Principal Power Generation Engineer - Steam Turbine
About The Position
NextEra Energy’s Power Generation Division is looking for a Principal Engineer for the Steam Turbine Fleet Team (STFT) within Engineering and Operations Support Services (EOSS). This position is responsible for providing leadership and decision making for a large fleet of steam turbines across fossil and nuclear units. The role includes ownership of complex troubleshooting efforts, fleet-wide technical standards, and strategic initiatives focused on improving reliability, reducing forced outages, and optimizing operational and maintenance costs. The Principal Engineer partners closely with operations, maintenance, leadership, and external stakeholders to drive consistent and sustainable fleet performance improvements. Employees in this role make decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive engineering and related activities for the company. This position negotiates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- 6+ years Experience
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and decision making for steam turbine fleet assets, ensuring consistent engineering standards and risk-informed solutions.
- Lead complex troubleshooting efforts, including root cause investigations for chronic or systemic fleet issues.
- Manage and maintain fleet engineering documentation, including Engineering Requests, Work Orders, OEM bulletins, and MOCs.
- Support strategic initiatives aimed at improving fleet reliability, availability, and cost performance.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders on outage planning, long-term asset strategy, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools to evaluate equipment performance, identify emerging reliability risks, and support data-driven engineering decisions.
- Support fossil and nuclear units during planned outages, emergent events, and special steam turbine projects.
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities
- Manages one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives
- Acts as a subject matter expert
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Benefits
- Relocation Provided
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
