Principal Power Generation Engineer

Requisition ID: 92720

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Position Specific Description

Serve as the technical authority and compliance lead for several NERC PRC standards applicable to NextEra Energy Power Generation Division (PGD) assets, including Wind, Solar PV sites, and Battery energy storage systems. This role ensures protection systems, relay settings, maintenance/testing programs, and disturbance monitoring meet mandatory PRC requirements and support PGD’s reliability and audit readiness objectives.

Key Responsibilities Will Include The Following

Governance and Compliance

• Own PGD’s PRC compliance program for standards such as PRC 002, PRC 004, PRC 005, PRC 019, PRC 024 and emerging IBR standards (PRC 028/029/030).
• Maintain audit-ready documentation (RSAWs, evidence logs) and internal controls.
  
  

Engineering and Technical Leadership

• Validate relay settings and coordination for PGD’s Wind, Solar PV sites, and Battery energy storage systems.
• Lead misoperation investigations and corrective actions per PRC 004.
• Supports understanding of the Protection System Maintenance Program (PSMP) for relays, CT/VTs, DC supplies, and communication channels per PRC 005.
• Implement disturbance monitoring solutions for and inverter-based resources (IBR) per PRC 002/028.
• Ensure generator ride-through compliance for PGD fleet per PRC 019/024 and emerging IBR standards PRC-028/029/030
  
  

Fleet Integration and Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as PGD’s liaison during audits and spot checks.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Develop dashboards for PRC compliance (maintenance intervals, misoperation trends, coordination review cycles).
• Automate evidence collection and relay setting workflows where feasible.
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• PE preferred.
• 2 years in protection engineering and NERC compliance for generation assets.
• Expertise in PRC standards and inverter-based resource protection requirements.
• Familiarity with tools like ASPEN/CAPE, PSSE/PSLF, and relay setting management systems.
  
  

Job Overview

Employees in this role make decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive engineering and related activities for the company. This position negotiates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities
• Manages one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives
• Acts as a subject matter expert
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
• Experience: 7 years
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• None
  
  

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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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