Electrical & Instrumentation Manager

Xcel Energy Services Inc; United States; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking a Standard Operations Supervisor to lead a high-performing, safety-focused operations team across multiple functions and facilities.

You will drive efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance, recruit and develop talent, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet objectives and customer expectations. The role supports a hybrid work model with on-site duties in Canada/U.S. regions.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in design, construction, operations, engineering or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related fields.
• Technical expertise in standards, procedures, and applicable government/environmental regulations.
• Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.
• Effective change leader with ability to communicate strategies to stakeholders.
• Proven results in 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.
• Experience working with bargaining unit employees.
• Willing to work rotating shifts and/or be on call.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety leadership and contribute to a strong safety culture.
• Evaluate team performance based on operational efficiency, reliability and quality metrics; drive improvements.
• Provide direct leadership over crew effectiveness, quality and productivity.
• Recruit and develop talent; manage performance and engagement.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal/external stakeholders to support Operations.
• Oversee compliance with policies, labor agreements and regulatory standards.

Skills

Safety leadership

Operations leadership

Process improvement

Team management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Talent management

Education

Apprentice program completion

Associates degree

Technical degree

Job description

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day.

That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy.

Xcel Energy is a place where you'll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you'll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday-Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

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 superviso