Fuel Handling Technician IV

Cleco Power LLC is seeking a Fuel Handling Technician IV in Lena, LA. This specialist role involves operating heavy equipment, maintaining electric generating units, and ensuring safety compliance. Responsibilities include managing fuel storage, performing minor maintenance, and supporting entry-level technicians. Candidates should have a high school diploma, 7-9 years of experience, and strong communication skills. The position emphasizes safety, environmental responsibility, and team collaboration.
We’re committed to being the clean energy leader in Louisiana. By investing in renewables like solar and utilizing carbon capture and sequestration technology to make our air cleaner, we’re in this for the long haul, because our state and future generations depend on it. Come be a part of our journey at Cleco where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow. The Power Plant Fuel Handling Technician IV is a specialist level technician that operates stationary and mobile (heavy) equipment and assists in the maintenance efforts of the electric generating unit equipment. Perform duties in accordance with plant, corporate and environmental procedures to meet the fuel needs of the generating units. Execute shift duties in a manner to assure high equipment availability. Key Responsibilities - Ensures their team strives to achieve World Class Safety Performance by maintaining a safe working environment for employees and contractors, complying with all safety rules, procedures, and regulations and creating a culture of safety in the workplace and jobsite. Ensures the team is equipped with all the necessary tools and training to work safely, protect workers and achieve outstanding safety results. - Operates the fuel handling stationary equipment in a manner to consistently meet the fuel needs of the generating unit. Safeguards equipment during operation to avoid equipment damage and housekeeping issues. Operates the systems in an environmentally responsible and safe manner. - Performs minor maintenance activities when on shift and supports plant maintenance as required especially during outages. Performs shift inspections daily to ensure proactive maintenance and prevent catastrophic failures. Investigates and reports equipment issues to improve the overall maintenance efforts of the fuel handling systems. - Manages the fuel storage pile to prevent run-off and fuel degradation. Maintains plant roads as required to allow for safe travel on the site. - Assists entry-level fuel handling technicians to help train and support them in their job responsibilities. - Communicates with supervisor to provide updates on fuel handling activities, and identify risks. - Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence. Qualifications Required Education, Skills & Experience - High School Diploma or equivalent with related vocational or technical training preferred - 7-9+ years of related experience - E-Crane experience preferred - Some personnel management experience (preferred) - Ability to negotiate and influence with a consultative approach - Strong knowledge of leading practices for their area of responsibility - Planning and project management skills - Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job - Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences - 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 Key Competencies BEHAVIORAL - Balances stakeholders - Builds effective teams - Business insight - Communicates effectively - Courage - Demonstrates self-awareness - Drives Results - Drives Vision and Purpose - Ensures Accountability - Instills trust - Nimble learning - Plans and Aligns - Safety - Strategic mindset TECHNICAL - Analytical skills - Compliance - Plant Equipment Utilization - Plant Operations - Operations Quality - Operations Resource Management - Operations Risk Management May perform other duties as assigned. 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.