Drafter

Cleco • Pineville, LA

12d

About The Position

The Drafter II is an experienced professional that performs mechanical and computer aided drafting and design (CADD) including preliminary layout, calculations, and research as required. Focuses on clarifying routine matters or may assess issues which promote/impede service delivery. Contributes to the fulfillment of departmental technical projects and objectives. Builds knowledge of the drafting processes and customers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent plus vocational training
• 3-5+ years of related experience
• Previous experience in mechanical and CADD
• Step progression levels based on skill proficiency and scope of job
• Strong business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry
• Strong knowledge of leading practices in drafting
• 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; must be supported by market survey data
• Analytical skills
• Compliance
• Equipment utilization
• Transmission operations
• Transmission operations quality
• Transmission operations resource management
• Transmission operations risk management

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Produces accurate detailed drawings for substations and transmission lines including civil, electrical, structural and plan and profile documents.
• Accurately research any information required to produce design drawings, including interpreting and/or checking electrical schematic drawings for generation and transmission, Cleco standards drawings & vendor drawings.
• Maintain engineering support documents such as percent line files, system maps, quad maps, electrical schematics, civil physical drawings and transmission plan and profiles.
• Files and maintains all electronic and hard copy engineering documents such that the most current version is readily available to all company personnel.
• Operates various plotting and copying equipment to produce documents as required to keep projects on schedule. Assist in maintaining the equipment.
• Accompanies engineers to the job site to assist in collecting complete and accurate data.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED