Turbine Maintenance Supervisor

American Electric Power; Arkansas; On-site; USD 99,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power seeks a Senior Maintenance Supervisor to lead turbine-generator maintenance programs and outages, directing employees and contractors toward safe, reliable generation operations.

The role emphasizes budgeting, scheduling, and continuous improvement, with up to 50% travel and a focus on equipment reliability across boiler and balance-of-plant systems.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Mechanical Technology, Industrial Technology, Engineering Technology, or related field and six (6) years of relevant experience; OR High School Diploma/GED and eight (8) years of power generation, industrial maintenance, millwright, mechanical maintenance, or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership: maintain a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with safety rules and procedures.
• Maintenance Supervision: supervise union and non-union personnel, plan and monitor daily activities, ensure quality workmanship.
• Turbine & Mechanical Equipment Reliability: oversee maintenance of turbines, generators, pumps, valves, and rotating equipment; support predictive and preventive maintenance.
• Outage Planning & Execution: coordinate planned outages and emergent repairs; develop scopes, schedules, and resource plans.
• Contractor Management: direct contractor activities; ensure safety, specifications, and quality; evaluate performance.
• Budget & Resource Management: manage O&M expenses and forecast labor/material/contractor needs.
• Employee Development: coaching, mentoring, and training; ensure qualifications and certifications.
• Continuous Improvement: apply RCA/HPI/Lean/Six Sigma to improve safety, reliability, and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance supervision

Turbine & mechanical maintenance

Outage planning

Contractor management

Education

Associate degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Engineering Technology or related field

High School Diploma / GED + 8 years power generation/maintenance experience

Job description

Job Posting End Date

10-13-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

Supervise, coordinate, and direct the activities of employees and contractors engaged in the maintenance, repair, inspection, overhaul, and reliability improvement of turbine-generator equipment and associated balance-of-plant systems. Responsible for ensuring work is executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with operational, environmental, and regulatory requirements. Provides leadership for planned outages, emergent repairs, predictive maintenance programs, and continuous improvement initiatives that support reliable generation operations. This role manages work execution, staffing, budgets, contractor performance, and equipment reliability for assigned maintenance activities. This job will require up to 50% travel.

Job Description

What you'll do:

Essential Job Functions & Tasks

Safety Leadership

• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture through visible leadership and accountability.
• Ensure compliance with company safety rules, LOTO procedures, confined space requirements, hot work requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, corrective actions, and safety improvement initiatives.
• Conduct field observations, safety meetings, and employee coaching.

Maintenance Supervision

• Supervise union and non-union personnel performing turbine and mechanical maintenance activities.
• Plan, coordinate, assign, and monitor daily work activities.
• Ensure quality workmanship and adherence to maintenance standards and procedures.
• Optimize workforce utilization and scheduling to meet operational needs.

Turbine & Mechanical Equipment Reliability

• Oversee maintenance and repair of steam turbines, combustion turbines, generators, pumps, compressors, valves, heat exchangers, rotating equipment, and auxiliary systems.
• Support predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and availability.
• Partner with engineering and operations to resolve repetitive equipment issues.

Outage Planning & Execution

• Coordinate planned maintenance outages and emergent repair activities.
• Develop scopes of work, schedules, resource plans, and contractor requirements.
• Monitor outage performance against safety, schedule, quality, and budget expectations.
• Support post-outage reviews and lessons learned activities.

Contractor Management

• Direct contractor and vendor activities during maintenance and outage work.
• Ensure contractor compliance with safety requirements, work specifications, and quality standards.
• Evaluate contractor performance and provide feedback for continuous improvement.

Budget & Resource Management

• Manage O&M expenses and maintenance budgets.
• Forecast labor, material, and contractor requirements.
• Monitor costs and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost reduction.

Employee Development

• Provide coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and training opportunities.
• Support workforce development, succession planning, and knowledge transfer initiatives.
• Ensure employees maintain required qualifications and certifications.

Continuous Improvement

• Utilize Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Human Performance Improvement (HPI), Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies to improve performance.
• Recommend and implement process improvements that increase safety, reliability, productivity, and equipment performance.

What We're looking for:

Education requirements are listed below:

One of the following:

• Associate degree in Mechanical Technology, Industrial Technology, Engineering Technology, or related field and six (6) years of relevant experience; OR
• High School Diploma/GED and eight (8) years of power generation, industrial maintenance, millwright, mechanical maintenance, or related experience.

Work Experience requirements are listed below:

• Experience leading maintenance activities in a power generation, industrial, manufacturing, refinery, pulp and paper, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environment.
• Experience with turbine-generator maintenance, outages, or major equipment overhauls.
• Demonstrated leadership, crew coordination, or supervisory experience.
• Experience working in a unionized environment preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Steam turbine or combustion turbine maintenance experience.
• Combined cycle generation experience.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or equivalent certification.
• Knowledge of vibration analysis, alignment, precision maintenance, and predictive maintenance technologies.
• Experience managing large outage contractors and major capital projects.
• Lean Six Sigma, RCA, or Human Performance Improvement training.

What you’ll get:

Base Salary from $98,993.00-$128,688.00/year. In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

Compensation Data

Compensation Grade:

SP20-008

Compensation Range:

$98,993.00 - $128,688.00

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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