Sr Operations Support Engineer - Renewable Natural Gas

Requisition ID:  87845 

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale generators of electricity, leveraging all forms of energy across renewables, storage and nuclear. We offer customized energy solutions that drive economic growth, protect the environment, support communities, and help customers meet their energy needs. Ready to make a lasting impact? Join our innovative, world-class team today!
 

Position Specific Description

This job is responsible for performing highly skilled analytical engineering functions. Employees in this role are responsible for rigorous technical analysis to optimize asset development and evaluating all performance and upside potential for all RNG assets. This role will provide continuous monitoring of the plan unit operations to ensure safety, desired yields and production rates.

The Operations Support Engineer must demonstrate a strong aptitude in mechanical work, understands relevant regulatory requirements, capable of reading and implementing plans, equipment operating and maintenance manuals, and schematics and look for continual added performance.

Ideal candidate will need to be commercially minded, detailed oriented with strong analytical abilities, and can approach projects with creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. The individual will interface with multiple organizations within and outside of the division they support. The ability to build consensus and make quick, accurate and fact-based decisions are critical to success. Experience in a matrix environment is a strong plus, as is a high tolerance for uncertainty and flexibility to deal with unanticipated deliverables and tight deadlines.

Position Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identify key production drivers specific to the plant design

• Evaluate and rank opportunities for optimization

• Prepare process simulation for the plant unit operation and update on a routine basis to optimize plant operation

• Forecast/analyze current production trends, and proactively recommend productivity improvements based on analytical data and optimized measures

• Monitor site feedstock and operating data to provide optimized solutions for improvements

• Interact/supervise/manage vendors and/or sub-contractors to assist with operating, monitoring, and maintenaning the plants

• Review SOP and make recommendations to optimize plant operations to meet established KPI’s.

• Proactively work with Operations Teams to optimize and increase efficiency of their gas collection systems.

• Stay abreast of new developments, technologies and regulations impacting the LFGTE and RNG industries
 

Modeling Software application abilities preferred i.e.: Aspen HYSYS / ProMax, Unisim, Visual Basic

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:  NextEra Energy Pipeline Services, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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