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Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97189
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.
Position Specific Description
NextEra Energy is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as a Generator Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Electrical Fleet Team (EFT). This individual will apply advanced knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices to fossil and nuclear power generation assets, with primary responsibility for large turbine generator technical stewardship across a diverse multi-OEM fleet.
This role requires independent technical judgment on complex engineering matters, development and execution of fleet-wide generator strategies, and direct communication with executive leadership on root cause analyses, failure investigations, and implementation plans. The position carries responsibility for interpreting, organizing, and coordinating assignments with significant impact on fleet reliability and asset performance.
Travel is required on an as-needed basis, primarily in support of planned outages, field investigations, and vendor shop oversight. This role also requires 24/7 phone availability for site technical support.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Expertise and Leadership
- Acts as technical liaison within and outside the organization on generator and auxiliary system matters, with authority to act independently on technical decisions
- Leads Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure mode determination, and countermeasure development
- Presents findings, RCAs, and implementation plans to executive leadership
Engineering and Project Execution
- Provides budget and technical guidance for capital and outage engineering projects involving unique or controversial complexities with significant impact on fleet reliability and generation capacity
- Develops and maintains technical specifications, procedures, engineering basis documents, and PM program criteria
- Provides project management oversight on R&D and fleet improvement initiatives
- Evaluates site operational problems and performs system component aging analysis
- Prepares technical reports, engineering evaluations, and executive summaries in support of fleet decisions
Vendor and Supplier Management
- Leads technical oversight and audits of generator manufacturer and repair facility capabilities, tooling, quality systems, and engineering resources
- Develops and enforces shop witness hold point requirements and rewind/repair acceptance criteria aligned to IEEE and EASA standards
- Evaluates supplier organizational changes, subcontractor models, and their impact on technical accountability and schedule risk
Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Interprets and trends online condition monitoring data including partial discharge, flux probe, thermal, hydrogen system, shaft grounding, collector brush condition, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) sensor outputs
- Reviews and evaluates offline diagnostic testing results including El-Cid, High Flux (Loop/Ring), wedge tightness, Tan Delta, Hi-Pot, IR/PI, and partial discharge testing
- Leads hydrogen leak rate trend analysis, purity monitoring, and dew point evaluation
- Reviews and accepts retaining ring NDE requalification scope, narrative reports, and scan-based inspection outputs
Technical Scope
The EFT Generator SME will maintain technical ownership across the following systems on three-phase fossil and nuclear turbine generators up to 1,100 MW:
- Stator — Winding insulation systems, coil installation acceptance, slot wedge systems, stator cooling water/oil systems, end-winding support
- Rotor — Field winding, retaining rings including 18Mn-18Cr requalification, balance, collector systems, brush gear, and current density management
- Excitation Systems — Brushless exciters, PMGs, static excitation systems, AVR/PSS coordination
- Generator Protection Interface — 87G differential, loss of field, stator ground, out-of-step protection; coordination with protection engineering
- Auxiliary Systems — Seal oil, hydrogen gas, stator cooling water, isolated phase bus, potential transformer cabinets, and neutral grounding transformers
- Condition Monitoring — Online PD, flux probes, hydrogen monitors, shaft grounding, brush condition monitoring, EMI monitoring, and thermal sensors
Standards & Technical Frameworks
Candidates should demonstrate working knowledge of applicable standards including IEEE 43, 56, 95, 115, 522, ANSI/EASA AR100, EPRI Generator Maintenance Guidelines, and NFPA 70.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have the Following:
- Minimum four years of experience in operation, diagnostics, design, testing, and repair of large turbine generators across multiple OEM platforms (GE, Siemens, MHI, Toshiba, Alstom, Westinghouse, or equivalent)
- EPRI Generator Program participation or advanced generator testing certifications
- Experience supporting turbine generator and exciter programs at nuclear generating facilities, including outage planning, quality assurance, and familiarity with nuclear regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with robotic and minimally invasive inspection techniques for partial disassembly outage optimization
Job Overview
Employees in this role have responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas for investigation, and development of novel concepts.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans and develops engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs
- Acts as technical liaison to individuals within and outside the organization with responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters pertaining to individual's field
- Completes assignments given in broad terms concerning general objectives and limitations
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Experience: 4+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- None
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
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.
