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Get Access To All JobsDate: Sep 22, 2026
Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97139
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’s Power Generation Division is looking for a senior engineer to manage combustion turbine capital spare parts (CSP) for the GE 7FA.05 and 7HA fleets supporting the combustion turbine fleet team. This position will be part of the Combustion Turbine Fleet Team (CTFT) under the Engineering and Operations Support Services (EOSS) organization. This position will include occasional travel to various OEM facilities to discuss FPL hardware issues, repairs, outage planning, and upstream quality initiatives.
Responsibilities
The parts management specialist will be an integral part of the combustion turbine fleet team, with a primary focus on 7FA.05 and 7HA capital spare parts. CSPs include all turbine hot gas path, combustion, compressor flow path and rotor parts identified in OEM contracts. The engineer will participate in all team meetings and discussions related to RCAs and fleet management to best prepare parts strategies to meet evolving needs. The role will also assist the entire combustion turbine fleet team with outage planning and work tracking for significant work scopes such as TILs, PMs, upgrade MOCs, etc.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Manage 7FA.05 and 7HA capital spare parts through entire lifecycle of inventory, operation, repair, retirement and new procurement.
- Maintain regular communication with OEM, holding OEM accountable for parts repair and delivery plan, elevating issues in advance of outage impacts.
- Maintain and deliver precise monthly cash flow reports to our business leads, property accounting, and finance departments.
- Develop and submit outage CSP plans for all planned and unplanned 7FA.05 and 7HA outages.
- Build 10-year CSP plan with associated budget, track current year budget.
- Coordinate with OEMs, ISC, and property accounting to validate assets and issue pertinent purchase orders.
- Forecast and onboard CSPs for new GE 7FA.05 and 7HA assets as they enter our portfolio.
- Collaborate closely with the combustion fleet team to cut in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Corrections, OEM bulletin recommendations, and risk mitigation upgrades during hardware repairs.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have The Following:
- Experience: 4+ years of power generation experience
- Proficient in Maximo
- Strong communication skills
- Bachelor of Science
- Experience: 3+ years combustion turbines and/or turbomachinery
Occasional after-hours and weekend support is expected for emergent work scopes that involve CSPs. Occasional travel, ~15%
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
Date: Sep 22, 2026
Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97139
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’s Power Generation Division is looking for a senior engineer to manage combustion turbine capital spare parts (CSP) for the GE 7FA.05 and 7HA fleets supporting the combustion turbine fleet team. This position will be part of the Combustion Turbine Fleet Team (CTFT) under the Engineering and Operations Support Services (EOSS) organization. This position will include occasional travel to various OEM facilities to discuss FPL hardware issues, repairs, outage planning, and upstream quality initiatives.
Responsibilities
The parts management specialist will be an integral part of the combustion turbine fleet team, with a primary focus on 7FA.05 and 7HA capital spare parts. CSPs include all turbine hot gas path, combustion, compressor flow path and rotor parts identified in OEM contracts. The engineer will participate in all team meetings and discussions related to RCAs and fleet management to best prepare parts strategies to meet evolving needs. The role will also assist the entire combustion turbine fleet team with outage planning and work tracking for significant work scopes such as TILs, PMs, upgrade MOCs, etc.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Manage 7FA.05 and 7HA capital spare parts through entire lifecycle of inventory, operation, repair, retirement and new procurement.
- Maintain regular communication with OEM, holding OEM accountable for parts repair and delivery plan, elevating issues in advance of outage impacts.
- Maintain and deliver precise monthly cash flow reports to our business leads, property accounting, and finance departments.
- Develop and submit outage CSP plans for all planned and unplanned 7FA.05 and 7HA outages.
- Build 10-year CSP plan with associated budget, track current year budget.
- Coordinate with OEMs, ISC, and property accounting to validate assets and issue pertinent purchase orders.
- Forecast and onboard CSPs for new GE 7FA.05 and 7HA assets as they enter our portfolio.
- Collaborate closely with the combustion fleet team to cut in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Corrections, OEM bulletin recommendations, and risk mitigation upgrades during hardware repairs.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have The Following:
- Experience: 4+ years of power generation experience
- Proficient in Maximo
- Strong communication skills
- Bachelor of Science
- Experience: 3+ years combustion turbines and/or turbomachinery
Occasional after-hours and weekend support is expected for emergent work scopes that involve CSPs. Occasional travel, ~15%
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
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Lead Generation Specialist
Target companies with active H-1B filing histories
Employers who have sponsored H-1B visa workers before are far more likely to do it again. Search OFLC disclosure data to identify companies with prior lead generation or marketing LCA filings before you apply.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation requirement
Lead generation roles can face skepticism from USCIS on specialty occupation grounds. Emphasize that your position requires a degree in marketing, business analytics, or a related field, not just general business knowledge.
Apply to SaaS and B2B tech companies first
Software and B2B technology companies run structured demand generation teams where lead generation is a defined, degree-requiring function. These employers sponsor OPT workers far more regularly than generalist or small retail businesses.
Start the H-1B conversation before your OPT expires
Your employer needs time to prepare your H-1B petition before the April filing window. Raise sponsorship at or before your six-month mark so HR and legal counsel have adequate preparation time.
Highlight CRM and analytics tools in your application
Proficiency in marketing automation platforms and CRM systems signals technical depth beyond entry-level outreach work. This strengthens both your candidacy and the specialty occupation argument for future H-1B sponsorship.
Browse OPT-friendly roles on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate surfaces lead generation roles at employers open to OPT and visa sponsorship. Filtering by sponsorship willingness saves significant time compared to applying broadly and asking about immigration status mid-process.
Lead Generation Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Lead Generation Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it requires documentation. USCIS looks for proof that the role normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field, such as marketing, business administration, or communications. Roles with measurable analytics responsibilities and CRM system management are stronger candidates than purely outreach-focused positions. Your job offer letter and employer support letter should explicitly state the degree requirement.
Can I work as a Lead Generation Specialist on F-1 OPT without additional authorization?
Yes. F-1 OPT authorizes full-time work in a job directly related to your field of study for up to 12 months. If your degree is in marketing, business, or communications, a Lead Generation Specialist role qualifies. STEM degree holders may apply for a 24-month OPT extension, extending total work authorization to 36 months.
How do I find Lead Generation Specialist jobs where employers are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate lists lead generation and demand generation roles at employers who are open to sponsoring OPT and visa candidates. Applying through a platform designed for international students means you are not filtering through hundreds of postings that exclude work authorization holders before realizing sponsorship is off the table.
What happens to my Lead Generation Specialist job if my OPT expires before H-1B approval?
If your employer files your H-1B petition before April 1 and you maintain valid OPT status through the filing date, you are covered by cap-gap protection until September 30. This allows you to keep working without a gap in authorization while USCIS processes your petition, as long as your OPT EAD was valid on the filing date.
Do Lead Generation Specialist roles typically lead to H-1B sponsorship?
Sponsorship rates vary significantly by employer type and role structure. B2B SaaS companies and larger marketing organizations are more likely to sponsor than small businesses or agencies. Roles with quantitative responsibilities, such as pipeline analytics, lead scoring model management, or CRM administration, tend to have stronger specialty occupation arguments and therefore smoother H-1B petition outcomes.