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Sr PGD Maintenance Specialist

NextEra Energy

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Location
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

The Sr PGD Maintenance Specialist reports to the Plant Manager at the Port Everglades Clean Energy Center in Fort Lauderdale. The role leads plant maintenance resources, plans and executes projects across maintenance disciplines, and supports equipment performance and site reliability. Operations and multi-discipline maintenance experience are preferred, as are knowledge of Maximo, operations and maintenance processes, and mechanical safety.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Advanced Power Plant Mechanical SystemsMaintenance Planning and SchedulingBias for ActionTeamworkMulti-Discipline Maintenance ManagementOperations and Maintenance ProcessesMechanical SafetyProcess Management ConceptsQuality Tools and TechniquesWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationSafety Policy and PracticeTechnical KnowledgeMaximoContract Management

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringHigh School Diploma or GEDBachelor's or Equivalent Experience4+ Years Experience0+ Years Supervisory Experience

Full job description

Sr PGD Maintenance Specialist

Date: Nov 2, 2026

Location(s): Ft Lauderdale, FL, US, 33316

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 96743

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

Everyday our employees help us deliver safe, affordable, and reliable service to our more than 4.9 million customers. They are helping shape our company and how our customers see us.

This position will report to the Plant Manager and be based at the Port Everglades Clean Energy Center located in Fort Lauderdale, FL . Operations and multi-discipline maintenance experience preferred. Experience with Maximo (asset management system), Operations and Maintenance processes and procedures, and mechanical safety is preferred. This position will work within a team to train, troubleshoot, and analyze equipment performance deviations while ensuring the site's mechanical equipment is in excellent operational condition and available for use at all times. This position will be responsible for planning and executing projects on site across multiple maintenance disciplines (i.e. mechanical, electrical, or instruments and controls).

Preferred Attributes Include:

  • Knowledge and understanding of advanced power plant mechanical systems

  • Planning and scheduling of complex mechanical maintenance tasks

  • Strong bias for action

  • Team player

  • Ability to manage multiple discipline maintenance work scopes (i.e. mechanical, electrical, I&C)

Additional Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Manages associated capital and O&M budgets

  • Responsible for work management backlog

  • Troubleshoot and analyze mechanical equipment performance deviations

  • Ensure site mechanical equipment is in excellent operational condition and available for use at all times

  • Occasional night and/or weekend work required; call-out for emergencies may be necessary

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering — Mechanical

  • Operations experience

  • Contract management experience a plus

  • Ability to manage multiple discipline maintenance work scopes (i.e. mechanical, electrical, I&C)

  • Must have a strong safety mindset and a strong bias for action. Apply now to make a difference!

Job Overview

Employees in this senior-level role direct a team of production and maintenance technicians and contractors in plant maintenance activities. Individuals in this position lead internal and external resources to Deliver Certainty, executing plant maintenance to achieve short and long term site goals and objectives in safety, environmental, compliance, reliability, availability and cost management.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Focuses on optimizing site maintenance

  • Develops technicians’ skills and knowledge

  • Standardizes processes, procedures, and techniques to ensure repeatability

  • Applies advanced leadership skills for internal employee development and performance management

  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Process Management Concepts

  • Quality Tools and Techniques

  • Effective Written Communications

  • Effective Verbal Communications

  • High School Grad / GED

  • Safety Policy and Practice

  • Technical / functional knowledge/Learning

  • Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

  • Experience: 4+ years

  • Supervisor/Management Experience:0+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • None

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

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Maintenance/Construction

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: No

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, 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.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies . Please see ourfor more information.

How this job compares

Set against the 12,531 open Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Florida median$73–115K/yr146 salary ranges
  • Florida median$18–20/hr93 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 613 open Operations jobs in Florida and 12,531 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (7,119 postings).
Education
3,633 of the 12,531 open Operations jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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