Generation Construction Manager

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 Generation Construction Manager is a career-level professional with experience in construction management, emphasizing safety, quality, logistics, and field operations. This role primarily involves supervising construction contractors on capital projects within power plants and coordinating all field aspects to ensure successful project execution. The Construction Manager collaborates with the project team to achieve scope objectives, report out-of-scope work, and provide status updates. Additionally, this position works closely with project controls and schedulers to maintain accurate cost and schedule tracking. Key Responsibilities Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence. Coordinates, oversees, and expedites the construction and procedural field activities on plant capital improvement projects to ensure safety and quality while meeting the defined budget, schedule, and project objectives. Provides technical execution of defined activities to support the delivery of project initiatives required to achieve efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation objectives. Provides periodic reporting of projects utilizing project management scheduling programs, costs vs. budget spreadsheets, and verifies invoices for cost and project accounting codes. Produces and distributes final as-built drawings, and documentation to accurately represent the final implementation of the projects and maintain the integrity and availability for use of all records. Prepares and provides support assistance to project team in preparation of, documents, data, drawings, and computer work associated with the preparation of technical specifications of both procuring equipment and services on operations, maintenance, and construction projects. Provides technical assistance to help development, analysis, and/or justification of internal and external projects. Organizes data and detailed recordkeeping. Utilizes engineering standards, procedures, and processes, providing recommendations for process improvements, as necessary. Supervises and directs contractors as required to ensure quality field work and the work is performed safely as scheduled. With knowledge of construction and O&M procedures, works with many plant departments and other LOB’s to meet common goals. Responds to plant schedules and project construction activity requirements by adjusting workload priorities on multiple projects. Provides communication to their manager, stakeholders, and project team to provide status updates on project activities, and identify risks in delivery or resourcing needs. Decisions impact the immediate department and are governed by standardized work routines that permit the use of initiative. Works within a defined budget, schedule, and project objectives. Has technical knowledge of construction methods, plant operations, instrumentation, cycle thermodynamics, CADD & scheduling programs. Considers future implications beyond the immediate problem, and is not closely supervised Qualifications Required Education, Skills & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering (preferred) or a related technical field or an equivalent of 5 years of related experience in construction management 3-5 years of related experience Knowledge of leading practices of their practice area Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment and presenting 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. Licenses and Certifications FE preferred Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar is preferred Key Competencies BEHAVIORAL 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 Establishing Strategic Direction TECHNICAL Analytical skills Compliance 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.