Sr PGD Engineer - Electrical Distribution SME

Requisition ID:  83870 

Florida Power & Light Company is America’s largest electric company, providing clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to more than 12 million people in Florida. We operate one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S. and our reliability is among the best in the nation. Our goal is to achieve Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 by expanding our solar capacity, increasing battery storage and bringing new renewable energy opportunities to Florida, while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in becoming a game-changer in the energy industry?  Join our world-class team today! 

 

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy is currently seeking an Electrical Fleet Team Electrical Principle Engineer (Electrical Distribution Subject Matter Expert SME) who can apply diversified knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and fields related to fossil power generation. The candidate will need to make decisions independently regarding engineering complexities and methods. This position requires the use of advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices in this individual’s field. Supervision and guidance related largely to overall objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters will be required. This individual will present to executive leadership and communicate RCA's and implementation plans. Employees in this role have responsibility for leadership, mentoring, 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.

 

This position does require some travel with 24/7 phone coverage in support of operational sites.

 

Areas of responsibility and duties:

• Provides technical leadership and mentoring to Electrical team engineers
• Provides budget and technical guidance for capital and outage engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs
• Provide technical expertise in development of technical specifications, procedures, and processes
• Provides leadership and technical expertise for vendor supplier audits of manufacturing and repair facilities
• Acts as technical liaison to individuals within and outside the organization with responsibility to act
• independently regarding technical matters pertaining to individual's field
• Provide project management on R&D projects
• Provides electrical distribution and Subsystem technical knowledge of most OEM’s 
• Site operational problem evaluation / analysis / arc flash studies
• System component aging evaluation / analysis
• Utilization / Analysis of diagnostic monitoring software
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure mode determination
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

 

The EFT Electrical Distribution SME will focus on fossil electrical distribution systems and their auxiliary systems, diagnostics, root cause analysis and countermeasure development, including but not limited to:

• 6.9KV and 4160-volt Switchgear
• 480 volts MCC
• Battery and Inverter Systems
• Breakers
• Grounding
• Cables 
• Generator starting switches
• Other assigned duties

 

Desired Qualifications:

• Strongly preferred to have knowledge and experience in operation, diagnostics, design, testing and repair techniques of electrical distribution systems and their auxiliaries.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 5 years of experience in the field of electrical distribution and distribution auxiliary equipment technology. 
• Registration as a licensed Professional Engineer is a plus.

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 a