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Instrument and Controls Engineering Manager

Instrument and Controls Engineering Manager

NextEra Energy, Inc.Palm Beach Gardens, FL, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Instrument and Controls Engineering Manager

Date : Oct 18, 2025

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

Company : NextEra Energy

Requisition ID : 88890

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

Position Specific Description

The Power Generation Division Fossil Controls Engineering Manager leads a team of controls engineers responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of instrument and control systems across NextEra Energy's fossil generation fleet. This role ensures reliable, efficient, and safe operation of generation assets while driving continuous improvement in controls technology and processes.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Managemen t

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of controls engineers and technicians
  • Establish performance objectives and support career development
  • Foster a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Coordinate workload allocation and project assignments across the team

Technical Leadership

  • Oversee design and implementation of control systems for fossil generation assets
  • Ensure compliance with NERC standards, IEEE guidelines, and industry best practices
  • Drive standardization of control systems and engineering processes across facilities
  • Review and approve complex control system modifications and upgrades
  • Project Management

  • Manage controls engineering scope for capital projects and maintenance activities
  • Collaborate with project managers, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure successful project delivery
  • Develop and monitor budgets for controls engineering activities
  • Ensure projects meet schedule, quality, and safety requirements
  • Strategic Planning

  • Develop long-term technology roadmaps for control systems
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential application to generation assets
  • Support business development activities with technical expertise
  • Participate in strategic planning for generation fleet optimization
  • Job Overview

    Employees in this role oversee a team of technical specialists. Individuals provide managerial and technical support to a services organization that is effective in supporting the plant / site organization.

    Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Interacts with different levels both within the business unit and the company as well as other companies to determine feasibility, cost effectiveness, reliability and quality of products and services
  • Builds a high performance organization that delivers total operational excellence
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned
  • Required Qualifications

  • High School Grad / GED
  • Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience : 5+ years
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's - Engineering
  • 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 : Technical Specialist

    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. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

    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.

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