Siting and Land Rights Agent or Senior Agent

About the Role

The role involves planning, siting, and acquiring permits and land rights for the construction, operation, and maintenance of Xcel Energy’s electrical and gas utility facilities. Agents work under minimal supervision with latitude for unreviewed actions, while Senior Agents have consultative direction and broader decision‑making authority. Both levels collaborate with multidisciplinary internal teams, including engineering, legal, and project management staff. • Negotiate land acquisitions and manage rights with owners and legal representatives, including condemnation processes. • Prepare easement packages and conduct abstracting and courthouse document searches. • Obtain permits from state, local, federal, railroad, and DOT agencies, including Conditional Use Permits. • Represent Xcel Energy before regulatory boards, planning commissions, and public meetings to secure project approvals. • Prepare project descriptions, respond to data requests, and present to governing jurisdictions. • Perform route alternative analysis, site selection, and corridor development for utility facilities. • Ensure compliance with permit conditions and landowner agreements; manage post‑construction damage assessments and settlements. • Provide land‑rights support to internal departments, including valuation, scheduling, and cost estimates.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸permit acquisition
• ▸route analysis
• ▸land negotiation
• ▸easement prep
• ▸compliance management
• ▸regulatory liaison

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, land‑use planning, management, or business (or equivalent experience). • Minimum 2 years of increasingly complex siting, acquisition, or land‑rights management experience. • Strong verbal and written communication skills. • At least 5 years of complex siting, acquisition, or land‑rights management experience for Senior Agent level. • Demonstrated project management abilities.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸2 years
• ▸communication
• ▸5 years
• ▸project management

Benefits

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for. This role is based in Eau Claire, WI, with a hybrid schedule of three days per week in the office, and can be hired at the Agent or Senior Agent level depending on qualifications and experience. The anticipated starting base pay ranges from $73,700 to $120,567 per year, and the position includes a comprehensive benefits package such as an annual incentive program, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, various reimbursement accounts, disability coverage, employee assistance, fitness reimbursement, tuition assistance, transit programs, recognition awards, pension, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, volunteer PTO, and parental leave. • Base salary ranging from $73,700 to $120,567 annually. • Annual incentive program and comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. • Health‑care reimbursement accounts, HSA, limited‑purpose FSA, and dependent‑care reimbursement. • Transportation reimbursement, short‑ and long‑term disability, and employee assistance program. • Fitness center reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transit programs, and employee recognition. • Pension plan, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, holidays, volunteer PTO, and parental leave.

Work Environment

Hybrid