What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Systems Specialist position at Xcel Energy?
About Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy is a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, serving 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. Our goal is to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need.
Job Overview
We are seeking an Electrical Reliability Engineer to join our team. This entry-level position is designed to develop technical expertise in a particular area of specialty. The successful candidate will perform work that involves conventional types of plans, investigations, surveys, structures or equipment with relatively few complex features for which there are precedents.
Key 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 documents. In 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.
