The final Employee Spotlight for the month of June features APM Senior Quality Product Manager, Ron Mayor! Ron officially joined APM in 2016 and has an impressive 45-year career where he ascended the ranks of the industry. We are so excited to spotlight Ron and congratulate him on his upcoming retirement! Read more to get to know his career journey, valuable learnings, and perspectives on success and leadership.
Read MoreAt Entergy Little Gypsy station in Montz, Louisiana, Steam Fossil performed a HP/IP disassembly from December 1st through December 19th, 2022. They then remobilized on January 3rd, 2023 for the HP/IP Major/Outer Shell Repair and reassembly and a generator rewind. After demobilizing on July 7th, the team revisited the site for the last time on October 4th to finish the generator reassembly and concluded the job scope on November 3, 2023. Throughout the multiple remobilizations, Steam Fossil completed over 45,000 manhours with ZERO recordable injuries or quality events!
Read MoreIn Noblesville, Indiana, APM Gas Power mobilized to respond to an unplanned outage on August 14, 2023. They completed almost 10,000 manhours between their start date in August and their demobilization on December 21, 2023! They also completed multiple scopes of work with zero recordable injuries or quality escapes!
Read MoreWorld Quality Week is coming up next month, so I have asked some of our leaders to share their insights as we prepare to focus on this value. Read more below…
Read MoreIn late August, Wes Story (APM Gas Superintendent) and I had the privilege to engage in a Shingijitsu kaizen event at the FieldCore Atlanta Tool Center. (A Shingijutsu kaizen is a continuous improvement event spearheaded by a specially trained teacher called Sensei, with multiple kaizens occurring in parallel.) We spent a week with the other GE Vernova One Field Service leaders and the Tool Center technicians, observing them inventory kits, helping them identify opportunities to eliminate waste and improve the tool kit inventory process …
Read MoreThis weekend is Labor Day. It’s a time we celebrate the impact that our teammates in labor have made on our lives – our working conditions, our quality of life, and our mission to keep the lights on. To all those in the Field working this weekend – Thank YOU …
Read MoreOur APM Gas Services team, along with One Field Services, ventured to the Trimble County Station located in Kentucky again this year to conduct a hot gas path scope on one of the 7FA gas turbines…
Read MoreThis past week Tom Hermanns, our APM Leadership Development Director, Mike Grotton, our APM Lead EHS Manager, and myself attended the Global TapRoot Summit in Knoxville, TN…
Read MoreThese past two weeks I had the pleasure of visiting two jobsites – Constellation Wolf Hollow and Dynegy Kendall. I enjoyed observing our crews do good work, talking with the crews about their challenges, and hopefully giving the crews some encouragement and wisdom. Thank you to the crews that welcomed me to their work and allowed me to learn more about what we do…
Read MoreWhat is Live Outage? This question was asked in our recent townhall. I tried to answer it, but wanted to follow-up in written form to better answer. -and- GE Gas Power gave me a gift this week with an email devoted to Live-Outage . I encourage you to read the email that was shared, the linked articles, watch the videos, etc. to learn about all things Live Outage…
Read MoreDuring the outage that began in September 2020, our APM Steam Team had 11 craftspeople conducting the day shift and 10 working the night shift. Our group of experts maneuvered around many schedule changes while remaining cohesive in communication. Lead by APM Superintendent David Baker Jr., the team utilized tools such as Safety Task Analysis cards, pre-job discussions, and refocus meetings to keep safety at the forefront of all tasks, delivering APM's standard of excellence for our customer.
Read MoreAs the spring outage season appears to be slowing down, now is a good time to begin reflecting on our performance and looking ahead (just a little)…
Read MoreI am proud of you! Although we are faced with many challenges due to this pandemic, you are adapting to everything as a team. Whether in the field or at home, you are delivering with excellence…
Read MoreUpon continued reflections of our performance, I am confident we have made progress toward the organization we want to become – safe, quality, professional, proud, being the contractor of choice for our employees and customers. For example, in the spring outage season…
Read MoreAPM is proud to receive excellent feedback from our customer, especially in the face of challenges. Our Gas Services Team in the North has demonstrated our culture to rise above setbacks and deliver results through steadfast professionalism and commitment …
Read MoreEarlier this year, our APM Boiler Services team partnered with FieldCore to perform a water heater replacement at the Entergy Sabine Power Plant in Orange, TX. Leading the way for our team was APM Boiler Superintendent, Tom Hall, and APM Site Quality Lead, Jim Ridings…
Read MoreWe all strive to complete our jobs to the best of our ability and advance by improving our skills and talents…
Read MoreAPCom and APM Specialty Services recently collaborated on a project and combined their energy to be a force that was unstoppable, even in the face of delays!
Read MoreWe take pride in being able to offer a wide range of services tailored to our customer’s individual needs…
Read MoreIn today’s fast paced world, it’s likely that we’ll have more than one thing to work on at any given time. This was the case at Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) St. Charles Energy Center (SCEC) in Waldorf, Maryland where our APM Fossil North teams…
Read More
