Sr Power Generation Engineer - Generator
About the position
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy. NextEra Energy is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as a Generator Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Electrical Fleet Team (EFT). This individual will apply advanced knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices to fossil and nuclear power generation assets, with primary responsibility for large turbine generator technical stewardship across a diverse multi-OEM fleet. This role requires independent technical judgment on complex engineering matters, development and execution of fleet-wide generator strategies, and direct communication with executive leadership on root cause analyses, failure investigations, and implementation plans. The position carries responsibility for interpreting, organizing, and coordinating assignments with significant impact on fleet reliability and asset performance. Travel is required on an as-needed basis, primarily in support of planned outages, field investigations, and vendor shop oversight. This role also requires 24/7 phone availability for site technical support.
Responsibilities
- Acts as technical liaison within and outside the organization on generator and auxiliary system matters, with authority to act independently on technical decisions
- Leads Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure mode determination, and countermeasure development
- Presents findings, RCAs, and implementation plans to executive leadership
- Provides budget and technical guidance for capital and outage engineering projects involving unique or controversial complexities with significant impact on fleet reliability and generation capacity
- Develops and maintains technical specifications, procedures, engineering basis documents, and PM program criteria
- Provides project management oversight on R&D and fleet improvement initiatives
- Evaluates site operational problems and performs system component aging analysis
- Prepares technical reports, engineering evaluations, and executive summaries in support of fleet decisions
- Leads technical oversight and audits of generator manufacturer and repair facility capabilities, tooling, quality systems, and engineering resources
- Develops and enforces shop witness hold point requirements and rewind/repair acceptance criteria aligned to IEEE and EASA standards
- Evaluates supplier organizational changes, subcontractor models, and their impact on technical accountability and schedule risk
- Interprets and trends online condition monitoring data including partial discharge, flux probe, thermal, hydrogen system, shaft grounding, collector brush condition, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) sensor outputs
- Reviews and evaluates offline diagnostic testing results including El-Cid, High Flux (Loop/Ring), wedge tightness, Tan Delta, Hi-Pot, IR/PI, and partial discharge testing
- Leads hydrogen leak rate trend analysis, purity monitoring, and dew point evaluation
- Reviews and accepts retaining ring NDE requalification scope, narrative reports, and scan-based inspection outputs
Requirements
- Minimum four years of experience in operation, diagnostics, design, testing, and repair of large turbine generators across multiple OEM platforms (GE, Siemens, MHI, Toshiba, Alstom, Westinghouse, or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of applicable standards including IEEE 43, 56, 95, 115, 522, ANSI/EASA AR100, EPRI Generator Maintenance Guidelines, and NFPA 70.
Nice-to-haves
- EPRI Generator Program participation or advanced generator testing certifications
- Experience supporting turbine generator and exciter programs at nuclear generating facilities, including outage planning, quality assurance, and familiarity with nuclear regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with robotic and minimally invasive inspection techniques for partial disassembly outage optimization
