CAREERS
CMS Energy and its subsidiaries are proud to meet Michigan’s energy needs. Our team of more than 9,500 co-workers work around the clock to bring safe, reliable, clean and affordable energy to 6.8 million of Michigan’s 10 million residents while investing in environmental stewardship, promoting social responsibility, building better communities and focusing on safety. Our corporate values are reflected in our Triple Bottom Line – People, Planet and Profit.
If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, CMS Energy is the place for you. Sharpen your skills, learn new talents and plan your career path. We support growth across our company.
We offer the following career and professional development opportunities to help our employees reach their full potential:
Individual Development Plans: Our employees work with their supervisors to create custom individual development plans based on their unique knowledge, experience and career interests.
Technical and Safety Training: Employees participate in onsite technical and safety training specifically designed to keep them working safely and effectively.
Leader College: Our leaders are the difference makers. To ensure that all leaders demonstrate consistent leadership skills that embrace our culture values, all leaders will go through a series of learning experiences that are based on the 70/20/10 model of learning (70% of learning comes from on-the-job experiences; 20% comes from learning through others; 10% of learning comes from traditional sources like classes, books, articles, podcasts, etc.).
Leadership Programs at Every Level: Whether you’re a leader of leaders, a leader of individual contributors, or an individual contributor, there is a leadership program for you. Our leadership programs provide the right leadership skills for each level. Each program gives employees the opportunity to attend a series of classes over a span of 4-6 months, together as a cohort, to enable them to share and interact with peers from all areas of the organization while developing their leadership skills and expanding their networks long after they have graduated from their program
Instructor-Led Professional Development Courses: Our Leadership and Professional Development team offers a wide variety of classes to help develop non-operational skills (traditionally called soft skills) in areas of communication, emotional intelligence, writing skills, presentation skills, time management, leveraging strengths, leadership, and many others.
Percipio: We have contracted with Percipio, a well-respected learning provider that has made available over 10,000 self-paced, online resources including eLearnings, articles, books, and podcasts on several technical and non-technical topics.
Leadership and Professional Development Coaches: The Leadership and Professional Development team is excited to work with our employees 1:1 to help them create a robust, individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates a wide variety of learning opportunities.
Educational Assistance Program: Full- and part-time employees can get reimbursed for qualified degree programs at approved colleges and universities.
Project Management Training and Certification: We provide project management training that may lead to Associate, Master and/or PMP (Project Management Professional) certifications.
The Consumers Energy Utility Institute: To embrace the company’s strategy and evolving business environment to perform at a high level, it is important to understand the utility industry. Consumers Energy Utility Institute (CEUI) is designed for new employees and those growing in their roles. The 4-day curriculum educates employees on the specifics of the utility industry including rates and regulation, finances and the distribution of natural gas and electricity.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Our mission is to drive success in three key pillars that encompass the entirety of our interactions.
Our culture: We embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) into our culture to focus on educating our employees and leaders and highlighting opportunities in which they can contribute to create an inclusive environment.
Our processes: We ensure all our processes have a DE&I focus. We believe that DE&I-proficient people and DE&I-proficient processes yield better DE&I outcomes.
Our talent: We work to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce through our strategies to attract and retain diverse talent. This begins with a talent-sourcing strategy that recruits in areas representative of all demographics and allows us to build diverse, qualified candidate pools. Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce expands to hiring, promoting, developing and succession planning.
We’re inclusive in our hiring through diverse candidate pools and hiring committees for every position posted. We engage in short- and long-term talent pipeline development using the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Talent Pipeline ManagementTM system. We work in partnership with K-12, post-secondary institutions and professional associations to prepare a diverse, qualified workforce for immediate and future needs.
We offer eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to help foster an environment where all employees feel they belong.
capABLE: Removes barriers, opens minds, and creates pathways to meaningful work for current and future employees of ALL abilities by promoting accessibility, accommodations and work-life flexibility.
GENERGY: Bridges learning, networking and mentoring gaps across the generations of our workforce.</>
Minority Advisory Panel: Promotes a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion among all racial and ethnic minorities through education, leadership, development and networking.
Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy: Promotes an inclusive environment that is safe, supportive and respectful for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and allies.
Veteran’s Advisory Panel: Provides support to former active military personnel and helps recruit and retain veterans through career development.
Women’s Advisory Panel: Supports the retention, development and success of women at our company.
Women’s Engineering Network: Empowers women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields while building capabilities to support company objectives.
Interfaith Employee Resource Group: Enables employees of all faiths and backgrounds to gather and celebrate their unique beliefs, bringing their whole selves to work to create a safe environment of understanding and respect for all faiths, religions and spiritual beliefs, including those with no faith affiliation.
Get an in-depth look into our workforce diversity with CMS Energy's EEO-1 Report. This report is provided to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) annually and includes our workforce demographics (Race/Ethnicity and Gender) by EEO Job Category. For more information about the EEOC’s use of company demographic data please visit their website at https://www.eeoc.gov/employers.
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
We value our employees and continuously work to improve their employee experience. Our culture values include focus on employee engagement, empowerment, and diversity equity and inclusion (DE&I). This means we listen to our co-workers and use their feedback to make our workplace better.
Measuring our employee experience is part of an established process to improve our workforce. It includes semi-annual surveys of all our co-workers. These surveys measure employee satisfaction and the strength of our culture.
We know satisfied employees are more invested in their workplace, and we use our scores to adopt new strategies to improve the experience and set long-term goals. Some of our actions include creation of senior executive outreach sessions, career management support, and specifically investing in our leaders as our difference makers to enhance engagement at all work locations. We also implement new systems, processes and tools to improve satisfaction and efficiency. Our goals and successes are shared with senior executives and our board of directors.
Our Culture Index measures our employee engagement, empowerment, and DEI experience, and drives us to improve year to year. In 2023, we took deliberate measures to set Our Company and Our Employees up for long-term success in the post pandemic business environment.
Culture Index Scores (1-100)
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Workplace Culture Measure
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2023 New Question Baseline
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2022
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2024 Goal
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Engagement
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63
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71
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65
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Empowerment
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66
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54
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68
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DEI
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70
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71
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72
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Culture Index
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66
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65
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68
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Join our team at CMS Energy and become part of company full of exciting opportunities. We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills and promote career advancement. Search our Consumers Energy Careers Page for current opportunities.
CMS Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please review our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and Family and Medical Leave Act.
ACCOMMODATION NOTICE
Federal law and many state laws require employers to make accommodations to disabled applicants and employees where the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship on the employer. For those applicants seeking a position within the State of Michigan, a disabled individual needing accommodation for employment must notify the employer in writing within 182 days after the need is known or should have been known. Michigan law provides that failure of a Michigan employee to properly notify the employer will preclude any claim that the employer failed to accommodate the disabled individual. However, this does not waive an individual’s right under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, which sets no time limit for requesting an accommodation nor does it require such accommodation to be in writing.