Principal Engineer
About the role
Requisition ID: 98225 | Employee Group: Exempt | Employee Type: Full Time | Job Category: Engineering | Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC | Relocation Provided: No
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals.
The Commercial Metering Engineer is responsible for interpreting and communicating metering obligations for renewable generation and battery-storage projects. This role works with internal and external stakeholders to ensure metering systems, settlement data, station service, telemetry, and data communications meet regulatory, market, financial, and contractual requirements. The ideal candidate understands ISO/RTO requirements, utility metering practices, power purchase and interconnection agreements, and technologies such as renewable energy resources, utility meters (ION, SEL type), and SCADA equipment and terminology.
Employees in this role make decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive engineering and related activities for the company. This position negotiates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 7+ years of experience