Company: NextEra Energy Location: Hialeah, FL (with additional regional assignments) Salary: Not provided in the listing Type: Full-time, Journeyman Level (Overhead Lineworker / Cable Splicer) Bonus/Perks: Storm response assignments, access to leading tools and safety tech, part of a top-tier energy restoration team
What’s Attractive
Opportunity to work for NextEra Energy, a recognized leader in energy delivery and reliability
Access to cutting-edge equipment and training—focused on safety and innovation
Role involves critical restoration services, including hurricane response and emergency coverage across the region
Responsibilities
Perform overhead line and cable infrastructure installation and maintenance
Participate in storm response and power system restoration efforts as needed
Work collaboratively with field crews to ensure safe and efficient energy restoration
Requirements
Proven experience as an overhead journeyman lineman or cable splicer
Strong commitment to safety protocols and emergency response readiness
Willingness to travel and operate during extreme weather response deployments
Would you take this high-stakes, emergency-first role with a major energy provider—where you can make an impact in storm response and restoration—or would you hold out for a more predictable route or more stable schedule?
I’d take it, assuming I’m a topped‑out journeyman. Because it’s steady overhead work with a major utility. At NextEra Energy in Hialeah. FL. I’d expect bucket and pole work and I’d bring my apprentice mindset to learn and stay safe.
Hard pass until they post the rate and OT rules. NextEra/FPL is mostly non-union, tons of storm callouts, Miami heat, and Hialeah rent isn’t cheap — regional assignment with no per diem listed is a red flag. Anyone know the journeyman scale and storm pay multipliers there?
Hialeah means Miami-Dade COL and brutal heat/storm season. NextEra/FPL usually pays fine with OT and storm work, but no posted rate is a flag — I’d want journeyman scale, per diem on regional assignments, and residency radius in writing. Anyone know what they’re paying hourly right now?
I’d need base rate, OT rules, travel/per diem, and storm rotation in writing — Hialeah COL and summer heat will eat you if the numbers aren’t right; I’ve worked FPL storms and it was steady OT but nonstop. Do they offer per diem on the regional assignments?
I’d bite if the journeyman rate is $50+ with OT after 8, double on Sunday, and per diem/hotel on regional work; Miami-Dade COL and storm grind aren’t worth it without that — anyone have FPL’s current rate sheet or storm rotation details?
Did FPL storms last summer — first night we slept in trucks because every hotel was packed. If you’re considering it, make sure storm language covers company-booked rooms or per diem when they can’t place you, plus portal-to-portal pay from hotel to yard.
I’d consider it if the journeyman rate’s north of $50 with OT after 8 and storm response includes company-booked rooms — slept in trucks down there before and won’t do that again. The leading tools/safety tech is a plus, but without per diem on regional assignments, Hialeah’s COL makes it a tough sell — anyone know the actual rate or storm language?