Facility Rating Engineer (Staff, Senior or Principal)

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The below job summary and responsibilities reflect the staff 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 senior and principal engineer levels.

Position Summary

Under general direction demonstrates complete understanding & wide application of engineering technical principle theories & concepts in the field. Independently determines & develops approaches to solutions. Receives technical guidance on complex problems; completed work reviewed for adequacy in meeting objectives. May lead small-medium non-critical projects or critical projects under direction of higher level engineer/supervisor. May provide work direction to other professionals &/or staff. Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects. Frequent inter-organizational & outside customer contact. Demonstrates a broad knowledge & proficiency of precedents in the specialty area a good knowledge of related specialties & general knowledge of other related disciplines.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide feedback clarifications technical direction to project teams to ensure proper facility ratings models and processes are completed timely to meet compliance requirements

• Understand the tools and systems that support the ratings process

• Create process documentation around the ratings process and suggest process improvements

• Be a subject matter advisor as it relates to facility ratings for all of the Transmission Business Unit including providing education or presentations as needed

• Ensure that ratings are properly communicated to impacted parties both inside and outside the company

• Support creation and updating of the Facility Rating Methodology

• Support ongoing efforts to stay current with new regulations such as Ambient Adjusted Ratings

• Suggest improvements to the facility rating methodology

• Update and maintain Xcels Bulk Electric System (BES) lists

Staff Engineer Level (Salary Range: $79800-$103666)

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering from ABET accredited 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: $94600-$126134)

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: $109300-$152766)

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 requirements

• Familiarity with FERC/NERC and other regulations

• Familiarity with IEEE standards

• Proficient in both substation and transmission line ratings including equipment ratings

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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