Senior Construction Superintendent

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.

The position is responsible for the oversight and implementation of fleet-wide construction standards and processes for power plant capital projects, including but not limited to Wind, Solar, BESS, Combustion Turbines, Gas Conversions, and other technologies within The Major Capital Projects-Fixed Assets (MPG-FA).

The position will primarily be responsible for the on-site construction associated with multiple small modification projects and individual mid-range modification projects. Project costs will range from $1 million to over $1 Billion. This position will be responsible for hiring and managing our contracted work force through Staff-Augmentation, Professional Services, and FTE’s. The direct reports of this position will provide on-site construction oversight as required.

Responsible for leading a safe, high performing construction team which may include multiple levels, functions, and projects, while driving the efficient use of resources. Establish a culture of process adherence and continuous improvement. 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.

This position will be responsible for following the Project Planning and Execution Process (PPEP) by actively attending and engaging with Generation Development (Gen-Dev), contributing to the constructability process and budgeting process throughout the stage gate process.

This position will require periodic to frequent travel to locations within all three Xcel Energy operating companies (OPCo’s), including NSP, PSCo, and SPS. Travel requirements may vary based on project assignments, responsibilities, and changing workload priorities.

• Ensure potential contractors and suppliers are qualified to perform construction work in accordance with accepted Energy Supply standards and processes.
• Negotiate capital equipment purchases and construction contracts.
• Accountabilities include timely and satisfactory completion of construction projects and assuring project performance objectives are achieved for safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
• Initiates and coordinates (with site and contractor safety personnel) project safety audits, as appropriate.
• Directs or oversees field construction activities including job site safety, traffic patterns, lay down areas, security, labor resource utilization, construction activities in the project schedule, material receipt process, site fabrication areas, QA and QC measures, change control, cost forecasting, job…