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Maintenance Technician

NextEra Energy Resources
Palo, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/11/2026

Requisition ID:
92343

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
This position is located in Palo, Iowa.

Job Overview
The Plant Duane Arnold (PDA) General Maintenance Technician oversees a broad range of facility and maintenance tasks, ensuring plant operations, equipment, and safety standards are consistently met.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
Facility Duties

  • Performs plant laundry tasks, including collecting, surveying and operating laundry monitor, stocks, and inventories supplies
  • Operates decontamination equipment, including CO2 blaster, high-pressure washer, ultrasonic sinks, bead blaster, hydrolasers, mask washing equipment and hand decon
  • Maintains grounds, including operating lawn care and snow removal equipment
  • Serves as firewatch and confined space attendant
  • Responds to haz-mat spills
  • Maintains and accounts for HEPA vacuums and PVUs
  • Manages plant hose control
  • Segregates trash and handles asbestos removal
  • Cleans septa and moves office personnel as needed
  • Supports M&TE program and assists civil contractors/workers
  • Performs general painting and floor coating
  • Handles chemical deliveries
  • Housekeeps general plant areas, including outbuildings and cooling towers
  • Conducts minor building maintenance on non-plant equipment
  • After pre-job briefing, conducts smear surveys to check decontamination effectiveness (does not declare areas/items free of radioactive contamination)
  • Surveys and labels trash and/or laundry bags
  • Trains manlift operation, safety ladder refurbishment, monthly eyewash/shower inspection, and AHERA-accredited asbestos inspection

General Maintenance Duties

  • Manages daily operations of tool cribs
  • Keeps tool rooms organized, clean, and stocked to prevent production interruptions
  • Ensures tooling and machinery meet or exceed safety standards
  • Issues and receives tooling for production staff
  • Segregates damaged or worn tooling for repair/service
  • Inspects safety harnesses and rigging equipment
  • Maintains inventory of combustible and general-use chemical cabinets
  • Requisitions and acquires new tooling, expendables, shop supplies, and materials for Maintenance Departments
  • Stocks tool boards in all locations
  • Ensures proper storage and disposal of materials used in tool rooms
  • Performs personal health physical coverage and peer inspections
  • May be assigned to fire brigade as required
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Education: High School Grad/GED or equivalent experience
  • Experience: 0 years
  • Demonstrates a high degree of dexterity and ability; learns and applies basic maintenance skills
  • Passes the Maintenance Positions Selection System (MASS) Aptitude test

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience: 3 years of related working experience in one or more crafts

Special Requirements
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click
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Employee Group:
Non Exempt

Employee Type:
Full Time

Job Category:
Maintenance/Construction

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- , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 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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