Supervisor - Substation Maintenance

Cleco Power•Pineville, LA

25d

About The Position

The Supervisor – Substation Maintenance leads technicians responsible for installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing high-voltage substation equipment. The role supports departmental and corporate goals for safety, customer satisfaction, reliability, and financial performance, ensuring work is performed safely and efficiently in compliance with utility standards and company policies. The supervisor oversees maintenance activities, coordinates equipment installation and upgrades with engineering, operations, and contractors, and directs responses to outages and equipment failures, including after-hours and storm events. The position also manages resources and budgets, supports project teams, identifies delivery and staffing risks, and develops employees through training, feedback, and performance planning. The role promotes safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, customer service, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least 5 years of related experience.
At least 2 years of people management experience.
Experience and ability to lead staff across projects toward a common vision.
Knowledge of standard business practices and professionalism.
Ability to interact with employees at all levels to address difficult issues.
Ability to manage high workloads and conflicting priorities.
Communication and social skills, including the ability to understand and influence others.
Ability to operate effectively and proactively with an employee-centric mindset.
Attention to detail and high work standards.
Ability to act decisively and think strategically.
Ability to drive issues to resolution while maintaining collaboration.
Ability to work in a team and support others in achieving goals and targets.
Strong knowledge of high-voltage substation equipment, electrical theory, and test methods.
Ability to read and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and wiring diagrams.
Chauffeur license required.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in electrical technology or a related field.
Experience with software maintenance management systems such as SAP or Maximo.
CDL driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

Champion a corporate culture emphasizing transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.
Supervise conditions affecting employee and public safety and promote compliance with safety and security rules and procedures.
Use SAP to plan and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on transformers, circuit breakers, switches, regulators, capacitor banks, batteries, and protective relays.
Coordinate installation, testing, and energization of new and upgraded substation equipment with engineering teams, operations teams, and contractors.
Direct responses to outages and equipment failures, including after-hours and storm events.
Manage tools, test equipment, vehicles, and materials.
Help develop and track departmental O&M and capital budgets to meet financial goals and targets.
Assist staff on project teams, provide technical support and onboarding, and help teams meet project milestones.
Update the manager on work and identify delivery risks and resource needs.
Identify opportunities to improve safety and security performance.
Consider financial impacts when making significant business decisions and resolve problems objectively and logically.
Incorporate Human Performance (TOPI) into daily work.
Encourage idea-sharing and feedback, welcome questions, resolve problems, and provide information on company, industry, and job-related topics.
Provide direct reports with timely feedback on positive and negative behavior.
Provide immediate supervision to employees performing single or multiple tasks.
Offer individual and group development opportunities, including training, performance planning, feedback, and appraisals.
Perform other duties as assigned.