NextEra Energy

Nuclear Project Manager

NextEra Energy$110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of project management experience in a technical field, preferably nuclear
  • Proven experience managing large-scale vendor contracts and relationships
  • Strong skills in data analysis and performance metrics
  • Ability to innovate and adapt to changing project conditions
  • Effective communication and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Drive complete ownership of refueling or turbine service scopes during nuclear outages
  • Ensure that all project schedules and commitments are strictly adhered to
  • Conduct rigorous readiness checks for work orders and resource availability
  • Hold vendors accountable through structured meetings with defined outcomes
  • Proactively identify and address performance shortfalls with recovery plans
  • Facilitate focused meetings that prioritize new solutions over past issues
  • Document and implement lessons learned to improve future project outcomes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their families
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching contributions
  • Career development programs to enhance skills and growth opportunities
  • Paid time off and flexible work arrangements
  • Employee assistance programs for personal and emotional support
Full Job Description
Position Specific Description

The Lead PM for North Outage will serve as the primary owner for either Refueling Services or Turbine Services scope during nuclear outages, driving execution excellence through rigorous accountability and proactive project management. This role requires an individual who takes full ownership of their scope-no excuses-and holds both internal teams and vendors to the highest standards of performance and communication. This role sits out of our Jupiter West office in Jupiter, Florida.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Own end-to-end execution of refueling or turbine services scope, ensuring all schedule commitments are met
  • Maintain disciplined lookahead planning (2-4 weeks minimum) with daily readiness verification for work orders, parts, and resources
  • Drive vendor accountability through structured meetings with decision-makers, requiring documented action items and follow-through
  • Identify performance gaps early and immediately escalate with clear recovery plans and ownership assignments
  • Lead focused, data-driven meetings with current information-no rehashing without new solutions
  • Document lessons learned and drive behavior change when processes fail or commitments are missed


Work Environment: This position operates in a fast-paced outage environment requiring on-site presence during critical execution periods. You'll work cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Planning, and external vendors.

Preferred: PMP certification, experience managing multi-million dollar vendor contracts.

Job Overview

This position is responsible for the completion of substantial projects that support nuclear objectives. Employees in this role lead projects that vary with regard to resource requirements, functional interaction, direction, scope, and timeframe. Individuals maintain project momentum, report completion status, and control costs to budget.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Leads substantial and complex projects independently to ensure completion in accordance with schedule date
• Develops project plans such that stakeholders and contributors understand their assignments and timing
• Deploys resources efficiently, ensuring that work performance flows without bottlenecks and gaps
• Innovates solutions to problems that arise from changing project circumstances
• Values and effectively incorporates certain functional experts into projects
• Calculates costs and controls expenses to budget
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications
• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 4+ years
• Min Exp in Lieu of Degree:9+ years

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's - Engineering

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: Projectbound FT
Job Category: Project Management
Organization: NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC
Relocation Provided: No

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A growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc., NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) acquires, manages, and owns contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows. They own interests in wind and solar projects in North America, as well as natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas. Renewable energy projects are fully contracted, use technology, and are located in regions that are favorable for generating energy from the wind and sun. The seven natural gas pipelines in the portfolio are all strategically located, serving power producers and municipalities in South Texas, processing plants and producers in the Eagle Ford Shale, and commercial and industrial customers in the Houston area. The NET Mexico Pipeline, the largest pipeline in the portfolio, provides a critical source of natural gas transportation for low-cost, U.S.-sourced shale gas to Mexico.

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15,000 employees
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$6.1 billion
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Net Income
-$51 million
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
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Revenue
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