Supv Maintenance

Great Plains Energy$94K — $126K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of mechanical maintenance experience in heavy industry
  • Strong leadership skills with a focus on coaching and mentoring
  • Knowledge of reliability-based maintenance practices
  • Familiarity with power plant electrical and mechanical equipment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-stress environment
  • Valid driver's license required

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coach maintenance crew for effective power plant operations
  • Set safety and productivity standards through clear communication
  • Support efforts to enhance equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness
  • Develop weekly maintenance schedules in collaboration with planning/scheduling team
  • Ensure timely and accurate documentation of maintenance work in CMMS
  • Hold crew accountable for safety, documentation, and performance
  • Initiate strategies for continuous improvement based on identified needs

Benefits

  • Supportive working hours, Monday to Friday
  • Opportunities for ongoing training and development
  • Focus on safety and environmental stewardship
  • Engagement in meaningful work within the energy sector
  • Potential for career advancement within the organization
Full Job Description
JOB TITLE: Supv Maintenance

REQUISITION: FOS00M8

DEPARTMENT: LaCygne Generating Station

LOCATION: LaCygne, KS

PAY RANGE: $94,600 - $126,100 (Min-Mid)

Scheduled Work Hours: Day Shift, Monday - Friday, 6:30 am -4:00 pm (Other hours as required).

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for leading the maintenance crew in the maintenance of power plant equipment by effectively utilizing personnel, equipment and other resources in a safe, reliable, efficient, environmentally sound and cost-effective manner in support of the business unit's performance measures. The goal of the Maintenance Supervisor is to achieve equipment reliability and improve maintenance effectiveness. Specific duties Include:
• Provide direction, coaching and continued training for Journeyman and Apprentices in new technology, standards, and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work force.
• Set the standard for safety, quality and productivity through clear and frequent communications with the maintenance staff.
• Actively lead and fully support efforts to improve equipment reliability and productivity through RCM studies, predictive maintenance, root-cause analysis, procedure development, and the workflow process of maintenance work.
• Develop and manage with the planning/scheduling team members, a weekly schedule that supports the operational needs of the plant and daily work assignments.
• Ensure work documentation is accurate, complete, and entered into the CMMS in a timely fashion by yourself and your crew.
• Set expectations and hold assigned crew accountable for productivity, work documentation, safety and reliability; develop and execute strategies for improvements as needs are identified.

Education and Experience:

The ideal candidate for this role will have mechanical maintenance experience in a heavy industrial environment, including a basic understanding of reliability-based maintenance. Have a people first mentality with excellent leadership skills, with focus on coaching, mentoring and performance management.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Demonstrates values of honesty, integrity, respect for others, teamwork and collaboration, accountability and performance.
• Knowledgeable in the maintenance of all types of power plant electrical and mechanical equipment and able to research resources for information to apply technical knowledge to determine equipment problems and appropriate solutions.
• Written and verbal communication skills, excellent interpersonal communication skills and computer skills.
• Knowledge of OSHA standards and company policies and safety standards preferred.
• Ability to coach, counsel, and handle conflict, and to remain calm and collected in high stress times. Must be highly organized and be able to create detailed reports.
• Ability to perform the physical activities of the job (includes but is not limited to climbing, color vision, depth perception, hearing, seeing, sitting, standing, talking, walking, outside work, etc.).
• Ability to easily handle multiple priorities; visualize, analyze and make decisions with limited data; process information in an orderly, accurate and timely manner; and operate within short time frames.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a highly demanding team atmosphere. Ability to simultaneously keep multiple tasks in controlled motion.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding and/or Testing Required:

Applicant must possess a valid driver's license.

Working Conditions: Working conditions will require indoor and outdoor work at a moment's notice in all types of weather. Must have a satisfactory work record including good attendance.

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

About Great Plains Energy

Great Plains Energy Incorporated was a holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri that owned electric utility Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company. KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001. Great Plains acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008. In 2014, it ranked #855 on the Fortune 1000 list. In 2016, Great Plains and Westar Energy announced merger plans, but this proposed merger was rejected by Kansas Corporation Commission utility regulators as unfavorable to Kansas consumers. A new merger plan with Westar was announced in 2017. As of May 24, 2018, this merger has been approved by both the Missouri Public Service Commission and Kansas regulators, with the combined company to be named Evergy. On October 7, 2019 the two operating companies officially changed names and rebranded to Evergy in the communities they serve.
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