NextEra Energy

PGD Reliability Engineer - Solar/BESS

NextEra Energy$92K — $138K *
Tracy, CA 95376In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
  • Valid driver's license (NON CDL)
  • Strong knowledge of solar photovoltaic and battery storage systems
  • Expertise in reliability engineering and data analysis

Responsibilities

  • Own performance metrics and manage DTE platform
  • Analyze performance data to optimize operational teams
  • Investigate root causes of high-impact reliability issues
  • Manage event response process and service request documentation
  • Ensure compliance in parts documentation and support quality projects

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for employees and their families
  • Relocation assistance offered if applicable
  • Opportunity to work with renewable technology
  • Support for professional development and training
  • Potential for travel up to 20% of the time
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 95561

Position Specific Description

The Regional Reliability Engineer will own performance metrics, Down Time Editing (DTE) platform management, and service request coordination. This position requires analyzing performance data to direct operational teams toward units contributing most to Key Performance Indicators, investigating root causes, and ensuring focus on high-impact reliability issues.

Key duties encompass managing regional ownership of the event response process, assisting investigations through QI documentation, conducting Performance Impact Category analysis, and owning GADS reporting. The role requires expertise in root cause troubleshooting of high-impact failure modes using equipment knowledge and data analytics. The engineer manages event response processes, ensures proper service request documentation, and addresses reliability data issues including SBI, CEWIS, NEA modeling, and missed curtailment events.Additional responsibilities include involves quality control of NEA modeling, driving Plant Health Dashboard improvements, ensuring parts documentation compliance, and supporting quality projects.

This opportunity offers work with renewable technology while optimizing NextEra Energy's growing portfolio. The ideal candidate possesses strong knowledge of solar photovoltaic and battery storage systems, reliability engineering principles, data analysis capabilities, and excellent communication skills. The role requires up to 20% travel and regular infield work/investigation.

Job Overview

Employees in this role apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related fields. Individuals will use advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
  • Devises new solutions to problems encountered
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
  • Experience: 2+ years
  • Valid Driver's License (NON CDL)


Preferred Qualifications

  • None


The estimated base pay for this position is $92,000.00 to $138,000.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.

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 Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

About NextEra Energy

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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Learn more about NextEra Energy
Size
15,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$51 million
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+4.9%
Revenue
$917 million
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