Manager, Operations

Xcel Energy

Pueblo, CO

Full Time

Posted September 29, 2026

$112k - $159k

Utilities

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Freshness: Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed September 30, 2026
Classification: Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Utilities
Pay provenance: Employer-provided pay

Job Description

Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

Key Responsibilities

Provide visible safety leadership and actively contribute to the creation, implementation, and continuous improvement of a strong, sustainable safety culture in partnership with Safety Consultant. Drive real time safety accountability by engaging the team through safety meeting participation, job briefs, audits, training, accident investigation/event assessment, and job site observations.
Business Optimization & Strategy: Evaluate team performance based on operational efficiency, reliability and quality metrics and take corrective action where appropriate, focusing on process adherence and data integrity. Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive adoption of process changes through effective collaboration and expectation setting.
Operational Effectiveness: Provide direct leadership over crew effectiveness, quality and productivity. Maintain a continuous presence in the work environment and assist in removing barriers with pre-requisites, materials, stakeholder, and other issues. Ensure correct crew composition and skills are in place to meet operational, reliability, customer and financial objectives. Assist in preparing resource forecasts and providing input to longer-term work plans.
Talent Management: Recruit talented employees, participate in workforce and development planning efforts, establish clear expectations, and effectively and manage performance. Provide training, coaching and oversight and drive employee engagement. Effectively represent the organization in bargaining unit discussions, grievances, corrective actions and development.
Relationship Management: Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships with areas that support Operations. Provide strong working knowledge of necessary systems and resources to assist employees, other work groups, and/or customers and stakeholders. Enable crews to provide solutions to issues and improve customer/stakeholder satisfaction.
Regulatory & Compliance: Oversee and coordinate the execution and documentation of work in accordance with Xcel Energy policies and procedures, labor agreements, and regulatory standards. Support and ensure required compliance and technical training is completed. Establish, monitor, and track processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Five or more years in design, construction, operations, engineering or maintenance of utility systems/power generation plants or related industries/fields or equivalent.
Associates or technical degree preferred.
Demonstrated technical expertise in specific functional area including standards, procedures, and applicable government/environmental regulations.
Operational knowledge of work and asset management and analytical/reporting applications.
Effective change leader with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate company and business area strategies and objectives to a variety of stakeholders.
Proven results at achieving performance and operational metrics and driving process adherence.
Three years of supervisory experience
Associate or technical degree
Completion of an approved apprentice program in a related craft
Understanding of utility finance
Experience working as or with bargaining-unit employees
Experience at a coal-generation facility
Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.