About the Role
Join our dynamic team as a Safety & Health Professional supporting NextEra Energy's Wind Operations in the South Hub. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in safeguarding our workforce across the hub’s wind fleet and strengthening safety management systems.
Responsibilities
- Strategically deploy safety resources and champion safety culture with considerable autonomy.
- Drive compliance initiatives.
- Conduct field assessments.
- Improve job packages and safety plans.
- Support tactical teams.
- Deliver impactful presentations.
- Leverage data analytics to be proactive and continuously improve safety processes and procedures.
- Build strong partnerships with external regulatory agencies and internal operational teams.
- Guide key strategic initiatives.
- Lead teams and provide technical guidance on critical procedures.
- Mentor colleagues through safety coaching and training.
- Conduct thorough root cause analyses (RCAs) to recommend actionable improvements.
- Lead and support safety programs across the hub’s wind generation sites by driving regulatory compliance, conducting field assessments, investigating incidents, and fostering a strong safety culture.
- Partner with PGD Safety, operational teams and regulatory agencies to identify risks, implement safety improvements, and provide technical leadership, training, and coaching across the organization.
- Provides regulatory interpretation of OSHA, state and provincial regulations.
- Identifies key strategic initiatives and leads site teams by providing technical guidance on procedures and processes to assure employee safety and compliance with OSHA regulations.
- Provides onsite safety coaching, training, and leadership.
- Performs injury analysis and recommends corrective actions.
- Recommend enhancements to the safety management system.
- Conduct job safety analysis of tasks being performed.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
- Provides onsite support to power plants to provide technical guidance on compliance issues, training, and site assessments.
- Partners to develop and implement best practices and proactive initiatives aimed at eliminating injuries and illnesses.
- Supports programs to achieve an injury-free lifestyle vision that extends to off-duty injury prevention.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution, or comparable industrial environments.
- Deep understanding of OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910.269, 1926), ANSI, NFPA, and NESC standards.
- Proven leadership in safety program development, training delivery, and investigations.
- Effective communicator who can engage diverse audiences—from frontline workers to executive leadership—both in-person and virtually.
- Technical writing skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other digital platforms.
- Self-starters who can influence cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to identify field hazards and provide practical mitigation strategies.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Safety and/or Occupational Health preferred) plus 4+ years in the energy/utility sector, OR a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably a minimum of 5 years of safety experience plus 3 years other applicable experience).
- Technical / Functional Excellence/Learning
- Process Management Concepts
- Quality Tools and Techniques
- Effective Written Communications
- Effective Verbal Communications
- Safety Policy and Practice
- Experience: 2+ years
- Supervisor/Management Experience: 0+ years
Skills
- Industrial hygiene experience
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Graduate Safety Professional (GSP)
Location
- South Hub
- U.S.
- Canada
Work Type
- Full Time
- Exempt
Experience Level
- 4+ years in the energy/utility sector
- Minimum of 8 years of experience
- Minimum of 5 years of safety experience
- 3 years other applicable experience
- 2+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Master's degree
- High School Grad / GED
Benefits
- Wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.
