Transmission Planning Engineer, Senior or Principal

About the role

A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for. This role requires a balance of technical acumen and strong communication skills, as the senior engineer will need to convey technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leads and performs modeling and analysis activities for steady state and stability simulations
• Develops scopes for studies to guide long-range transmission system plans and coordinates with other Integrated System Planning departments to ensure assumptions align across subdisciplines
• Communicates the results of studies and department endeavors to a wide range of audiences through written and verbal means
• Improves Integrated System Planning procedures and techniques through largely self-directed work
• Solves difficult technical and business problems
• Implements, without substantial direction, NERC and FERC compliance activities as an SME
• Assigns tasks to lower-level engineers, interns and technicians
• Mentors and provides training materials for less experienced engineers to ensure group development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or Physics from ABET accredited curriculum, electrical engineering degree preferred
• 5+ years with nationally recognized certification, 7+ years without certification
• Experience with multiple power system transmission analysis tools such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, PSCAD or other similar analysis software
• EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering and/or PE (Professional Engineer) registration preferred
• Graduate degree in fields above preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and/or Physics from ABET accredited curriculum (or recognized equivalency)
• 9 + years of demonstrated experience with PE (Professional Engineer) registration, 15+ years of demonstrated experience without PE (Professional Engineer) registration
• Experience with multiple power system transmission analysis tools, such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, PSCAD or other similar analysis software
• EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering and/or PE (Professional Engineer) registration preferred
• Graduate degree in fields above preferred
• PE (Professional Engineer) registration preferred

Skills

• Experience with Python programming
• Proficiency in conducting transient stability studies and analysis
• Experience with EMT modeling and studies using PSCAD, ETAP or other similar tools

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
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave