AVP, Energy Supply Engineering and Asset Management

Xcel Energy; Texas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcel Energy, Inc. seeks an experienced leader to direct engineering strategy and the safe delivery of capital projects across multiple generation assets. The role encompasses managing a large portfolio, coordinating with operations, and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

You will oversee scopes, schedules, and budgets, while fostering collaboration between operations, engineering, and construction teams to achieve organizational goals across several state service territories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Business Administration, Construction Management or Engineering).
• Experience in leading large-scale capital projects is desirable.
• Knowledge of safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements is expected.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement engineering business strategies and long-term plans.
• Oversee a $2.6B annual capital portfolio and ~$518M O&M budget for generation assets.
• Lead labor strategy development and partnerships with workforce relations and union leadership.
• Ensure safe, compliant execution of projects with timely scheduling and cost control.
• Coordinate planning between Plant Operations & Maintenance, Engineering & Construction, and Strategic Planning teams.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management or Engineering

Job description

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 you're looking for.

Position Summary

Provides strategic leadership while managing and overseeing the safe development and delivery of capital projects for generation fleet expansion, life-extension, and asset renewal in support of Xcel Energy's current 8 state service territories. The accountabilities include a 5 year capital portfolio that averages ~ $2.6B in new and renewed generation infrastructure with annual O&M budgets of ~$518M supporting engineering and asset management of approximately 33 GW of owned and contracted resources across 182 generation sites (coal, natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, and battery storage). Safe execution of a portfolio of this size requires these key objectives; driving safety and human performance to zero incidents; development of project scopes, schedule and cost; site permitting, environmental review and land acquisition; engineering, design & material procurement, project management and project controls; civil, mechanical, and electrical construction, trucking and material delivery services; maintaining a trained, qualified and engaged workforce of engineering contractors, consultants and employee resources across the numerous required skill sets mentioned; Adherence to bargaining unit contracts; compliance with all environmental, state, federal, NERC EPA, RTO/ISO & FERC requirements; maintenance of all generation assets; over sight and control of all generation system models, drawings, data and geospatial information assets. Ensures closely coordinated planning and safe execution between the core activities of the Plant Operations & Maintenance staff, Engineering & Construction staff and the Strategic Planning & Business Operations teams to support the Energy Supply Engineering Org.

Essential Responsibilities

• Business Strategy - Responsible for developing, recommending and implementing engineering business strategies and associated annual and long-term business plans that effectively utilize resources and position the organization to meet future business needs - including the pivot from baseload coal to flexible gas balancing and integration of renewables. Develop and manage annual and long-term budgets. Provide clear and effective communication of the organization's vision, mission and key objectives to support achievement of jurisdictional and corporate goals.
• Generation Engineering & Asset Renewal Delivery - The accountabilities include a capital portfolio that averages ~$2.6B annually in new generation, life-extension, and asset renewal projects with annual O&M budgets of ~$518M to support engineering and asset management programs on the generation fleet. Safe execution of a portfolio of this size requires these key objectives: driving safety and human performance to zero incidents; development of project scopes, schedule and cost; siting, environmental permitting and land acquisition; engineering, design & material procurement, project management and project controls; civil, mechanical, and electrical construction, trucking and material delivery services; compliance with all environmental, state, federal, NERC EPA, RTO/ISO & FERC requirements; maintenance of all generation assets; over sight and control of all generation system models, drawings, data and geospatial information assets.
• Labor Strategy Development - Lead and/or direct the development and implementation of cost effective labor strategies that provide the jurisdiction with maximum flexibility in aligning engineering resources in order to support business needs. Develop and maintain effective partnerships with Xcel Energy Workforce Relations and local union leadership.
• Human Asset Management - Responsible for attracting, recruiting and retaining a highly motivated and engaged engineering workforce. Establish and communicate clear performance expectations so that employees know how their work contributes to the achievement of jurisdictional and corporate objectives. Foster a culture of personal accountability and an environment that promotes and supports employee safety and individual development. Motivate union and contract labor workforces.
• Relationship Management - Act as Energy Supply Engineering business area liaison with key Operating Company senior executives across NSP, PSCo, and SPS. Develop and maintain effective relationships with other jurisdictional and corporate peers, to ensure timely, effective information sharing and business learning as well as common best practices implementation.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management or Engineering or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge. Engineering degree pref