Requisition ID: 96294
Position Specific DescriptionThe Senior Power Generation Division (PGD) Technical Services Specialist will serve as a technical lead and compliance program owner within PGD NERC Operations & Planning (O&P) Compliance. This position is responsible for leading assigned NERC Reliability Standard programs, with primary ownership for MOD-025 and MOD-032, while supporting broader O&P compliance execution, audit readiness, regulatory data requests, and cross-functional coordination across PGD's wind, solar, storage, and fossil generation fleet.
This role provides engineering judgment, compliance governance, and stakeholder leadership to ensure PGD maintains sustainable, repeatable, and defensible compliance practices. The Senior PGD Technical Services Specialist will translate NERC requirements into executable PGD processes, coordinate technical input from subject matter experts, monitor program health, manage evidence expectations, and support timely responses to internal and external requests for information.
Key ResponsibilitiesProgram Ownership & Governance- Own the overall health, execution, maintenance, and continuous improvement of assigned compliance programs, including program standards, process maps, evidence expectations, controls, metrics, and annual reviews
Technical Oversight & Engineering Leadership- Serve as PGD NERC O&P compliance lead for assigned MOD standards, including MOD-025 verification and reporting of generator real and reactive power capability and MOD-032 data for power system modeling and analysis.
Cross-Functional Coordination- Coordinate with PGD Operations, Engineering & Construction, Interconnection Services, fleet engineering, site personnel, Compliance & Ethics, and external entities to ensure compliance requirements are understood, assigned, executed, and documented.
- Lead preparation, coordination, review, and submission support for regulatory requests for information, audit inquiries, spot checks, self-assessments, and internal data requests.
- Provide technical review and compliance oversight for modeling data packages, generator capability documentation, reactive capability test evidence, submittal records, and related correspondence required to demonstrate compliance.
Work Management, Metrics & Reporting- Lead compliance execution through Maximo, including preventive maintenance strategies, service requests, work orders, and evidence tracking
- Monitor and report program health using dashboards and lead indicators
- Ensure complete, accurate, and audit-ready documentation and evidence repositories.
The Ideal Candidate Would Possess the Following: - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- 4+ years of experience in power generation, transmission, or utility environments with direct involvement in NERC O&P compliance.
- Demonstrated technical experience with substations, protection & control systems, generator interconnection, and power system modeling.
- Strong understanding of NERC compliance evidence, audit expectations, and regulatory engagement.
- Direct experience with MOD-025, MOD-032, or other NERC O&P standards such as MOD-026, MOD-027, FAC, PRC, EOP, TOP, or VAR requirements.
- Experience with renewable generation, battery energy storage, fossil generation, hybrid resources, generator interconnection processes, or power system model data workflows.
- Familiarity with Maximo, Power BI, Documentum, compliance dashboards, evidence repositories, service requests, preventive maintenance tasks, or similar enterprise tools.
Job OverviewThis job interprets, organizes, executes and coordinates assignments. Employees in the role plan and develop technical projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas for investigation, and development of novel concepts. Individuals in the role act as a technical liaison to individuals within and outside their organization with responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters pertaining to the individual's field. Employee's assignments are given in broad terms concerning general objectives and limitations.
Job Duties & Responsibilities• Provides full-time technical support to the operations and business unit personnel
• Performs system testing and documentation to critical systems during significant changes and/or upgrade
• Analyzes and identifies the root cause of - and implements comprehensive technical solutions to - complex application deficiencies and system issues
• Provides technical leadership in the functional specification, design and implementation of new (as well as enhancements to existing) security center applications and tools
• Develops new (and improves existing) processes with goal of increasing productivity, reducing risk of system failure, promoting efficiency in work flow, and meeting or exceeding the key operational performance targets
• Establishes, documents and maintains procedures and guidelines related to the day-to-day operational support provided to the operations and business unit personnel
• Travels to power plants for onsite troubleshooting support
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications• Technical / Functional Excellence/Learning
• Process Management Concepts
• Quality Tools and Techniques
• Effective Written Communications
• Effective Verbal Communications
• High School Grad / GED
• Safety Policy and Practice
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 4+ years
Preferred Qualifications• Bachelor's - Engineering
• Supervisor/Management Experience:Without Rating
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Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Technical Specialist
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
