Power Generation Engineering Leader - Wind Blades and Structures

Florida Power & Light; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy Resources in Florida seeks an engineering leader to direct wind blades and structures programs, drive reliability, and champion innovation across blades, towers, nacelles, foundations, and weldments. Lead a cross-functional team, manage budgets, and report fleet performance to executives.

Partner with wind turbine OEMs to improve portfolio performance. Requires a BS in engineering with 6+ years in power generation and Lean Six Sigma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program
• 6+ years of relevant technical experience in power generation, asset reliability, or data analytics
• Direct wind industry experience with knowledge of blade design/manufacturing
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate data into action
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level presentation experience
• Experience with predictive analytics platforms, drone assessment, job plan development, and project management
• Lean/Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical team to troubleshoot/restore wind turbines and drive root cause analysis with action plans.
• Report fleet performance and team initiatives to executive leadership.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, supply chain, and OEMs to improve wind portfolio performance.
• Prioritize ad-hoc tasks, manage changing business needs, and navigate cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Engineering degree in wind-related or

Wind industry experience

Problem solving

Executive communication

Data analytics

Drone assessment

Project management

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt+

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Tools

Predictive analytics platforms

Job description

Requisition ID: 98280

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

The PGD Engineering Leader for Wind Blades and Structures provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for the operation, repair and replacement of wind turbine blades, nacelles, towers, weldments and foundations. This role drives operational excellence, working closely with operations, central maintenance, supply chain, wind turbine OEMs, and others. The leader champions innovation, team development and cross-functional collaboration to advance NextEra's wind portfolio performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a technical team in Day-to-Day activities to troubleshoot/restore wind turbines, complete root cause analysis and countermeasure definition. Scope includes budgeting process, business case generation and submission. Report out to executive leadership on fleet performance, team initiatives, and special topics:
  • Blades
    • Damage classification
    • End of life assessment
    • Repair specification/review
    • Event response
  • Tower
    • Damage classification
    • Repair specification/review
    • Associated bolted joint
    • Event response
  • Foundation
    • Damage classification
    • Repair specification/review
    • Associated bolted joint
    • Event response
  • Nacelle
    • Damage Classification
    • Repair Specification/Review
    • Event response
  • Structure
    • Casting / weldment damage
    • Weld repair specification / review
    • Event response
• Prioritize Ad-Hoc team tasks to meet changing business needs & direct work
• Navigate team through emerging issues alongside existing/planned work
• Navigate team through operation events (storm, pandemic, geo-political business impacts)
• Track team performance to organization identified KPIs
• Maintain understanding of on/off track and initiate action to address off track issues
• Recognize business trends / identify critical tasks and ensure successful delivery
• Navigate stakeholders cross functionally to achieve business relevant outcomes

The Ideal Candidate Would Have the Following:

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in engineering
• 6+ years of relevant technical experience in power generation, asset reliability, or data analytics
• Direct experience in the wind industry, with a depth of knowledge on wind blade design and/or manufacturing
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with ability to translate data into action
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation experience
• Experience with predictive analytics platforms, drone assessment, job plan development, and project management
• Lean/Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)

Leadership Competencies

• Mentor and Grow Technical Talent Generate written Development Plan for All Team Members and maintain accountability to written plan.
• Be a catalyst for change and adopt emerging technologies into team
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead by example
• Strategic thinking and long-range planning

Job Overview

Employees in this role lead a team of engineers or technical specialists that perform engineering functions. This may include negotiating critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies and having responsibility for one or more programs of such diversity and scope to be of critical importance to overall company objectives.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented engineering/technical complexities, determining program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects
• Develops standards and guidelines for diverse technical and engineering activities
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
• Experience: 6+ years
• Leadership Experience: 2+ years, with or without direct reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Professional Engineer (PE)
• Six Sigma Black Belt Certified
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
• Master's Degree
• Six Sigma Master Black Belt

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

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

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