NextEra Energy

PGD Valve Engineering Leader

PGD Valve Engineering Leader
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LocationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
Job Typefull time
On-site
Oil and Gas

About This Job


Requisition ID: 88859

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

This job leads a team of engineers in providing assurance for the health of fossil BOP valves. Employees in this role are responsible for managing and scheduling work, ensuring asset health, overseeing the execution of continuous improvement projects, managing equipment risks, troubleshooting, and fostering an environment of communication across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.


Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervises workload management
Assigns work as required
Motivates and develops employees to ensure an efficient and effective workforce
Plans and develops engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs including exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas for investigation and development of novel concepts
Serve as subject matter expert (SME) for combined cycle BOP valves
Acts as a technical liaison to individuals within and outside the organization with the responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters
Conducts analysis and makes recommendations to improve equipment reliability across our entire fleet of fossil power plants
Leverages technology to develop exception-based automated alerting to identify opportunities to understand fleet equipment health
Applies knowledge of ASME standards i.e. ASME B16.34, B31.1, BPVC etc. and industry best practices
Familiarity with metallurgy and welding techniques codes and standards
Familiarity with valve/actuator design standards and practices, troubleshooting, and OEMs typically found within combined cycle power generating plants
Plan, organize, and guide extensive technical programs and activities of outstanding novelty and/or importance focused primarily but not necessarily limited to valves in combined cycle operations
Provide remote and onsite troubleshooting support, both in Florida and out of state with some overnight travel required
Negotiate critical and controversial issues with internal management and vendor organizations.
Maintain professional relationships with equipment and service providers and their representatives.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.


Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Preferred)
7+ years of relevant experience with fossil powered generating technologies and/or industrial process facilities
Ability to influence and negotiation across all levels of the organization


Technical:

+ Ability to quickly digest data available from disparate sources, balance competing requirements of the organization, and provide sound technical recommendations
+ Critical thinking skills to apply sound engineering judgement when available data is incomplete, incorrect, or conflicting. + Working knowledge of valve operations, maintenance, and common failure modes + General understanding of valve manufacturing, quality control, and testing processes + Well-versed in AMSE codes and standards for BOP equipment include but not limited to ASME BPVC, B31.1, B16.34 + Knowledge of material selection, valve / actuator sizing, valve selection, valve design, and valve troubleshooting + Familiarity with common power plant NDE techniques including ultrasonic testing, dye penetrant testing, and hardness testing + Strong computer skills including experience with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), IBM Maximo, and Plant Data Historians i.e. PI Processbook + Ability to read an interpret operating plant documentation including but not limited to piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), isometrics, and installation and assembly drawings


Communication

+ Ability to concisely present and justify assumptions and calculations included in the technical analysis
+ Effective written and verbal skills; able to communicate clearly at all levels of the organization


Organization

+ Ability to deliver tangible results while managing multiple concurrent but unrelated tasks
+ Personality + Ability and willingness to work respectfully and effectively with teammates from all backgrounds + Ability and willingness to continuously learn and grow professionally + Exhibit resilience and tenacity needed to push seemingly intractable problems to resolution + Physical + Selected candidate may be required to support offline HRSG inspections. Employee must be able to bend, reach crawl, stoop, and walk for extended periods. + Capable of climbing ladders on an as needed basis


Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience leading teams in achieving organizational objectives
OEM experience in either control or isolation valve industry
Experience with combined-cycle power plant operations and maintenance practices
Experience with Grafana, PowerBI, and Python
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Lean Process Management
Certified Professional Engineer (PE)


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

Experience: 7+ years


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. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt Employee Type: Full Time Job Category: Engineering Organization: Florida Power & Light Company Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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