Associate PGD Field Engineer - ROI Readiness - FL Solar & BESS

NextEra Energy Inc

Tallahassee, FL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Alternative Energy, Construction, Corporate Policies, Documentation, Driver's License, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Utility, Environmental Compliance, Green Business, Identify Issues, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), On Call, Operational Control, Operations Processes, Performance Analysis, Power Generation, Preventative Maintenance, Project Commissioning, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Return on Investment (ROI), Root Cause Analysis, Safety Engineering, Safety/Work Safety, Sales/Support Engineering (SE), Team Player, Vehicle Fleets, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Tallahassee, FL
POSTED
30+ days ago

Requisition ID: 94720

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation's most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

Transition & Operations Development Program (3-year path) Description

Location: Florida-based beginning in Year 2

Travel: Up to 50% during the first 2 years

We are seeking a motivated Site Engineer to join our Transition & Operations Development Program, a structured three‑year pathway designed to prepare you for full operational responsibility of a solar and/or battery storage facility by Year 3. This role provides hands‑on technical experience, field training, and exposure to large‑scale renewable energy assets.

Year 1 - Transition Team Training

During the first year, you will work alongside the Readiness & Operations Transition Team to gain a strong foundation in company policies, safety programs, engineering standards, and operational readiness processes. Key activities include:

  • Supporting project transition and commissioning activities
  • Assisting with site inspections and equipment verification
  • Reviewing construction turnover packages and system documentation
  • Learning SCADA/monitoring platforms and quality requirements
  • Observing regulatory and environmental compliance practices

Year 2 - Operational Skills Development

Year two focuses on hands‑on operations and maintenance training, including:

  • Performing preventative and corrective maintenance
  • Troubleshooting PV modules, inverters, trackers, and electrical systems
  • Supporting performance analysis, warranty coordination, and RCAs
  • Applying safe work practices, LOTO procedures, and field protocols
  • Working with field engineers, OEMs, contractors, and control center teams

Year 3 - Independent Site Operations

Upon completion of the development program, you will transition into a full‑time site operations role, responsible for day‑to‑day operation, maintenance, safety oversight, and long‑term performance of an assigned solar and/or battery storage site.

This individual is responsible as the site safety manager to ensure all personnel and equipment onsite are safe and that the site/s are in environmental compliance with all required regulatory permit requirements. Under limited guidance, the individual will perform a variety of routine tasks, which provide experience and familiarity with engineering staff, methods, practices, and programs after which may independently evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques and procedures while using judgment when making adaptions and

modifications. Engineers on the FPL solar team will spend a significant amount of time in the field (outside) troubleshooting and repairing all aspects of our solar and battery facilities. This also includes performing routine tasks such as preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, and root cause analysis. At times, PGD Field Engineer will be on-call and responsible for the Panhandle FL Sites, coordinating with the Renewables Operation Control Center, OEM's, Vendors and Contractors as required.

Engineers should be highly motivated with a strong bias for action and capable of working independently as well as part of a team. Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering is highly preferred.

Job Overview

Employees in this entry-level role performs a variety of routine tasks, which provide experience and familiarity with Engineering staff, methods, practices, and programs after which may independently evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques and procedures while using judgment when making adaptations and modifications.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Completes assignments that have clear and specific objectives which require the investigation of limited number of variables
  • Performs work involving conventional plans, investigations, surveys, structures, or equipment with relatively few complex features for which there are few precedents
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
  • Experience: 0+ years
  • Valid Drivers License (NON CDL)

Preferred Qualifications

  • None

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Engineering

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

About the Company

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NextEra Energy Inc

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees in 27 states and Canada as of year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves more than 4.8 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2016 list of “World's Most Admired Companies.”

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Energy and Utilities
FOUNDED
1925
WEBSITE
http://www.nexteraenergy.com/