NextEra Energy

Runs a Florida utility and builds wind and solar farms

Senior Project Manager - Central Maintenance Projects

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timePalm Beach Gardens, FL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or GED is required.
A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
At least 4 years of experience is required.
Highly preferred: A Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or a related discipline.
Highly preferred: At least 10 years of project management experience in power generation, heavy industrial, or utility environments.
Highly preferred: Demonstrated experience managing projects from $1 million to $50 million or more.
Highly preferred: Proficiency with Maximo, Horizon, NextProject, and standard project controls tools.
Highly preferred: Strong knowledge of EPC contracting, ISC procurement processes, and capital project delivery.
Highly preferred: Working knowledge of NERC, OSHA, and environmental compliance requirements applicable to fossil generating facilities.
Highly preferred: A Master of Science in Engineering or an MBA.
Highly preferred: PMP certification or equivalent.
Highly preferred: Experience with gas turbine, combined cycle, or fossil plant maintenance and capital projects.
Highly preferred: Familiarity with CPVRR, NPV, and utility financial modeling methodologies.
Highly preferred: A track record with no reportable safety events in large construction environments.
Knowledge of project leadership and cross-functional team management, risk identification and mitigation, decision-making under uncertainty, contract and vendor management, financial acumen, budget ownership, and executive-level communication.

Responsibilities

Identify and initiate projects through site requirements, corporate or fleet initiatives, or service requests.
Lead scope development, classification, and study phase determination.
Develop preliminary budgets, schedules, and risk assessments.
Prepare and present business cases using NPV, CPVRR, and payback analyses.
Obtain funding approval and establish WBS, including retirement unit considerations.
Configure Maximo Work Orders with an MOC checklist and set up NextProject and Horizon tools.
Form and lead cross-functional project teams.
Select the project delivery strategy, including EPC, Procure-Construct, or Construct-Only.
Oversee engineering package development and design review cycles.
Manage permitting processes and approval gates.
Ensure WBS alignment and tool integration throughout the project.
Lead the ISC procurement process, including PO classification decisions for competitive bid, single/sole source, or PDS.
Develop ISN bidders lists and manage technical and commercial bid evaluations.
Lead contract negotiations and execute Purchase Orders.
Ensure procurement activities align with the project schedule and budget.
Own the overall project budget, schedule, and performance during construction.
Coordinate permitting, contractor mobilization, and field execution activities.
Maintain reporting cadence and stakeholder communication.
Drive acceptance testing and turnover to operations.
Complete closeout documentation, financial reconciliation, and lessons learned.
Manage final PO closure, Maximo updates, and archive filing.
Ensure all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements are fulfilled.
Develop contractor work scopes, refine specifications, estimate jobs, develop and administer contracts, procure materials and services, and administer field contracts.
Establish single-point ownership and accountability for assigned and approved non-major maintenance capital projects.
Devise standardized project management processes and controls for reporting and contracting to support compliance, reasonable returns, risk management, quality, and schedule adherence.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requisition ID: 98317

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

The Senior Project Manager – Central Maintenance Projects is responsible for leading and managing capital and maintenance projects across FPL's fossil generating fleet from inception through closeout. This role serves as the primary project owner, ensuring safe execution, budget adherence, schedule performance, and regulatory compliance across all project phases.

Reporting Structure

Reports to the PGD Central Maintenance Manager. Works in close collaboration with Plant Operations, Engineering, Procurement (ISC), Environmental, Regulatory, Finance, and EPC/contractor teams.

Key Responsibilities

Project Development

Identify and initiate projects through site requirements, corporate/fleet initiatives, or service requests
Lead scope development, classification, and study phase determination
Develop preliminary budgets, schedules, and risk assessments
Prepare and present business cases using NPV, CPVRR, and payback analyses
Obtain funding approval and establish WBS, including retirement unit considerations
Configure Maximo Work Orders (with MOC checklist), NextProject and Horizon tools setup

Engineering & Design

Form and lead cross-functional project teams
Select project delivery strategy (EPC / Procure-Construct / Construct-Only)
Oversee engineering package development and design review cycles
Manage permitting processes and approval gates
Ensure WBS alignment and tool integration throughout

Procurement

Lead ISC procurement process including PO classification decisions (Competitive Bid, Single/Sole Source, PDS)
Develop ISN bidders lists and manage bid evaluation (technical and commercial)
Lead contract negotiations and execute Purchase Orders
Ensure procurement activities align with project schedule and budget

Execution

Own overall project budget, schedule, and performance during construction
Coordinate permitting, contractor mobilization, and field execution activities
Maintain reporting cadence and stakeholder communication
Drive acceptance testing and turnover to operations

Closeout

Complete all closeout documentation, financial reconciliation, and lessons learned
Manage final PO closure, Maximo updates, and archive filing
Ensure all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements are fulfilled

Highly Preferred Qualifications

B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or related discipline)
10+ years of project management experience in power generation, heavy industrial, or utility environments
Demonstrated experience managing projects from $1M to $50M+
Proficiency with Maximo, Horizon, NextProject, and standard project controls tools
Strong knowledge of EPC contracting, ISC procurement processes, and capital project delivery
Working knowledge of NERC, OSHA, and environmental compliance requirements applicable to fossil generating facilities
M.S. in Engineering or M.B.A.
PMP certification or equivalent
Experience with gas turbine, combined cycle, or fossil plant maintenance and capital projects
Familiarity with CPVRR, NPV, and utility financial modeling methodologies
Experience with no reportable safety events track record in large construction environments

Core Competencies

Project leadership and cross-functional team management
Risk identification, mitigation, and decision-making under uncertainty
Contract and vendor management
Financial acumen and budget ownership
Clear and concise executive-level communication
Safety-first mindset and operational excellence orientation

Job Overview

Employees in this job are accountable for providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective implementation of assigned and approved capital projects. The position is responsible for establishing a single point of ownership and accountability for non-major maintenance capital projects within FPL or NextEra. Individuals in this role devise standardized PM processes and controls for reporting and contracting practices throughout that ensure compliance with corporate guidelines and terms and conditions that provide a reasonable rate of return, address governmental compliance, cure personnel and property risk issues, and impart high quality and schedule adherence.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Develops contractor work scopes
Refines specifications
Estimates jobs
Develops and administers contracts
Procures materials and services
Administers field contract
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

High School Grad / GED
Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
Experience: 4+ years

Preferred Qualifications

None

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

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Project Management
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 [email protected], 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.

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About the Company

NextEra Energy

Runs a Florida utility and builds wind and solar farms

NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light, the regulated utility that supplies electricity to much of Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which builds and runs wind, solar, battery storage and nuclear plants across the United States. The company calls itself the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. FPL earns returns set by Florida regulators on the power plants and grid lines it builds, while Energy Resources sells power to utilities, technology companies and other large buyers under long-term contracts. NextEra Energy was formed in 1984 as the holding company for Florida Power & Light, which dates to 1925, and is based in Juno Beach, Florida.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Juno Beach, FL
Founded: 1984

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