Energy Project Manager

Cleco is hiring an Energy Project Manager in Pineville, LA, responsible for leading project teams on large capital projects (over $1M). The role involves developing project scopes, budgets, and schedules, and requires strong engineering and project management skills. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Engineering and 3+ years of experience. The position emphasizes teamwork, communication, and adherence to corporate values like safety and environmental responsibility.
About Us: At Cleco, 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 dedicated to a sustainable future. Our goal is to energize your tomorrow by providing innovative solutions that benefit our state and its residents.

The Role: We're seeking an experienced Engineer - Project Manager to lead project teams across departments. As a career-level professional with working knowledge and experience in own engineering discipline and project management, you'll be responsible for developing a scope of work, budget, specifications, and schedules while applying engineering principles and techniques in the planning, implementation, and management of large capital projects (greater than $1 million). You'll monitor the projects' status/health using P6 software, provide monthly project updates to all stakeholders associated with the project, and contribute to the fulfillment of departmental technical projects and objectives.

Key Responsibilities:
• Champion a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Execute large capital projects (> $1M) per prescribed project management governance and procedures.
• Have a fundamental understanding of a project's impact on the company and the business drivers supporting the project.
• Work and coordinate activities across multiple business lines (tax, procurement, analytics, legal, operations, etc.) to ensure a successful project deliverable.
• Capable of completing specialized or highly complex processes or activities, requiring some interpretation of practices, and an understanding of policies and programs.
• Lead a team through the discussion, evaluation, recommendation, and resolution of project issues covering many situations.
• Lead and facilitate project team meetings on a monthly or weekly basis depending on the phase of the project.
• Conduct project accountability meetings with management utilizing P6 to update/explain project status.
• Lead customer meetings with project sponsors/asset owners to update them on the status of the project and inform them of any project changes or issues.
• Provide oversight/guidance to team members who perform single or multiple tasks.
• Possess social and communication skills necessary to lead a team, as well as effectively communicate with peers, customers, and upper management.
• With moderate supervision, lead and facilitate team meetings, accountability meetings, and customer meetings as needed to support stakeholder needs.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an ABET-approved curriculum or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with certification by the NCEES to sit for the FE exam.
• 3+ years of related experience.
• Knowledge of leading practices for their practice area.
• Strong planning 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, presenting ideas and opinions in a respectful and collegial manner.