We are in the peak of our 2024 Spring outage season. Last week we had 2600 craft working 161K hours on 160+ jobs. So far this year we have 4K+ craft working 1.3M hours on 500+ jobs.
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As we close the year, I want to thank all of YOU for our work together in 2023. The year was not perfect – we had our challenges, particularly with safety and quality in the first half. Yet I am very proud in how we are finishing the year. We rallied this summer, put strategies in place, and have executed significantly better this fall. We have strong execution momentum (“mojo”) heading into 2024 …
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It has special memories for our family, it is an opportunity to combine food and football, and especially it provides a few days to focus on being thankful. Because of this, my family and I have a yearly tradition of creating a turkey hand drawing. Read more below…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Canada Boiler Operations Division Leader, Travis Kreil! Travis started his career in the oil field in 1995 and was involved in every aspect of oil production including exploration, extraction, refining and shipping. He decided to explore career opportunities in industries outside of oil and knew Alstom was involved with Power Generation and Boiler industries.
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This month’s spotlight features APM Principal Enterprise Architect, Kevin Fitzgerald! Kevin was introduced to this industry when he was hired to support systems for GE in Schenectady, NY and then moved to IT support for their Field Engineers. He also did timekeeping on a Nuclear outage and so was involved with sending in time for payroll and worked with EH Hinds, APM's regional office at that time, and APM folks in setting up the weekly time transmissions. Kevin kept in touch with their APM Systems Coordinator and was contacted when a position opened, leading him to join APM in October of 1997 where has remained for 25 years!
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This month’s spotlight features APM Tool Center Manager, Stephen Wall! Stephen started in this industry when he was 18 years old as a field service tech working with GE aero derivative gas turbines. His first exposure to APM was 12 years later in 2016 while working for Legacy Alstom as a field blade tech after the GE acquisition.
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This month’s spotlight features APM Gas Power Senior Operations Division Leader, Mike Benacquisto! Mike was exposed to this industry through his dad, a millwright, and decided to follow him and his brother into the trade. His first experience with APM was in 1997 when he was sent out to an install by his local union hall.
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This month’s spotlight features APM Steam Fossil Safety Champion, John Luther! John began working with APM in 2014. He was introduced and given the opportunity to be apart of the APM family by Jared Kennard. Currently, he performs the role of Safety Champion, SME, and CM.
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This month’s spotlight features APM US Boiler Operation Division Leader, John Baierlein! John started his boiler making career on his 18th birthday at CP Crane Station in Baltimore, MD. His whole family consist of boilermakers – father, uncles, cousins – but what really captured his interest was the variety offered in the industry.
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This month’s spotlight features APM Gas Division Manager, Matt McCrary! In 1996, Matt worked in the field for ADA until he transitioned into an office manager role, and next into a business agent role at the Local Union in 2000. Then, Matt started working for APM Corporate in October 2008.
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This month’s spotlight features APM Canada West EHS Manager, Teri Carlson! Teri began her career in EHS under ALSTOM Power Services in 2005 and first learned about APM through the acquisition of the Alstom Boiler group into the APM family. She worked on many APM Project sites…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Lead Job Specialist, Kiry King! Kiry started working with APM in 2003 right after high school. She was given this opportunity by the former finance manager in Watertown, MA office. Kiry proves to be a valuable member of APM through her roles as…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Specialty Services Blade Technician, Greg Weever! Greg started working with APM in September 2014 when he was originally hired to help get the LMS-100 Aero Program off the ground. He was inspired…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Gas Power Services Superintendent, Basel Haddan! Basel's first job with APM was in 1998 at Bridger Wyoming. He then went on to work with APM at Wyodak in Gillet Wyoming and…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Finance Manager, Sharonda Young! Sharonda joined APM in 2008 after learning about a position in Payroll from another employee, Stephanie McGowan, at their son's basketball game…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Oil & Gas Superintendent, William Nance! William joined APM in 2017. Previously, William worked for Westinghouse and was on site at the same time as APM. He also worked for UPS and Exxon, where he met an APM employee, Ronnie Campbell, who encouraged him to join APM…
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This month’s spotlight features APM Steam Fossil Superintendent, Dave Maxwell! Dave joined APM in 2012 as a millwright / turbine hand. After three years of service, he was asked to advance to the role of crane operator. After one outage as a crane operator, he was promoted to the keyman role. He worked in that role for three more years before being recommended for the Superintendent role by another APM Superintendent. At home, Dave is a Farmer, an uncle to two fantastic nephews and one great nephew, as well as a sawyer and dozer operator. We are so excited to spotlight Dave! Read more to get to know his history with APM, proudest moments, and thoughts on leadership…
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Last week we focused on our commitment to integrity, hosting stand-downs to reemphasize the importance of the spirit – acting in agreement with the intent of policies – and the letter – following the established
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Senior Regional Operations Manager, Frank Gutierrez, recently visited two jobsites where APM crew members were on site; Dearborn Industrial Generation (DIG) in Michigan and NIPSCO Sugar Creek in Indiana. Frank had remarkable words to say about our APM crew members. He shared his experience on his EHSInspires blog by writing...
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