what youre looking for.

We are seeking a Distribution Electrical Engineer based in Amarillo or Lubock to support growing efforts in system protection and wildfire resiliency across the distribution grid. This role provides the opportunity to develop expertise in protection engineering grid resiliency and wildfire risk reduction while working alongside experienced engineers and operations teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to key initiatives focused on reducing wildfire ignition risk and improving system performance including support of Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS) asset health programs and field-driven mitigation strategies.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers interested in building skills in medium voltage system protection fault response and resiliency planning with exposure to real-world applications in high fire risk areas.

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 and principal engineer level

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.

Essential 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 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.

Entry Engineer Level (Salary Range: $70000-$88667)

Minimum Requirements

• Required bachelors degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum Electrical Engineering degree preferred.

• 0 years relevant engineering experience Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.

• Preferred EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) preferred.

Staff Engineer Level (Salary Range: $81000 -106267)

Minimum Requirements

• Required bachelors degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum Electrical Engineering degree preferred.

• 2years 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.

• EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) strongly preferred.

Senior Engineer Level (Salary Range: $97000-$129267)

Minimum Requirements

• Required bachelors degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum Electrical Engineering degree preferred.

• 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.

• Preferred PE (Professional Engineer) registration may be required depending on business need.

Principal Engineer (Salary Range: $112000-$156600)

Minimum Requirements

• Required bachelors degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum Electrical Engineering degree preferred.

• 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.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

• Experience with power systems system protection or grid resiliency

• Exposure to protection concepts fault analysis or relay/recloser

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