Nuclear Engineer Senior - Crane Reliability

NextEra Energy • Jupiter, FL

37d • Onsite

About The Position

The Fleet Reliability Engineer supports the nuclear fleet by providing technical expertise to improve equipment reliability, reduce risk, and ensure safe, compliant operation of critical plant systems. This role focuses on reliability and lifecycle management of cranes, heavy lifting systems, and related balance-of-plant equipment, while also leveraging an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) background to support system performance, monitoring, and troubleshooting across the fleet.

Requirements

• Technical expertise to improve equipment reliability, reduce risk, and ensure safe, compliant operation of critical plant systems.
• Focus on reliability and lifecycle management of cranes, heavy lifting systems, and related balance-of-plant equipment.
• Leverage an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) background to support system performance, monitoring, and troubleshooting across the fleet.

Nice To Haves

• Nuclear power plant experience.
• Reliability engineering or lifecycle management experience.
• Familiarity with applicable codes (e.g., ASME, NUREG, plant programs).

Responsibilities

• Provide fleet-level reliability engineering support for cranes, hoists, and heavy lifting equipment, including inspections, maintenance strategies, and corrective actions.
• Apply I&C expertise to support control systems, instrumentation, condition monitoring, and equipment diagnostics.
• Perform root cause evaluations and develop corrective actions for equipment performance issues and adverse events.
• Support lifecycle management plans, obsolescence evaluations, and modernization strategies.
• Interface with site engineering, maintenance, vendors, and OEMs to resolve technical issues and implement improvements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, regulatory commitments, and nuclear quality requirements.
• Support outage planning and execution activities as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed