Principal Engineer - Clean Fuels

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