Strategic Emergency Response Leader - Multi-Site Programs

Xcel Energy Inc; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking an Emergency Response Program Manager to oversee the company’s emergency response program, ensuring plan lifecycle management, risk assessments, training, drills, and corrective actions across facilities and emerging generation technologies.

The role partners with Operations Managers to sustain enterprise response capabilities, while ensuring alignment with safety and engineering leadership. A strong background in ICS/NIMS and utility operations is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, emergency management, or business-related field is required.
• Ten years of progressive experience in emergency preparedness, electric utility operations, or incident management is required.
• Strong knowledge of utility operations and ICS/NIMS; Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), PMP, or similar credential preferred.

Responsibilities

• Govern fleet emergency-preparedness standards, procedures, records, and annual work plan; coordinate annual EAP reviews and integrate results into plans, training, exercises, and mitigation actions.
• Provide technical leadership to site Emergency Plan stakeholders, lead process improvements, and manage major emergency-planning projects through design and implementation.
• Apply advanced emergency-planning expertise to resolve issues, define methods, and improve program approaches across related assignments.
• Establish preparedness metrics, assess program performance, report risks and lessons learned, and track corrective actions to closure.
• Support emergency-planning needs for acquisitions, new builds, technology changes, and construction-to-operations handoffs.
• Define role-based NIMS/ICS training requirements and maintain completion records.

Skills

ICS/NIMS knowledge

Emergency preparedness

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, emergency management, or business-related field

Job description

Xcel Energy is seeking an Emergency Response Program Manager to oversee the company’s emergency response program, ensuring plan lifecycle management, risk assessments, training, drills, and corrective actions across facilities and emerging generation technologies.

The role partners with Operations Managers to sustain enterprise response capabilities, while ensuring alignment with safety and engineering leadership. A strong background in ICS/NIMS and utility operations is essential.