Principal Engineer - Clean Fuels

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Date: May 14, 2025

Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  87635 

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

 

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy Engineering and Construction (E&C) Division is seeking a qualified candidate to support our Clean Fuels team as a principal engineer on fossil projects (combined cycle plants, simple cycle power plants, Cogeneration plants, CHP plants, conversion of coal plants to natural gas firing, waste-to-energy plants, carbon capture and sequestration, etc.). This is a home office engineering position with some travel required.

 

In this role you would directly impact our goal of aggressively growing our Clean Fuels business.

 

In this position, you will be responsible for all aspects of engineering associated with our portfolio of clean fuels projects. Responsibilities span initial concept definition through construction and final commissioning. The position requires continuous coordination with diverse project stakeholders such as origination, development, environmental, procurement, transmission services, third party engineering firms, contractors, and project managers from early stage through construction. A major responsibility in this position is management of third-party engineering firms in support of project completion and training of junior engineers.

 

A successful candidate will have experience applying value engineering to balance reliability, cost, and performance for complex systems, along with a thorough knowledge of the various applicable engineering disciplines. Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, along with a proven record of coordinating project stakeholders and mobilizing teams of engineers to achieve business objectives are key attributes. Important skills include experience successfully managing schedules and budgets for major capital projects.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Management of direct reports
  • Knowledge of design, construction, startup, operations of conventional fuels plants (combined/simple cycle, co-generation, CHP, waste-to-energy and/or conventional boilers such as coal plants)
  • Knowledge/facility with heat balance development using software such as Ebsilon, Thermoflow, Gatecycle, etc.
  • Knowledge/facility with liquid and gas pipeline hydraulics modeling in Gregg, AspenTech, PipeFlow, etc.
  • Skilled in basic engineering calculations using spreadsheets and specific engineering software
  • Skill with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams

Job Overview

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.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • 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

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s - Engineering
  • Experience: 7+ years

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. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

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.

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