Geospatial Specialist I

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.

Summary The Geospatial Specialist I is responsible for providing highly responsive technical & business process geospatial support to Xcel Energy’s geographic information system (GIS) and GIS related application users to maximize technology availability, productivity, and continuous improvement across the enterprise. Provides prompt, courteous, and professional desk side and remote support to key business customers, as well as informal and one-on-one user training and knowledge transfer on all aspects of Xcel Energy’s enterprise GIS Systems and enterprise resource planning systems (SAP). Acts as a geospatial point-of-contact for both internal and external customers to support inquiries related to but not limited to regulatory requests/filings, GIS data extracts, and GIS data analytics. Geospatial Specialist I’s hold in-depth knowledge and competency in gas and or electric geospatial data integrity standards, transmission and distribution design and construction practices.

End User Application Support Assist end users of GIS and GIS related applications with software and internal business process questions. Work directly with I/T Support troubleshooting and resolving application errors. Run daily merge/post activities and weekly GIS alternative/version conflict management reports. Misc. Requests/Special Requests Respond to internal/external requests for specialized GIS map products. Provide query/data analysis and data imports/extracts to support business processes, regulatory reporting, and data needs of advanced downstream applications. Produce metric reports to support the Geospatial organization productivity and efficiency goals. Ensure GIS is accurate and up-to-date by researching missing asbuilt paperwork and purging non-valid design alternatives/versions from the GIS and Design Tool applications. Geospatial Project Management Support the Geospatial Project Management team as needed. May include, but not limited to, writing and executing test scripts, providing implementation support, various reporting and documentation needs as directed by Geospatial Project Management Team.

Completion of degree in GIS or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Minimum 3 year gas and electric utility experience with demonstrated proficiency in Geospatial applications and an in-depth knowledge in electric and gas systems. Proficient in the use of MS Office applications. Demonstrates ability to make complex material understandable; clearly articulating key points when writing and speaking. Demonstrates excellent customer service skills.

Familiarity with GE Smallworld Experience with ESRI ArcPro, ArcGIS Online (AGO) Experience with Databricks Experience with Python   Our