NextEra Energy

Sr PGD Engineer - Reliability PV & BESS

Posted on: 27 Feb 2021

Blythe, CA

Job Description

Position Specific Description

* Regional responsibility for Western US. Travel will be required for this role
* Primary function will be to drive process discipline in the field teams
* Boots on the ground liaison between sites and Engineering Operations & Support Services (EOSS)
* Creates a strong connection between EOSS and the field
* Adapting and closing gaps on foundational PGD Reliability processes for the grown solar and battery organization
* Ensure RCAs are completed and implemented
* Leads special projects and support solar field technician/ engineers continuous improvements initiatives to reshape our business for the future driving down cost
* Helps drive large continuous improvement projects in field
* Becomes a change agent for innovation
* This position may start in the field initially and transition back to the central organization once we have more mature reliability processes, data and levels of automation as we are more scalable and less people dependent

Job Overview

Employees in this role have responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas for investigation, and development of novel concepts.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Plans and develops engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs
Acts as technical liaison to individuals within and outside the organization with responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters pertaining to individual's field
Completes assignments given in broad terms concerning general objectives and limitations
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's - Engineering
Experience:5+ years

Preferred Qualifications

Supervisor/Management Experience:0+ years

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.