Supv Maintenance

Evergy; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Evergy's Hawthorn Generating Station in Kansas City, MO seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead the maintenance crew in daily plant upkeep, safety, and reliability initiatives. You will drive equipment performance using planning, coaching, and proactive maintenance strategies.

Responsibilities include directing Journeyman and Apprentices, coordinating with planning teams, ensuring accurate work documentation in the CMMS, and delivering measurable improvements in uptime and efficiency while

Qualifications

• Mechanical maintenance experience in heavy industrial environments.
• Strong leadership, coaching and performance management.
• Understanding of reliability-based maintenance.
• Willingness to coach Journeymen and Apprentices.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance crew to improve equipment reliability.
• Develop weekly plant schedules with planning/scheduling team.
• Ensure accurate CMMS documentation by self and crew.
• Set expectations for safety, quality and productivity; drive improvements.
• Provide direction, coaching and training on new technology and procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Safety leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Multitasking

Maintenance planning

Tools

CMMS

Job description

JOB TITLE: Supv Maintenance
REQUISITION: FOS00NP
DEPARTMENT: Hawthorn Generating Station
LOCATION: Kansas City, MO
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.

Evergy has a clear mission - To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We are committed to building a team where everyone - regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status - has a voice and can bring their best every day. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

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.

Job

Plant Maintenance

Work Locations

• Hawthorn Generating Station
• 8700 E Front St
• Kansas City
• 64120-2302