Engineering Planner

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 Engineering Planner II is an experienced technician responsible for providing technical assistance to engineers or plant personnel for the design, planning, reporting, and documenting of projects. Supervises the construction and schedule coordination of field work. Ensures all work conforms and is in compliance with design specifications for continued plant high reliability and efficient performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Coordinates, oversees, and expedites the construction and procedural field activities on plant maintenance improvement projects to ensure safety and quality while meeting the defined budget, schedule, and project objectives.
• Provides technical execution of defined activities to support the delivery of project initiatives required to achieve efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation objectives.
• Provides periodic reporting of projects utilizing project management scheduling programs, costs vs. budget spreadsheets, and verifies invoices for cost and project accounting codes.
• Prepares, and provides technical assistance to engineers and plant personnel in preparation of, documents, data, drawings, and computer work associated with the preparation of technical specifications of both procuring equipment and services on operations, maintenance, and construction projects.
• Provides technical assistance by researching data and drawings, developing cost estimates, performing calculations or executing programs for the development, analysis, and/or justification of internal and external projects.
• Organizes data and detailed recordkeeping.
• Utilizes engineering standards, procedures, and processes, providing recommendations for process improvements, as necessary.
• Supervises and directs contractors as required to ensure quality field work and the work is performed safely as scheduled.
• With knowledge of construction and O&M procedures, works with many plant departments and other LOB’s to meet common goals.
• Responds to plant schedules and engineers’ needs by adjusting workload priorities on multiple projects.
• 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.
• Scope of work is clearly articulated and project based, may support multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Works within defined budget, schedule, and project objectives.

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor of Science degree in project/engineering related field (preferred)
• 3-5+ years of related experience
• Business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry
• Strong knowledge of leading practices for their area of expertise
• 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
• Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements
• Microsoft Office and SAP skills required
• Complete appropriate skillset review

Key Competencies

BEHAVIORAL

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

TECHNICAL                                                                                      

• Analytical skills
• Compliance
• Plant Equipment Utilization
• Plant Operations
• Operations Quality
• Operations Resource Management
• Operations Risk Management

May perform other duties as assigned.

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