Optimization Engineer - Renewable Natural Gas

Optimization Engineer - Renewable Natural Gas

Date: Dec 18, 2024

Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 84563

participates in pipeline infrastructure development, construction, management and operations through either wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures. We participate in 21 pipelines across 10 states to help provide access to domestic fuel sources, including clean-burning natural gas. Are you interested in being part of our best-in-class origination team? Join our team today.

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy Resources participates in pipeline infrastructure development, construction, management, and operations through either wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures. We participate in 21 pipelines across 10 states to help provide access to domestic fuel sources, including clean-burning natural gas. Are you interested in being part of our best-in-class origination team? Join our team today!

This position is part of the growing Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Team within NextEra Energy's Power Generation Division (PGD).

The PGD-RNG Optimization Engineer must have solid written and verbal communication, technical and analytical skills. PGD-RNG Optimization Engineer should possess extensive knowledge and experience with all aspects of process operations, and able to perform highly skilled analytical engineering functions to maximize plant operational efficiency.

This job is responsible for performing highly skilled analytical engineering functions. Employees in this role are responsible for rigorous technical analysis to optimize asset development and evaluating all performance and upside potential for all RNG assets. Provide continuous monitoring of process equipment to ensure safety, desired yields and production rates.

The PGD-RNG Optimization Engineer must demonstrate a strong aptitude in mechanical work, understands relevant regulatory requirements, capable of reading and implementing plans, equipment operating and maintenance manuals, and schematics and look for continual added performance.

Ideal candidate will need to be commercially minded, detailed oriented with strong analytical abilities, and can approach projects with creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. The individual will interface with multiple organizations within and outside of the division they support. The ability to build consensus and make quick, accurate and fact-based decisions are critical to success. Experience in a matrix environment is a strong plus, as is a high tolerance for uncertainty and flexibility to deal with unanticipated deliverables and tight deadlines.

Position Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identify key production drivers and uncertainties

• Evaluate and rank opportunities

• Provide analysis of and recommendations for technical & simulation data etc.

• Keep abreast of new technology and leverage to support business solutions

• Maintain close working relationships with customers and stakeholders

• Forecast, analyze current production trends, and proactively recommend productivity improvements based on analytical data and optimized measures

• Monitor site data and applications of RNG Production measures to forecast and provide optimized solutions for production improvements

• Interact/supervise/manage vendors and/or sub-contractors needed to assist with operating, monitoring, and maintenance of the Plant activities

• Be capable of reviewing other operational and technical data as part of operations and maintenance practices and recommending immediate and future changes to such practices to optimize gas recovery, gas quality and/or regulatory compliance.

• Proactively work with Operations Teams to optimize and increase efficiency of their gas collection systems.

• Collect all available landfill information and prepare (and update when appropriate) gas production forecasts for each of the LFGTE & RNG operating sites

• Stay abreast of new developments, technologies and regulations impacting the LFGTE and RNG industries

• Leverage industry relationships to provide leads that result in growth for the Company.

• Support the annual budget process and monthly reviews, as required

• Strictly follow and enforce Company safety policies and administer Company policies and procedures with direct reports, contractors, and vendors.

• 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

• Develop flow enhancement production solutions for physical or potential assets (or portfolio of assets)

• Implements production grade mathematical performance benchmarking and unit testing to verify and

• Determines key performance indicators for algorithmic products and contributes to monitoring and iterative product improvement

• Prepares documentation, technical reports, quantitative analyses, and presentation material for internal and external use

• Supports collaborations in cross-functional workstreams

Preferred Qualifications

• Modeling Software application abilities ie: Python, Financial Modeling, Aspen HYSYS, PI Vision

• Significant analytical skillset

• Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Power BI, Outlook).

• Able to solve complex problems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to build relationships.

• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills

• Six Sigma Certification; Yellow Belt or higher (preferred)

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

• Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisor/Management Experience: 0+ years

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: Engineering

Organization: NextEra Energy Pipeline Services, 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. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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