Senior Manager Operations (Comanche Plant)

Public Service Co. of Colorado; United States; Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Xcel Energy in the United States is seeking a Senior Operations Leader to guide a safe, high performing team across multiple sites and functions. You will drive daily operations, implement process improvements, and align work with corporate goals and reliability metrics.

You will also manage budgets, develop workforce planning, and foster internal and external collaboration to meet safety, productivity, and customer service targets. Hybrid work is supported with onsite expectations.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years in design, construction, operations or maintenance of utility systems/power generation.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with union labor agreements and regulatory standards.
• Ability to lead safety improvements and drive performance metrics.
• Strong communication to guide company and area strategies.
• Experience with asset management and analytics/reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead a safe, high performing operations team across multiple levels and facilities.
• Drive daily operations, cyclical processes, and special projects.
• Set and achieve business area goals aligned with corporate strategies.
• Develop budgets, plans, and process improvements to meet targets.
• Establish workforce development and manage performance.
• Foster collaboration and resolve issues with stakeholders.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team leadership

Operations management

Regulatory compliance

Union labor relations

Asset management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's 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. Responsible for leading a safe, high performing operations team which may include multiple levels, functions, facilities, and/or commodities while driving the efficient use of resources. Establish a culture of process adherence and continuous improvement. Effectively lead and implement daily operations, cyclical processes and special projects. Set and achieve business area goals that align with corporate and business unit strategies, goals and objectives, as well as process and performance, customer satisfaction, and reliability metrics.

Essential Responsibilities

• Safety: Provide visible safety leadership and drive continuous improvements to achieve desired safety goals. Develop strategies to achieve safety plan results. Oversee and develop safety leaders to ensure a safety conscious work environment. Contribute to site safety performance improvement by holding workers, supervisors, and self accountable for safety.
• Operational Effectiveness: Manage team performance through focus on operational efficiency metric trends across areas of responsibility. Ensure and reinforce the importance of process adherence and data integrity. Drive continuous improvement efforts to define and shape opportunities that drive customer satisfaction and reliability.
• Business Optimization & Strategy: Achieve safety, productivity, customer service, and reliability targets by conducting and implementing the strategic planning for area of responsibility. Develop and effectively manage organization budgets and business plans. Identify and implement process improvements. Ensure execution of plans/metrics.
• Talent Management: Establish workforce/development planning practices to build strong, competitive teams and effectively manage performance. Select, optimize, plan and direct the workforce used to provide safe, reliable, compliant operations, and ensure stakeholder satisfaction. Serve as primary contact for issue resolution involving labor relations.
• Relationship Management: Build and maintain effective internal relationships. Foster an environment of collaboration within own organization and across stakeholders. Design and develop solutions that meet customer/stakeholder needs. Remove obstacles and provide assistance to team members to improve project and work performance.
• Regulatory & Compliance: Manage and guide the execution and documentation of work in accordance with Xcel Energy policies and procedures, labor agreements, and regulatory standards. Ensure crews are qualified to perform work responsibilities. Establish, monitor, and track processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Minimum Requirements

• Seven or more years in design, construction, operations or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related industries/fields.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in business area standards, procedures, and applicable government/environmental regulations.
• Three years supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to administer/work within union labor agreements.
• Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate and lead company and business area strategies and objectives.
• Proven results at setting, driving performance and operational metrics and achieving process adherence.
• Will be required to be on call for escalated operations and emergencies.

Preferred Requirements

• Completion of an approved apprentice program in an appropriately related craft.
• Demonstrated understanding of utility finance, capital and O&M.
• Experience in leadership during outage operations.
• Experience in strong safety culture (nuclear preferred).

Our Culture

Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.

Our Values Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

Our Employee Commitments Work that makes a difference A team you can count of Opportunities to grow Rewards that help you thrive

Xcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process.

Salary and Benefits

Non-Bargaining The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $129,000.00 to $183,200.00 per year

• This 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 Leave Benefit 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.

Deadline to Apply: 10/16/26

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