Sr Project Manager - E&C

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Project Development Support
• Support E&C participation in Technology Review, Preliminary Engineering phases, and contracting for active hub gas development projects
• Coordinate E&C SME inputs for site configuration reviews, constructability assessments, and balance-of-plant evaluations including gas and electrical interconnection and switchyard scopes
• Track development and regulatory milestones, ensuring construction-phase dependencies are identified and flagged early
• Project Controls & Risk Management
• Maintain project schedules, cost benchmarks, and cashflow models in support of project sanction decisions
• Own and maintain the E&C risk register for hub projects, tracking scope, schedule, cost, and constructability risks across active work streams
• Identify and escalate when Development-driven scope changes introduce E&C cost or schedule risk
• Support risk-adjusted cost positioning and contingency analysis for leadership reporting
• Manage monthly and quarterly progress reporting to the Owner, including schedule status, cost performance, risk exposure, and milestone tracking — ensuring reporting is accurate, timely, and decision-ready
• Develop and maintain one-page project dashboards and supporting materials for presentations, covering scope, budget, equipment status, interconnection, permitting, and decisions needed
• Prepare and maintain project status packages suitable for executive-level review, ensuring leadership has clear visibility into emerging risks, mitigation actions, and residual exposure
• Procurement & Integrated Supply Chain Coordination
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• Support cost comparison analysis between E&C estimates and contractor proposals, flagging material variances as scope alignment risks
• Track long-lead equipment status (combustion turbines, HRSGs, transformers, switchgear) and flag supply chain constraints in a capacity-constrained OEM market

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 5–10 years of experience in energy project development or large capital construction
• Demonstrated experience in project controls and schedule development for gas generation or major capital projects
• Proven ability to manage Owner-level reporting obligations, including monthly and quarterly progress reports with schedule, cost, and risk content
• Familiarity with EPC/EPCM project delivery models and contractor bid evaluation
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent work streams under competing priorities

Preferred

• Experience with combined cycle or simple cycle gas development projects
• Familiarity with interconnection processes and associated E&C scope implications
• Experience coordinating long-lead equipment procurement in constrained OEM markets
• Exposure to balance-of-plant scopes including switchyard, transmission, and civil/site infrastructure

What Sets You Apart

• You own your scope — cost, schedule, and risk — without being asked twice
• You bring structure to ambiguous, early-stage environments and make the team around you more effective
• You communicate risk clearly and early, before it becomes a problem
• You produce Owner-ready reporting that is accurate, decision-focused, and never late
• You're as comfortable in a contractor bid review as you are in a leadership status update

Job Overview

This position is responsible for the overall management of assigned organization and projects, to ensure compliance within required budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals. Employees in this role coordinate and manage construction work performed by contractors and/or vendors at the project site. Successful candidates manage the engineering, procurement and construction oversight-activities necessary to develop, license/permit, erect, start-up, and commence commercial operations.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with resources in various disciplines to determine project priorities and work plans
• Meets corporate objectives with limited project management, scheduling and estimating resources
• Manages department resources to provide effective early-stage project development support
• Ensures projects are efficiently, effectively and safely implemented in accordance with department procedures and policies
• Manages walk down of planned work, validates acceptance of completed work to design requirements, approves contractor payment requests
• Validates constructability, ensures proper resource allocations, assesses field status and resolves issues as needed
• Led project meetings and reviews budget, risk tracker, and contingency allocations
• Interfaces with project's designated management committees, or acts as Executive Director of project activities
• Supervises activities and/or coordinates activities or groups, such as safety programs, engineering, construction, budget, and analysis and contract administration
• Oversees commissioning activities to meet corporate objectives, with limited project management, scheduling and estimating resources
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 8+ years
• Supervisor/Management Experience: 2+ years

Benefits

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.