Tech Distribution Design Supervisor

• Fort Collins, Colorado, 80525, United States of America
• Boulder, Colorado, 80301
• Greeley, Colorado, 80632

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

Supervise Distribution Design staff and ensure innovative and cost-effective designs that are compliant with corporate standards and policies. Responsible for balancing customer needs while maintaining Xcel Energy standards and administrative guidelines. Ensure consistent and effective use of Design resources, tools and processes. Provide resident technical matter expertise, and real-time technical support services to planning, Right Of Way, construction and operations for electric and gas distribution facilities.

Anticipates and positions project teams to meet near-term and future needs. Support attainment of corporate and business unit goals and objectives.

Essential Responsibilities

• Supervise Distribution Design personnel. Prioritize and assign work, assemble teams utilizing internal and/or external resources. Monitor and document results in order to ensure successful completion of projects, which includes monitoring Key Performance Indicators of cost, timeliness, etc. Assist in individual and team goal setting and monitoring as they relate to department goals and measures. Attract, recruit and retain a motivated and engaged workforce.
  
  Establish and communicate clear performance expectations so that employees know how their work contributes to the achievement of department, business unit and corporate objectives.
• Provides support and direction regarding technical information, preliminary designs, indicative costs and schedules to internal and external customers to support planning, budgeting, siting, permitting, maintenance activities, easement encroachment and relocation solutions and system restoration.
• Performs Design functions related to distribution projects varying in length and complexity. Prepares and checks preliminary and final distribution project designs, bills of material, cost estimates and material specifications relative to construction and improvements of distribution facilities.
• Review, monitor and approve distribution projects for compliance with national and state codes/tariffs and internal design standards and policies. Develop and recommend processes to ensure compliance with all requirements. Participates in corporate standards for design, policies and construction materials.
• Demonstrates technical expertise by keeping current and informed about technical developments and industry practices. Provides mentoring and training to new hires and existing Design personnel using the established skill based programs and other training resources.
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