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.
Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami
Job Segment: Nuclear, Energy
Date: Sep 23, 2026
Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97189
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.
Position Specific Description
NextEra Energy is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as a Generator Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Electrical Fleet Team (EFT). This individual will apply advanced knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices to fossil and nuclear power generation assets, with primary responsibility for large turbine generator technical stewardship across a diverse multi-OEM fleet.
This role requires independent technical judgment on complex engineering matters, development and execution of fleet-wide generator strategies, and direct communication with executive leadership on root cause analyses, failure investigations, and implementation plans. The position carries responsibility for interpreting, organizing, and coordinating assignments with significant impact on fleet reliability and asset performance.
Travel is required on an as-needed basis, primarily in support of planned outages, field investigations, and vendor shop oversight. This role also requires 24/7 phone availability for site technical support.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Expertise and Leadership
- Acts as technical liaison within and outside the organization on generator and auxiliary system matters, with authority to act independently on technical decisions
- Leads Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure mode determination, and countermeasure development
- Presents findings, RCAs, and implementation plans to executive leadership
Engineering and Project Execution
- Provides budget and technical guidance for capital and outage engineering projects involving unique or controversial complexities with significant impact on fleet reliability and generation capacity
- Develops and maintains technical specifications, procedures, engineering basis documents, and PM program criteria
- Provides project management oversight on R&D and fleet improvement initiatives
- Evaluates site operational problems and performs system component aging analysis
- Prepares technical reports, engineering evaluations, and executive summaries in support of fleet decisions
Vendor and Supplier Management
- Leads technical oversight and audits of generator manufacturer and repair facility capabilities, tooling, quality systems, and engineering resources
- Develops and enforces shop witness hold point requirements and rewind/repair acceptance criteria aligned to IEEE and EASA standards
- Evaluates supplier organizational changes, subcontractor models, and their impact on technical accountability and schedule risk
Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Interprets and trends online condition monitoring data including partial discharge, flux probe, thermal, hydrogen system, shaft grounding, collector brush condition, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) sensor outputs
- Reviews and evaluates offline diagnostic testing results including El-Cid, High Flux (Loop/Ring), wedge tightness, Tan Delta, Hi-Pot, IR/PI, and partial discharge testing
- Leads hydrogen leak rate trend analysis, purity monitoring, and dew point evaluation
- Reviews and accepts retaining ring NDE requalification scope, narrative reports, and scan-based inspection outputs
Technical Scope
The EFT Generator SME will maintain technical ownership across the following systems on three-phase fossil and nuclear turbine generators up to 1,100 MW:
- Stator — Winding insulation systems, coil installation acceptance, slot wedge systems, stator cooling water/oil systems, end-winding support
- Rotor — Field winding, retaining rings including 18Mn-18Cr requalification, balance, collector systems, brush gear, and current density management
- Excitation Systems — Brushless exciters, PMGs, static excitation systems, AVR/PSS coordination
- Generator Protection Interface — 87G differential, loss of field, stator ground, out-of-step protection; coordination with protection engineering
- Auxiliary Systems — Seal oil, hydrogen gas, stator cooling water, isolated phase bus, potential transformer cabinets, and neutral grounding transformers
- Condition Monitoring — Online PD, flux probes, hydrogen monitors, shaft grounding, brush condition monitoring, EMI monitoring, and thermal sensors
Standards & Technical Frameworks
Candidates should demonstrate working knowledge of applicable standards including IEEE 43, 56, 95, 115, 522, ANSI/EASA AR100, EPRI Generator Maintenance Guidelines, and NFPA 70.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have the Following:
- Minimum four years of experience in operation, diagnostics, design, testing, and repair of large turbine generators across multiple OEM platforms (GE, Siemens, MHI, Toshiba, Alstom, Westinghouse, or equivalent)
- EPRI Generator Program participation or advanced generator testing certifications
- Experience supporting turbine generator and exciter programs at nuclear generating facilities, including outage planning, quality assurance, and familiarity with nuclear regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with robotic and minimally invasive inspection techniques for partial disassembly outage optimization
Job Overview
Employees in this role have responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas for investigation, and development of novel concepts.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans and develops engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on major company programs
- Acts as technical liaison to individuals within and outside the organization with responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters pertaining to individual's field
- Completes assignments given in broad terms concerning general objectives and limitations
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Experience: 4+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- None
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
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.
