Nuclear Corrective Action Program Performance Analyst Senior - Project Bound

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Date: Jan 13, 2026

Location(s): Palo, IA, US, 52324

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  92757 

 

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!


 

Position Specific Description

Join the groundbreaking effort to restart Duane Arnold Energy Center. As a Corrective Action Program Performance Analyst, you'll be essential to this historic project, establishing the systematic processes for identifying, evaluating, and resolving plant conditions that impact nuclear safety, quality, and operations. Your analytical expertise will support restart readiness by trending performance indicators, coordinating condition reports, and ensuring timely resolution of issues critical to regulatory approvals and system restoration. You'll collaborate with engineering, operations, maintenance, and regulatory affairs teams to tackle unique challenges in reestablishing a robust corrective action program for a plant transitioning from decommissioning to operations. This is your opportunity to apply your nuclear experience and analytical skills to build the performance infrastructure for a transformational project powering Iowa's clean energy future. This is a full time project bound role with expected duration through June 2028.

Job Overview

This job develops and implements fleet and site continuous improvement programs. Employees in this role work to develop corrective actions in processes associated with operations, human operator performance, and concerns stemming from site self-assessment. Individuals develop performance indicators and follow-up on problems they identify.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Leads or participates in assessments to find and improve performance gaps
  • Coordinates and facilitates procedure development, revision, and review
  • Participates in root cause investigations related to corrective action and human performance errors
  • Develops tracking and evaluating indicators
  • Trains colleagues on performance improvement initiatives
  • Facilitates screening of corrective actions
  • Assists with the planning and implementation of self-assessments
  • Collects and analyzes data to evaluate proper implementation and effectiveness of programs and maintains industry and site performance indicators
  • Prepares reports and communicates status of improvements for management
  • Ensures operating experience is screened and evaluated and corrective actions taken to address opportunities identified
  • May provide technical direction to less experienced performance coordinators
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • High School Grad / GED
  • Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's - Engineering
  • Bachelor's - Sciences
  • Master's - Engineering
  • Senior Reactor Operator Certification
  • SRO License - Active, Inactive, or Prior

Special Requirements

  • 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:  Projectbound FT
Job Category:  Quality/Process Improvement
Organization:  NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  No

 

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.

 

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Nearest Major Market: Cedar Rapids

Job Segment: Nuclear, Power Plant Operator, Reactor Operator, Energy

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