Relay Technician

At Cleco, we're not just powering lives—we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana.  With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we’re transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future—and the future of generations to come—depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco— where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow. The Relay Technician II is an experienced technician with knowledge and experience in the maintenance, testing and repair of protection systems in Transmission, Distribution and electrical power substations. This position involves installing, maintaining and troubleshooting control circuits to circuit breakers, Potential Transformers (PTs), Capacitor Coupled Voltage Transformers (CCVTs), and other equipment. Also replacing wires, testing different components and calibrating generators. Responsible for ensuring electricity gets routed through the substation on its way to residential or commercial areas at the correct voltage. Proactively takes the initiative to identify existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working condition which are hazardous. Takes prompt corrective measure to eliminate and or mitigate them. Key Responsibilities Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence. Responsible for maintaining, diagnosing, and correcting problems to all protective relays, substations, control circuits, supervisory controls, and battery systems in distribution, transmission and generation facilities. Constructs, installs and maintains auto-transfer schemes in distribution system. Performs the installation, wiring and checkout of all protective relaying and associated control systems in transmission, distribution and generation stations. Performs periodic testing and functional operation of protection systems in accordance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) mandate. Maintains relay carrier equipment such as wavetraps and line tuners. Diagnoses and corrects problems in equipment such as power circuit breakers, transformers, and fault/disturbance recorders in a manner that is not disruptive to the regional power grid. Installs and maintains battery systems and chargers in transmission substations. Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots both Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)-based and solid state transfer switches and sectionalizing switch automatic controls as well as the associated motor operators. Also required to train field personnel in the proper operation and testing of these devices. Maintains SAP Equipment Maintenance database used for keeping accurate and concise historical records of transmission equipment. Develop relay testing programs, Distribution…