Principal Engineer

Requisition ID:  62936 

NextEra Energy Resources is one of the largest wholesale generators of electric power and renewable energy from the wind and sun in North America.

Position Specific Description

Do you want to be on the front line helping the world’s largest companies decarbonize?  This position will provide renewable project engineering design to Fortune 1,000 companies, helping them mature along the decarbonization journey.  The perfect candidate will have at least 5 years of renewable system engineering experience.

Goals of a Lead Systems Engineer may include:

• Analyze electric and thermal load data and support technical understanding of potential customers

• Prepare project design and configurations based on customer load profiles and tariff structures

• Evaluate thermodynamic efficiency and CO2 emissions of proposed renewable project solutions

• Study customer utility tariff structures to understand current operational costs

• Evaluate renewable product options and prepare technical analysis

• Build customer cost/benefit analysis for potential renewable projects

• Recommend high value renewable projects

A successful candidate must have:  

• Ability to configure renewable energy projects including output, efficiency, capacity factor, capital, and O&M costs

• Ability to configure wind, solar, battery storage, and CHP solutions

• Ability to deliver concise executive level summary of renewable project technical justification

• Ability to translate the renewable project technical configuration into business justification

This position is critical to developing a compelling product offering to customers

NextEra energy is the US leader of generating electricity from renewable resources today and is growing its list of decarbonization solutions each year.  This role will help the largest companies in the world achieve their decarbonization goals.

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Engineering
Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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