Principal Wind Technician - Various Locations
Posted on: 16 Jan 2021
Zearing, IA
Job Description
Position Specific Description
In addition to the job duties listed below, this position will require 40%-65% travel and can be based at any wind site operated by NextEra Energy. In addition an Associates Degree is prefered.
Job Overview
Employees in this role perform advanced maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on wind turbines and other associated equipment. Individuals understand the mechanics, including both electrical and maintenance of hydraulics, of all wind turbine components. This position replaces mechanical and electrical components, understands schematics and uses appropriate diagnostic tools. The successful candidate will interpret fault reports, maintain power generation reports, service logs in the computer database, and monitor turbine performance and SCADA systems.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
* Performs regular preventative maintenance and repair on wind turbine power generation equipment
* Completes advanced electrical, electronic, and mechanical troubleshooting
* Maintains all company supplied equipment, facilities, and tooling
* Applies advanced understanding of the technical and process functions including leadership competencies
* Serves as qualified reliever in the absence of site management
* Leads teams in Quality Improvement (QI) projects
* Provides oversight to other personnel and acts as a Safety Mentor
* Completes special projects or complex task assignments
* Ability to meet attendance requirements
* Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
* High School Grad / GED
* Experience: 5+ years
* Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified
* Post-Offer Functional Capacity Eval
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree
NextEra Energy
Juno Beach, FL
NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear, and natural gas-fired facilities. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets with a focus on renewable generation facilities, natural gas pipelines, and battery storage projects; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets.
As of December 31, 2018, the company operated approximately 24,500 megawatts of net generating capacity. It serves approximately 10 million people through approximately 5 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida with approximately 75,200 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines and 645 substations. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.
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IndustryEnergy/Utilities
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No. of Employees14, 300
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Jobs Posted1194
