Senior Relay & Substation Technician

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC; Pineville, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC in Pineville, LA, is seeking a Relay Technician II to maintain, test, and repair protection systems across transmission, distribution, and substations. You will install, calibrate, troubleshoot relays, CCVTs, PTs, and related control circuits to ensure reliable grid operation.

The role requires 3–5+ years of experience, a High School Diploma or equivalent with electrical tech training, and forklift certification within 6 months.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical training preferred.
• 3–5+ years of related experience in protection systems maintenance and testing.
• Forklift operator certification within 6 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, diagnose and correct problems on protective relays, substations, control circuits, and battery systems.
• Construct, install and maintain auto-transfer schemes in distribution systems.
• Install, wire and checkout protective relaying and associated control systems in transmission, distribution and generation stations.

Skills

Relay knowledge

Project management

Teamwork

Communication

Safety

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Two years vocational or technical training in Electrical Technology or related field

Tools

SCADA systems

Protection relays

PLC-based controls

Job description

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC in Pineville, LA, is seeking a Relay Technician II to maintain, test, and repair protection systems across transmission, distribution, and substations. You will install, calibrate, troubleshoot relays, CCVTs, PTs, and related control circuits to ensure reliable grid operation.

The role requires 3–5+ years of experience, a High School Diploma or equivalent with electrical tech training, and forklift certification within 6 months.