Principal Power Generation Engineer

NextEra Energy • Palm Beach Gardens, FL

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About The Position

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. They deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. The Principal Power Generation Engineer will serve as the technical authority and compliance lead for several NERC PRC standards applicable to NextEra Energy Power Generation Division (PGD) assets, including Wind, Solar PV sites, and Battery energy storage systems. This role ensures protection systems, relay settings, maintenance/testing programs, and disturbance monitoring meet mandatory PRC requirements and support PGD’s reliability and audit readiness objectives. Employees in this role make decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive engineering and related activities for the company, negotiating critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies. The position demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities, and manages one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives. The individual will also act as a subject matter expert.

Requirements

• Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
• Experience: 6+ years

Nice To Haves

• PE preferred
• 2+ years in protection engineering and NERC compliance for generation assets
• Expertise in PRC standards and inverter-based resource protection requirements
• Familiarity with tools like ASPEN/CAPE, PSSE/PSLF, and relay setting management systems

Responsibilities

• Own PGD’s PRC compliance program for standards such as PRC 002, PRC 004, PRC 005, PRC 019, PRC 024 and emerging IBR standards (PRC 028/029/030)
• Maintain audit-ready documentation (RSAWs, evidence logs) and internal controls
• Validate relay settings and coordination for PGD’s Wind, Solar PV sites, and Battery energy storage systems
• Lead misoperation investigations and corrective actions per PRC 004
• Supports understanding of the Protection System Maintenance Program (PSMP) for relays, CT/VTs, DC supplies, and communication channels per PRC 005
• Implement disturbance monitoring solutions for and inverter-based resources (IBR) per PRC 002/028
• Ensure generator ride-through compliance for PGD fleet per PRC 019/024 and emerging IBR standards PRC-028/029/030
• Act as PGD’s liaison during audits and spot checks
• Develop dashboards for PRC compliance (maintenance intervals, misoperation trends, coordination review cycles)
• Automate evidence collection and relay setting workflows where feasible
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees