Mechanical or Electrical Engineer; Power Plant

Position: Mechanical or Electrical Engineer (Power Plant)
** Locations:
** St. Landry, LAEunice, LA
** Key Responsibilities
*** Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
* Provide engineering and technical support and assistance for operating, maintenance, and performance issues.
* Provide assistance with and/or manage non-Playbook Capital and O&M projects. This includes conceptual design, budget development, specifications, detailed engineering, equipment procurement, contractor and construction management, commission new equipment, staff training, and project closeout. Project work retrofits as well as new additions.
* Assists in providing economic analysis and feasibility studies on existing and proposed plant equipment or modifications.
* Complete budget estimates to support O&M and Capital projects.  Generate bid specifications to support projects and perform an engineering evaluation on the bids.
* Ensure compliance with applicable codes including Underwriters Laboratories (UL), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National Board, Federal, State, and Local Codes.
* Provide engineering analyses, inspections, and support to operations and maintenance to keep equipment running at maximum reliability and performance levels while maintaining personnel safety, asset reliability, and environmental compliance.
* Monitor equipment performance.  Identify and troubleshoot deviations from expected values that impact unit performance. Review and analyze predictive and preventive maintenance data as needed.
* Develop and implement recommendations to reduce operational and maintenance expenses.
* Provide long range planning for maintenance, repair, and capital improvement projects.
* Provide input for development of annual operations and maintenance budgets, accruals, and quarterly revisions based upon knowledge of inspections, reliability plans, and maintenance requirements.
* Participate in and/or lead teams that focus on specific problem areas or needs for generating units (i.e. Root Cause Analysis and Condition Assessments). Develop checklists, procedures and training programs for plant personnel for new and existing equipment.
* Collaborates with engineers to complete project tasks, reaching out for technical assistance when needed to meet project milestones.
* Develop and maintain a good relationship and become accessible to plant management personnel at Cleco Power and Cleco Cajun Sites. Support plant operations and maintenance as requested.
* Communicates on a regular basis with their manager and senior engineers.
* Provide status updates on assigned tasks and actively support business development objectives.
* Receives direction from more senior engineers.
* Assist as a technical resource for a defined project team as well as execute defined project tasks, milestones and priorities in the short-term according to on-going manager guidance.
* Support the execution of fleet wide asset management programs.
* Manage assigned projects within defined scope and budget.  Communicate changes to scope, schedule, and/or cost to all stakeholders in a timely manner.
** Qualifications
* *** Required Education, Skills & Experience
*** Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited curriculum or with NCEES Certification to sit for the FE
* 3-5+ years of related experience (Candidates with experience in similar industrial settings such as refineries, paper mills, or other large-scale process facilities are encouraged to apply)
* This position requires the ability to travel to various locations within a two-hour radius throughout Louisiana, with travel anticipated up to 30% of the time.
* Step progression levels based on skill proficiency and scope of job
* 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…