PGD Engineer

PGD Engineer

Next Era 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 PGD Engineer – RSO functions as the principal technical resource, operational subject matter expert, and coordination lead for the Renewable Substation Operations team. This role requires a strong foundation in substation operations and protection systems, with responsibility for ensuring the RSO team maintains operational readiness, technical proficiency, and continuous improvement across all facets of renewable substation monitoring and control.

Core Responsibilities

• Technical Mentorship:
  Serve as the primary technical mentor for RSO operators, providing guidance on substation operations, protection schemes, and system monitoring best practices.
• Operational Oversight & Quality Assurance:
  Monitor alarm management practices to ensure timely, accurate operator response in accordance with established procedures and reliability standards.
• Engineering Analysis & Process Improvement:
  Review, analyze, and trend operational trips and abnormal events to identify root causes and drive improvements in operator performance, operational processes, and tooling effectiveness.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Represent the RSO team in recurring operational, engineering, and leadership meetings, serving as the team's technical liaison across organizational functions.

Additional Qualifications

Substation operations or engineering experience strongly preferred, including familiarity with protection and control systems, switching operations, and substation commissioning or maintenance practices. Experience with SCADA platforms, alarm management systems, and digital fault recording equipment. Knowledge of NERC reliability standards applicable to Generator Owners and Generator Operators. Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.

Job Overview

Employees in this role apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related fields. Individuals will use advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria. Devises new solutions to problems encountered. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program.

Experience:

2+ years.

Preferred Qualifications

Supervisor/Management

Experience:

0+ years.

Next Era Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Next Era 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.

Next Era Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, consistent with federal, state, and local laws.