Analyst

Outage Coordination Responsibilities

Outage coordination (OC) responsibilities include scheduling, coordinating, and writing distribution switching procedures for NSP construction and maintenance departments adhering to safety policies and guidelines. It is challenging to provide a timely customer response when there are more switch plan requests than resources to coordinate, communicate and write. Maintaining the existing workload with fewer FTEs will result in longer lead time for switch plan coordination, which may result in higher construction costs due to project delays.

Job Details and Requirements

Writing switching requests for grid work. Coordinating with the control center. Developing switch plans for the NSP territory. Knowledgeable in safety tags and clearances.

Daily Responsibilities

Ensuring safe work practices are followed. Look at what switch plans need to be written for the upcoming ½ days, sent out for review, work with them to get it approved, once it's approved get it on schedule, work with control center, hand it off and follow up with questions that the control center might have.

Team and Work Environment

Team of 6. Internal collaboration with: Control Center, Outage Coordination group, Grid operations teams. All the above.

Training and Work Hours

6 month – 1 year to get fully up to speed/trained in. 7-3:30 CST in office Monday through Friday. Open to OT, case by case. If someone is off on vacation, it is not expected.

Benefits/Perks of the Position

Foot in the door with Xcel Energy. Long-term contract potential. Potential conversion to full-time union role. Opportunity to work directly with grid operations and control center teams. Opportunity for a full-time position.

Candidate Detail

Ideal candidates should have:

• Distribution electrical system knowledge
• Utility industry experience
• Field experience (lineman / troubleman strongly preferred)
• Understanding of:
  • Switching procedures
  • Safety tags
  • Clearances
  • Grid operations
• Basic engineering or electrical theory knowledge

Highly preferred experience: Distribution System Operating Group experience at another utility.

Must be distribution background Generally indicates mid-level experience with relevant technical exposure.