Supervisor - Substation Maintenance

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC in Pineville, LA seeks a Supervisor - Substation Maintenance to lead a team of technicians for high-voltage substation equipment installation, testing, maintenance, and repair. You will ensure safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance while coordinating with Engineering, Operations, and contractors.

The role emphasizes managing outages, budgeting, and staff development to meet safety, reliability, and financial goals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Associate degree in electrical technology or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• 2+ years people management experience.
• Ability to lead staff across projects toward a common vision.
• Knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism.
• Ability to interact with all levels of employees to address difficult issues.
• Strong reading of one-line diagrams and electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead technicians responsible for installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing high-voltage substation equipment.
• Ensure work safety, efficiency, and compliance with utility standards and policies.
• Plan and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance using SAP/Maximo.
• Coordinate installation, testing, and energization of new/upgraded equipment with engineering teams and contractors.
• Direct responses to outages and equipment failures, including after-hours and storm events.
• Assist staff on project milestones and provide timely manager updates.
• Develop and monitor departmental budgets to meet financial goals.
• Foster safety improvements and human performance (TOPI) in daily work.

Skills

Leadership

Safety compliance

Electrical theory

One-line diagrams

SAP/Maximo

Team management

Communication

Project coordination

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree in electrical technology

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Job description

At Cleco, we're not just powering lives-we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana. With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we're transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future—and the future of generations to come—depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco-where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow.

The Supervisor - Substation Maintenance supervises and leads a team of technicians responsible for installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing high-voltage substation equipment. Achieves departmental and corporate goals related to safety, customer satisfaction, reliability and financial performance. This role ensures work is performed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with utility standards, and company policies, while keeping the electrical system reliable.

Key Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Understands and supervises the conditions that affect employee and public safety and the necessity of complying with and promoting established safety and security rules and procedures to serve and protect the interest and well‑being of Cleco’s employees, customers and investors.
• Leverages maintenance management system (SAP) to plan and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on transformers, circuit breakers, switches, regulators, capacitor banks, batteries, and protective relays.
• Coordinates installation, testing, and energization of new and upgraded substation equipment with Transmission Engineering, Distribution Engineering, Transmission Operations, Distribution Operations, and contractors.
• Directs responses to outages and equipment failures, including after-hours and storm events.
• Manages tools, test equipment, vehicles, and materials.
• Helps develop and track departmental O&M and Capital Budgets to meet work group and company financial goals and targets.
• Assists staff within assigned project teams, leveraging technical experience to help to onboard them and in support of meeting project milestones.
• Provides updates to their manager on work and identifies risks in delivery or resourcing needs.
• Develops ideas and identifies opportunities to enhance/improve safety and security performance.
• Considers financial impact before making decisions that can significantly affect business.
• Approaches problems in an objective, logical manner.
• Makes informed decisions, considering all aspects of the issue, delivering positive results.
• Incorporates Human Performance (TOPI) in daily work routine.
• Encourages and models sharing of ideas and feedback.
• Welcomes questions and resolves problems effectively.
• Provides information on company, industry, and all job‑related topics.
• Provides direct reports with appropriate, timely feedback on positive and negative behavior.
• Provides immediate supervision to employees who perform single or multiple tasks.
• Provides team members with individual and group development opportunities, including training, performance planning, performance feedback and appraisals.

Qualifications Required Education, Skills & Experience

1. High school diploma or equivalent
2. Associate degree in electrical technology or a related field preferred
3. 5+ years of related experience
4. 2+ years people management experience
5. Experience and ability to lead staff across projects towards a common vision
6. Knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism
7. Ability to interact with all levels of employees to address difficult issues
8. Ability to manage high workloads and conflicting priorities
9. Possesses communication & social skills and has the ability to understand and influence others
10. Ability to operate effectively and proactively with an employee centric mindset
11. Detailed-oriented and high work standards in support of seamless execution
12. Act decisively while thinking strategically
13. Drive issues to resolution while maintaining an atmosphere of collaboration
14. Thrive on working in a team and supporting others to achieve goals/targets
15. This level is based only on availability in approved org design/structure; strict adherence is required
16. Progression to this level is strictly restricted on the basis of critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data
17. Strong knowledge of high-voltage substation equipment, electrical theory, and test methods
18. Ability to read and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and wiring diagrams
19. Experience with software maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP, Maximo) preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Chauffeur license required, CDL Drivers Licenses preferred

Key Competencies

• BEHAVIORAL
• Building Organizational Talent*
• Building Partnerships
• Leading Teams
• Business Acumen
• Communication
• Courage
• Building Self-Insight
• Building Talent*
• Driving for Results
• Energizing the Organization
• Driving Execution
• Building Trusting Relationships
• Driving Innovation
• Planning and Organizing Safety
• Establishing Strategic Direction

TECHNICAL

• Analytical skills
• Compliance
• Equipment utilization
• Transmission operations
• Transmission operations quality
• Transmission operations resource management
• Transmission operations risk management
• May perform other duties as assigned

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

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC is a regional energy holding company that conducts its business operations through its primary subsidiary, Cleco Power. Headquartered in Pineville, Louisiana, and in business since 1935, the company has approximately 1,200 employees. Cleco Power Cleco Power is a regulated electric utility that owns 8 generating units with a rated capacity of 2,676 megawatts and operates 946 megawatts on behalf of its generation partners. Assets also includes 1,386 miles of transmission lines and approximately 12,228 miles of distribution lines. Cleco Power uses multiple generating sources and multiple fuels to serve approximately 295,000 customers in 24 of Louisiana's parishes through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana. Parishes served include Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula, DeSoto, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Vernon and Washington.