Electrical Engineer

Cleco Corporate Holdings - Pineville, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pineville, LA

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Distribution Standards Engineer II at Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC is an experienced professional responsible for evaluating and approving materials, maintaining the construction manual for the distribution system, and collaborating with various teams to enhance Cleco's standards. This role emphasizes a commitment to safety, environmental responsibility, and operational excellence while supporting the company's clean energy initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Updates and maintains Cleco's Distribution Construction Manual while collaborating with Distribution Engineering and Distribution Operations.
• Works closely with Distribution Engineering and Distribution Operations to ensure that the equipment within Cleco's distribution standards meets the needs of Cleco's distribution system.
• Works closely with equipment vendors to ensure that the equipment supplied to Cleco meets the needs of Cleco's distribution system and Cleco's distribution standards.
• Attends and participates in utility standards committees such as National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and Southeastern Electric Exchange (SEE) committees.
• Maintains Cleco's compatible units in SAP to ensure that equipment is available for use in Cleco's distribution construction process.
• Escalate issues to Planning & Standards manager, as necessary.
• Assist entry-level staff within assigned project teams, leveraging technical experience to help to onboard them and in support of meeting project milestones.
• Provide communication to their manager to provide status updates on project activities, and identify risks in delivery or resourcing needs.
• Support senior project staff to provide their manager with technical project updates to Director level management on a regular basis to proactively support business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an ABET approved curriculum or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with certification by the NCEES to sit for the FE exam
• 3-5+ years of related experience preferred
• Strong business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry
• Strong knowledge of leading practices for their practice area
• Strong planning and project management skills
• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
• Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner

Nice-to-haves

• FE Certification (preferred)

Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience, skills, education, and training.