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.
Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami
Job Segment: Nuclear, Energy
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Confirm your degree qualifies for STEM OPT
Electrical Technician roles typically fall under STEM OPT when your degree is in electrical engineering, electronics technology, or a related field. Verify your CIP code with your DSO before applying to ensure you can claim the 24-month extension.
Target employers with active government contracts
Defense contractors, utilities, and infrastructure firms hire Electrical Technicians regularly and are experienced with OPT work authorization. These employers often have dedicated HR teams familiar with I-983 reporting requirements and STEM OPT compliance obligations.
Get your licenses and certifications in order
Employers in electrical roles often look for OSHA 10, NFPA 70E, or state-specific journeyman certifications. Having these credentials before you apply signals work readiness and reduces employer hesitation about your shorter initial OPT authorization window.
Address your OPT timeline early in conversations
Electrical Technician hiring cycles can move slowly in regulated industries. Bring up your OPT end date and STEM extension eligibility before the offer stage so employers can plan around your authorization timeline without last-minute surprises delaying a start date.
Emphasize hands-on lab and field experience
OPT employers want evidence you can work independently from day one. Highlight internship projects, university lab work, or capstone experience involving circuit testing, PLC programming, or equipment calibration to reduce concern about your learning curve on the job.
Use Migrate Mate to find OPT-friendly employers
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Electrical Technician OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Electrical Technician jobs qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Most do, but it depends on your degree, not just the job title. If your degree is in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, or a closely related STEM field, and the role is directly related to that field of study, your DSO can authorize the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirm your CIP code qualifies with your international student office before you accept an offer.
What does the I-983 training plan requirement mean for Electrical Technician OPT students?
If you're on STEM OPT, your employer must complete a Form I-983 training plan that describes how the job provides practical training in your field of study. For Electrical Technicians, this typically covers areas like circuit analysis, equipment maintenance, or systems testing. Your employer must also conduct mid-point and final evaluations. Make sure your hiring manager understands this before you start.
Can I work as an Electrical Technician at a staffing agency or on contract placements while on OPT?
Yes, but with conditions. On standard OPT, you can work for a staffing agency as long as the work is related to your field of study. On STEM OPT, staffing arrangements are more complicated because the I-983 employer of record requirements become harder to satisfy with third-party client sites. Talk to your DSO and the staffing agency's compliance team before accepting a contract placement.
Which industries hire the most Electrical Technicians open to OPT candidates?
Manufacturing, defense contracting, utilities, semiconductor fabrication, and telecommunications are the strongest industries for OPT-friendly Electrical Technician roles. Employers in these sectors frequently hire international candidates and are familiar with work authorization documentation. You can browse current openings from employers experienced with OPT on Migrate Mate, filtered specifically for sponsorship-willing companies.
What happens to my OPT authorization if my Electrical Technician job ends before my EAD expires?
You have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new qualifying position, transfer to a different visa status, or leave the country. During this window, you cannot work. If you find a new Electrical Technician role within the grace period, your OPT authorization continues under the same EAD card. Report any employment changes to your DSO promptly to stay in valid status.