PGD Engineering Leader
About The Position
NextEra Energy’s Power Generation Division is seeking an Engineering Leader to support Siemens Energy 8000H and Mitsubishi Power 501G combustion turbine technologies. The role leads a team of combustion turbine engineers with varying levels of experience and is responsible for fleet reliability, troubleshooting, technical investigations, root cause analysis, issue resolution, and outage planning. The Engineering Leader defines and drives strategic initiatives and regularly updates senior leadership on the performance and health of NextEra’s combustion turbine fleet. The position requires balancing long-term reliability and overhaul strategies with changing business priorities. It also requires building and maintaining strong relationships with direct reports, plant leadership, operations teams, central maintenance, peer engineering organizations, and OEMs and contractors to support team effectiveness and fleet performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
- At least 10 years of gas turbine engineering experience.
- Demonstrated technical leadership experience.
- Overnight travel may be required and typically does not average more than 15%.
- After-hours support is expected, typically involving phone consultations and occasional call-outs.
Nice To Haves
- At least 15 years of combustion turbine engineering experience.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated field and/or design experience.
- Six Sigma certification.
- Complex root cause analysis experience.
Responsibilities
- Foster a team culture that embodies NextEra values and promotes safety and collaboration.
- Provide technical oversight and guidance for troubleshooting and technical decision-making, ensuring consistency across the FPL fleet of combined-cycle and simple-cycle turbines.
- Manage root cause analyses, Engineering Requests, Work Orders, OEM Bulletins, Reliability Projects, and Upgrade Projects.
- Support proactive outage planning and annual budget planning, accounting for fleet lessons learned.
- Manage OEM relationships and advance technical issues toward swift resolution while keeping long-term goals in mind.
- Consolidate and present root cause analyses, fleet challenges, and OEM progress to senior leadership.
- Plan, organize, and guide extensive engineering programs and activities using creativity, foresight, and mature judgment.
- Lead team communication rhythms and maintain accountability for risk assessment and technical recommendations.
- Provide mentorship and career guidance to the engineering team, rotational team members, and interns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
