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Jun 18, 2025
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How an Invenergy employee’s career brought him home — with new opportunities
by Invenergy
For Jacob Huebert, a career in clean energy wasn’t always the plan. He spent some time substitute teaching before realizing the classroom wasn’t his calling. Then, while driving with his girlfriend to a wedding in Colorado, Jacob Huebert marveled at the wind turbines in the distance. “You know, I’ve always thought it would be cool to work on those things,” he said. “Well, then why don’t you do it?” she replied.
That conversation kickstarted Huebert’s career in clean energy.
After completing a technical training program, Huebert joined Invenergy as a technician for Deuel Harvest Wind Energy Center in South Dakota. The opportunity stood out from the rest because Invenergy offered him on-the-job training regardless of his industry experience, provided a pathway to a good-paying career with room to grow and, above all, demonstrated a commitment to safety.
The culture of safety at Invenergy is especially meaningful to Huebert. Both of his grandfathers were linemen — one eventually becoming a safety manager — and safety has been a core value in his family for generations. “When my grandpa worked for Bell Telephone Company, he had a sign hanging in his garage that said, ‘No job is so important and no service is so urgent that we cannot take time to perform our work safely.’" At Invenergy, we couldn’t agree more.
But soon, life changed again. He and his now-wife welcomed their first child. That milestone also came with a realization: Huebert and his family wanted to be closer to their roots in Kansas, surrounded by extended family and lifelong friends.
Invenergy made that possible.
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“When I interviewed, I told my manager I was from Kansas and would eventually want to be back,” Huebert says. “He told me, ‘You do good work, and we’ll help you get where you want to be.’” That commitment proved to be true. With support from his manager and senior leadership, Jacob transferred technologies and locations – now working at the first utility-scale solar project maintained by Invenergy Services in Kansas: Pixley Solar Energy Center.
“This state-of-the-art solar power generation facility in Barber County is an example of what is possible when you embrace growth opportunities,” said Randi Tveitaraas Jack, deputy director at the Kansas Department of Commerce. “By focusing on new prospects and ventures like Pixley Solar Energy Center, we can provide economic resilience and transformational benefits to our state for decades to come.”
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The move also allowed Huebert to go from zero energy experience to now a skill set in two fast-growing energy technologies – unlocking career advancement opportunities while enabling him to prioritize his family goals. “My wife actually suggested the move to solar would look great if I want to get into safety,” he says. “It’s a different technology, different experience, and it shows versatility.”
From watching his son grow up surrounded by relatives and learning family traditions to seeing the Kansas prairie outside on his way to work, Huebert says he’s excited for the future and to continue building a career – and a legacy – in an industry he loves. The best part: He’s home.
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