PGD Engineer
About The Position
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us! NextEra Energy is currently seeking a SCADA and Controls Engineer who can apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to the solar and battery storage fleet in the Power Generation Division. Performs engineering, troubleshooting, and operation/maintenance-based tasks for PLC’s, solar and battery storage controllers and supporting networked applications. Successful candidate will have a sense of accountability and urgency required to make informed decisions regarding engineering complexity, system integrity, safety and regulatory compliance under limited supervision. Employees in this role apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related fields. Individuals will use advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Experience: 2+ years
Nice To Haves
- Process Management Concepts
- Quality Tools and Techniques
- Working experience with SCADA applications and PLC’s
- Experience with Modbus and OPC
- Working experience with Ethernet and Serial networks
- Working knowledge of power fundamentals and voltage control
- Strong background in logic development and troubleshooting
- Working knowledge of networking and network troubleshooting
- Supervisor/Management Experience: 0+ years
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
- Provides technical support to operations and business unit personnel
- Performs system testing and documentation for control system changes and upgrades
- Analyzes and corrects complex application deficiencies and system issues
- Provides technical leadership in the functional specification, design and implementation of control solutions
- Provides automation engineering support for failure mitigation, process improvement, data analytics and improving performance targets
- Establishes and/or modifies procedures and guidelines supporting controls and SCADA users
- Travels to sites occasionally for onsite troubleshooting support
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
- Devises new solutions to problems encountered
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Benefits
- NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
