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NextEra Energy Resources · 12 hours ago

Principal SCADA and Controls Engineer- Solar & Storage

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale generators of electricity, leveraging all forms of energy across renewables, storage and nuclear. They are seeking a Principal SCADA and Controls Engineer to apply engineering principles to the solar and battery storage fleet, performing engineering, troubleshooting, and operation/maintenance tasks for PLCs and controllers.

EnergyEnvironmental EngineeringRenewable EnergySolar

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Provides technical support to operations and business unit personnel

Performs system testing and documentation for control system changes and upgrades

Analyzes and corrects complex application deficiencies and system issues

Provides technical leadership in the functional specification, design and implementation of control solutions

Provides automation engineering support for failure mitigation, process improvement, data analytics and improving performance targets

Establishes and/or modifies procedures and guidelines supporting controls and SCADA users

Travels to sites occasionally for onsite troubleshooting support

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities

Manages one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives

Acts as a subject matter expert

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

SCADA applicationsPLC programmingModbusOPCEthernet networksSerial networksPower fundamentalsLogic developmentNetwork troubleshootingProcess Management ConceptsQuality ToolsTechniques

Required

Bachelor's - Engineering

Experience: 7+ years

Company

NextEra Energy Resources

Nextera Energy Resources specializes in offering wind, solar, energy, nuclear and retail services.

Founded in 2000

Florida, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.nexteraenergyresources.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2021 (9)

2020 (11)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

unknown

2025-10-02Acquired

Leadership Team

Jim Shandalov

National Vice President, Power Origination

Steve Birndorf

Director, Renewable Energy Consulting

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