Problem With Maven Compiler Plugin

[Michael.CTR.Tarullo]

When attempting to build with Maven from Eclipse I am getting the following 
error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) 
on project camel-activemq: Fatal error compiling: tools.jar not found: 
C:\Dev\Java\jre1.8.0_51\..\lib\tools.jar -> [Help 1]

I'm confused about why the plugin is looking in the JRE for tools.jar, when 
this JAR exists in the JDK.

Here is the build tag in my POM:
  <build>
    <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>

    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.5.1</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.7</source>
          <target>1.7</target>
       </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.6</version>
        <configuration>
          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
       </configuration>
      </plugin>

      <!-- allows the route to be ran via 'mvn camel:run' -->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
        <artifactId>camel-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.15.1.redhat-620133</version>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

Thanks,
Mike

Michael Tarullo
Contractor (Engility Corp)
Software Engineer
FAA WJH Technical Center
(609)485-5294