NextEra Energy Resources

Principal Operations Support Engineer - Renewable Natural Gas

LocationHouston, TX
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job


Requisition ID: 86549

NextEra Energy Resources participates in pipeline infrastructure development, construction, management and operations through either wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures. We participate in 21 pipelines across 10 states to help provide access to domestic fuel sources, including clean-burning natural gas. Are you interested in being part of our best-in-class origination team? Join our team today.


Position Specific Description

This job is responsible for performing highly skilled analytical engineering functions. Employees in this role are responsible for rigorous technical analysis to optimize asset development and evaluating all performance and upside potential for all RNG assets. This role will provide continuous monitoring of the plan unit operations to ensure safety, desired yields and production rates.

The Operations Support Engineer must demonstrate a strong aptitude in mechanical work, understands relevant regulatory requirements, capable of reading and implementing plans, equipment operating and maintenance manuals, and schematics and look for continual added performance.

Ideal candidate will need to be commercially minded, detailed oriented with strong analytical abilities, and can approach projects with creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. The individual will interface with multiple organizations within and outside of the division they support. The ability to build consensus and make quick, accurate and fact-based decisions are critical to success. Experience in a matrix environment is a strong plus, as is a high tolerance for uncertainty and flexibility to deal with unanticipated deliverables and tight deadlines.


Position Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Identify key production drivers specific to the plant design
Evaluate and rank opportunities for optimization
Prepare process simulation for the plant unit operation and update on a routine basis to optimize plant operation
Forecast/analyze current production trends, and proactively recommend productivity improvements based on analytical data and optimized measures
Monitor site feedstock and operating data to provide optimized solutions for improvements
Interact/supervise/manage vendors and/or sub-contractors to assist with operating, monitoring, and maintenaning the plants
Review SOP and make recommendations to optimize plant operations to meet established KPI’s.
Proactively work with Operations Teams to optimize and increase efficiency of their gas collection systems.
Stay abreast of new developments, technologies and regulations impacting the LFGTE and RNG industries

Modeling Software application abilities preferred i.e.: Aspen HYSYS / ProMax, Unisim, Visual Basic


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
Experience: 7+ years


Preferred Qualifications


None

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: NextEra Energy Pipeline Services, LLC


Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. 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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