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Regional Solar Site Mgr & ES III - Oregon

Date: Aug 17, 2026

Location(s): LEXINGTON, OR, US, 97836

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 96868

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. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

In the role of Regional Solar Site Manager & Energy Storage III at Wagon Trail Energy Center, you will assume responsibility for all operational facets on the maintenance and repair of the solar plant. Your chief priority will be ensuring the team's safety while concurrently focusing on maximizing performance and profitability per the operational framework. This will necessitate devising and executing strategies to elevate maintenance practices, diagnostic capabilities, and overall operational efficiency, resulting in heightened customer satisfaction and reduced service expenditures.

Additionally, your duties may encompass:

• Enforcing the implementation of Operational Safety Policy Instructions, ensuring field work aligns with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations, promoting sound employee safety practices, and fostering a culture of unparalleled employee safety.
• Actively engaging in and leading Business Lean Six Sigma processes and projects.
• Recruiting, nurturing, retaining, guiding, and advancing resources at sites to uphold professional standards and foster team development within a matrix environment.
• Assuming accountability for all aspects of timely safety and environmental reporting, financial reporting, and inverter availability.
• Collaborating closely with internal NextEra stakeholders to devise and execute operation-focused feedback and solutions for both planned and unplanned maintenance, improvement projects, development initiatives, and financial performance.
• Serving as a positive and professional representative of NextEra Energy within the community and in interactions with customers.
• Overseeing the performance of solar field operations within the designated contractual scope of responsibilities for external customers and stakeholders.

The ideal candidates will embody the following attributes:

• Possesses either a bachelor's degree in business or engineering or has accumulated six years of equivalent experience in a related field.
• Demonstrated adaptability to different geographic locations for potential future roles
• At least five years of hands‑on experience in leading field services operations, preferably within utility‑scale solar operations.
• Proficiency in collaborating effectively within a complex organizational structure and across all levels of the Company
• Strong executive presentation skills Certification as a Six Sigma green belt or a comparable quality assurance qualification
• Proficient in network infrastructure, communication protocols, and web technology
• Established track record of managing profit and loss responsibilities
• Exceptional analytical capabilities and a track record of thriving in cross‑functional and team‑oriented environments

Job Overview Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance to all Power Generation Division (PGD) operational model processes
• Leads by example and emulates the PGD shared values
• Ensures all business activities are conducted following corporate policies and are in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal permits, codes, standards, and regulations
• Monitors, controls, and forecasts plant budgets and ensures compliance with all contractual obligations
• Maintains all company‑supplied equipment, facilities, and tooling
• Performs other collateral duties in support of the Power Generation Division (PGD) portfolio
• Completes reports and paperwork and uses computer based applications
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 2+ years
• Leadership Experience: 0+ years
• Valid Driver's License (NON CDL) Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree

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

  Employee Group: Exempt
  Employee Type: Full Time
  Job Category: Operations
  Organization: NextEra Energy Operating 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.

  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 recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , 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 our policy for more information.