Operations Manager

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Position Summary

Standard Operations Position. Supervise a high performing safe operations team across multiple functions facilities or commodities while driving the efficient and cost-effective use of numerous resources through consistent and effective application of policies and procedures. Assure safe reliable and compliant operations drive continuous improvement and ensure customer satisfaction. Drive attainment of corporate and business unit strategies goals and objectives and process and performance metrics.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety leadership and actively contribute to the creation implementation and continuous improvement of a strong sustainable safety culture in partnership with Safety Consultant. Drive real time safety accountability by engaging the team through safety meeting participation job briefs audits training accident investigation/event assessment and job site observations.

• Business Optimization & Strategy: Evaluate team performance based on operational efficiency reliability and quality metrics and take corrective action where appropriate focusing on process adherence and data integrity. Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive adoption of process changes through effective collaboration and expectation setting.

• Operational Effectiveness: Provide direct leadership over crew effectiveness quality and productivity. Maintain a continuous presence in the work environment and assist in removing barriers with pre-requisites materials stakeholder and other issues. Ensure correct crew composition and skills are in place to meet operational reliability customer and financial objectives. Assist in preparing resource forecasts and providing input to longer-term work plans.

• Talent Management: Recruit talented employees participate in workforce and development planning efforts establish clear expectations and effectively and manage performance. Provide training coaching and oversight and drive employee engagement. Effectively represent the organization in bargaining unit discussions grievances corrective actions and development.

• Relationship Management: Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships with areas that support Operations. Provide strong working knowledge of necessary systems and resources to assist employees other work groups and/or customers and stakeholders. Enable crews to provide solutions to issues and improve customer/stakeholder satisfaction.

• Regulatory & Compliance: Oversee and coordinate the execution and documentation of work in accordance with Xcel Energy policies and procedures labor agreements and regulatory standards. Support and ensure required compliance and technical training is completed. Establish monitor and track processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Minimum Requirements

• Five or more years in design construction operations engineering or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related industries/fields or equivalent.

• Demonstrated technical expertise in specific functional area including standards procedures and applicable government/environmental regulations. Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.

• Effective change leader with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate company and business area strategies and objectives to a variety of stakeholders.

• Proven results at achieving performance and operational metrics and driving process adherence.

• Completion of an approved apprentice program in an appropriately related craft.

• Demonstrated understanding of utility finance.

• Demonstrated experience working as or with bargaining unit employees.

• Will be required to work rotating shifts and/or be on call.

Preferred Requirements

• Associates or technical degree.

• Three years of supervisory experience.

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If youre ready to be a part of something big we invite you to join our team.

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