Principal Substation Engineer - Power Plant

NextEra

Requisition ID: 95199
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. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
The Principal Substation Engineer - Power Plant is responsible for the engineering, design, integration, and technical oversight of high and medium voltage substations directly supporting natural gas fired power plants, including combined cycle (CC), simple cycle, and peaking facilities. This role requires hands on experience coordinating generator step up transformers (GSUs), plant auxiliaries, protection and control systems, and transmission interconnections to ensure safe, reliable, and code compliant operation of dispatchable generation assets.
Key Responsibilities
Substation & Electrical Design
Engineer and review plant switchyards and substations (typically 13.8 kV, 18 kV, 22 kV, 34.5 kV, 115-500 kV) supporting natural gas generating units.
Design and review GSU configurations, including bus arrangements, grounding, protection zones, and insulation coordination.
Develop single line diagrams, three line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment layouts specific to thermal power plants.
Specify and apply:
Power transformers (GSU, UAT, SAT)
Circuit breakers, disconnects, CTs, VTs, surge arresters
Station service and auxiliary power systems
Write, conform and adapt Engineer of Record (EOR), Engineering Consultant, Early Stage Engineering, Construction, Engineer/Procure/Construct (EPC) and Owner furnished equipment specifications and other technical contract documents as needed for each project to put contracts in place (self-performed in areas of expertise, seeks appropriate in-house guidance in areas outside of immediate expertise, and where needed uses 3rd party engineering consultants).
Review Engineer of Record (EOR), Engineering Consultant, Early-Stage Engineering, Contractor, Engineer/Procure/Construct (EPC) and Owner furnished equipment deliverables for contract compliance, adequacy, and completeness (self-performed in areas of expertise, seeks appropriate in-house guidance in areas outside of immediate expertise, and where needed uses third party engineering consultants when necessary)
Work with company purchasing department to ensure that purchase orders adequately define the specified requirements and contracts are put in place.
Power Plant Integration
Coordinate substation interfaces with:
Gas turbine generators (CTG)
Steam turbine generators (STG)
HRSG auxiliaries and balance of plant (BOP) systems
Support generator grounding, neutral grounding resistors/transformers, and plant grounding studies.
Interface substation protection schemes with plant DCS, SCADA, and plant control systems.
Support black start, fast start, and grid support operating modes where applicable.
Coordinate/support islanded/behind the meter power supply to data centers in combination with BESS
Protection, Control & Studies
Review or develop protection and control philosophies applicable to plant substations:
Generator, GSU, and bus protection
Breaker failure and transfer trip schemes
Review or support electrical studies including:
Short circuit, load flow, arc flash
Insulation coordination and surge arrester selection
Grounding and step and touch analysis
Interconnection & Compliance
Support ISO/RTO and utility interconnection requirements (e.g., NERC, regional transmission owner standards).
Coordinate with transmission owners, EPCs, OEMs, and commissioning teams.
Ensure compliance with:
EEE, NESC, NEC, NFPA 850, NERC PRC standards
Owner and transmission owner design criteria
Construction & Commissioning Suppor t
Provide engineering support during construction, testing, and commissioning.
Review submittals, RFIs, design changes, and as built documentation.
Support energization, synchronization, and outage planning activities.
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of substation engineering experience, with direct experience on natural gas power plants.
Demonstrated experience with GSU based substations for thermal generation.
Strong familiarity with plant electrical systems and operating constraints.
Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards.
Ability to interface with EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and internal plant stakeholders.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Experience with combined cycle plants (1?0, 2?0, 2?1, 3?1, etc.).
Experience supporting existing operating plants (brownfield modifications, uprates, retrofits).
Familiarity with NERC compliance as it relates to generation and substations.
Experience with outage work, reliability improvement projects, or fleet standardization.
Key Differentiators for This Role
Power plant centric substation experience (not utility only or renewable only).
Direct exposure to dispatchable generation, GSUs, and plant auxiliaries.
Comfort operating in environments where availability, start time, and grid support are critical.
Job Overview
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.
Job Duties & 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
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's - Engineering
Experience: 7+ years
Preferred Qualifications
None
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click to learn more.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
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 View email address on us.fitly.work , 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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