Manager, Operations

Xcel Energy; Rogers (NM); On-site; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Xcel Energy is hiring for a Standard Operations Position at the Sagamore Wind Farm. You will supervise a high-performing operations team, ensure safe, reliable, and compliant operations, and drive continuous improvement.

The role is onsite Mon-Fri with potential for shift variation, and requires strong leadership and regulatory knowledge. Live within 60 miles of Sagamore Wind Farm, bring 5+ years in utility/plant operations, and be prepared to work with bargaining units.

Qualifications

• Five or more years in design, construction, operations, engineering or maintenance of utility systems or power plants.
• Associates or technical degree preferred.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in standards, procedures and environmental regulations.
• Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.
• Effective change leadership with ability to communicate strategies to stakeholders.
• Three years of supervisory experience and experience with bargaining unit employees.
• Apprentice program completion is preferred.
• Residence within 60 miles of Sagamore Wind Farm.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety leadership and contribute to a strong safety culture.
• Evaluate team performance based on efficiency, reliability and quality metrics.
• Oversee crew effectiveness, ensure correct crew composition and skills.
• Assist in resource forecasts and longer-term work plans.
• Recruit, train, coach, and manage employee performance.
• Represent the organization in bargaining unit discussions and actions.
• Oversee compliance with company policies, labor agreements and regulations.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team leadership

Operations management

Data-driven decisions

Effective communication

Education

Associates or technical degree preferred

Completion of an approved apprentice program

Tools

Work management systems

Regulatory/compliance systems

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 SummaryStandard 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.This position works on site at the Sagamore Wind Farm Mon-Fri.Essential ResponsibilitiesProvide 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 RequirementsFive or more years in design, construction, operations, engineering or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related industries/fields or equivalent.Associates or technical degree preferred.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.Preferred Experience, Skills, and AbilitiesThree years of supervisory experience.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.Live within a 60-mile proximity of work location Sagamore Wind FarmOur culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.Our ValuesConnected, Committed, Trustworthy, SafeOur Employee CommitmentsWork that makes a differenceA team you can count ofOpportunities to growRewards that help you thriveXcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form.Non-BargainingThe anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $112,200.00 to $159,400.00 per yearThis position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental LeaveBenefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.Deadline to Apply: 10/19/26EEO is the Law (PDF) | Equal Opportunity Statement (PDF) | Employee Rights (PDF)All Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.Accessibility StatementXcel Energy endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.com and https://jobs.xcelenergy.com accessible to any and all users. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form. For any other application related questions, including application follow-ups or technical issues, please use our Recruiting Assistance, Electra, for assistance. Electra can be found in the lower right-hand corner of our Xcel Energy Careers site.