We are excited to see many of you next week for the Safety & Quality Reset Event. Below is a special note from Bryan Williams and Scott Ranaldi, our Safety & Quality Directors, to help you prepare for next week.
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Our APM teams are the face our customers see every day. APM Boiler has been providing continuous service to East Kentucky Power (EKP) in Kentucky, Xcel Energy in Colorado, and for the Entergy White Bluff, Independence & Nelson (WIN) Pulverizer program in Arkansas and Louisiana for decades. This reliable presence encourages a sense of unity and partnership amongst the APM crews, the GE team, and ultimately our customers.
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This week I asked Katie Maldonado, our Communications Director, and Leslie Jeanes, our HR Director, to share with us a summary of our recent Employee Experience Survey results. Thank you to all who shared your feedback – it is a gift…
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This month’s spotlight features our APM Interns, Jacob Chacon, Ram Pangaluri, Carisma Spears, and Ervin Rivera! We are so excited to spotlight our interns’ experience at APM and their thoughts on their recent Working Out Loud Circle, a program focused on employee collaboration across the company. Thank you to Brad Hagemann for his mentorship on the WOL process, Katie Maldonado for facilitating this opportunity, and Jared Jordan for leading the interns throughout their 12-week journey! Read more to learn about our interns and their experience with Working Out Loud.
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In my below video, I share some initial reflections from our first half performance and
remind us of our summer focuses. We have good mojo so far this summer, including ZERO
injuries and quality escapes for the month of June…
As we transition into the Summer season, I urge us all to take time for the 3 focuses this Summer:
Safety and Quality Reset
Employee Experience Survey
Rest and Recharge
Below are some additional thoughts on our Employee Experience Survey from Nick Brockman (Operations Director - Steam) and John Collins (Operations Director - Gas )…
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We are incredibly proud to share that multiple APM divisions have again been recognized by The Association of Union Constructors (“TAUC”) for their dedication to outstanding outage execution and safety during the 2022 working year.
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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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In my below video, I share reflections from our performance during this spring outage season. We delivered a record high volume season, and I ask that we all take time for rest and reflection – what went well and what can we improve on for the fall…
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This month we talked about integrity across the OFS business. That includes the spirit – doing the right thing; and the letter – doing things the right way. Below are some additional thoughts on Integrity and THINK from our Communications Director, Katie Maldonado…
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APM Canada mobilized a small crew for setup on October 19th, 2022 and officially started the TransAlta Sarnia outage on October 28th until demobilization on November 30th. The job scope included an Alton 11N2-C Inspection with Gen Bearing Inspections. Even with a grand total of 7,627 manhours, APM Canada completed the job ahead of schedule with zero safety or quality incidents!
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In my below video I discuss a few of the dynamics that we are currently facing at APM due to high sustained volume, along with how we can work together to meet the challenges that follow…
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On October 28, 2022, APM Canada Boiler mobilized to support a forced outage for TransAlta in Keephills Alberta, Canada. By demobilization on November 3rd, 653 manhours were completed with 100% safety and quality. The eighteen total craftspeople on site and two superintendents, Matt Johnson and Rob Robertson, executed this outage with tremendous success on short notice during peak season!
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This month, we honed in on Standard Work as part of our regular Lean Mentality focus. I trust each of you made time this month to review the attached Leadership Talking Points with your teams. We will achieve continuous improvement culture when all of us are engaged in the effort to work towards a standard. When we have strong standards, attaining success gets easier…
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In my below video I continue to talk about our priority - Safety. Let's Take 5 on Risks & Consequences, with a specific focus on our relationship to Risk…
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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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In recent months, we’ve discussed Collaboration and Empowerment – both of these goals require Transparency. We defined a transparent workplace as…
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In Newark Arkansas, Steam Fossil mobilized on August 28, 2022 for two LP majors, valves major, and two turbine upgrades. To prepare, there was an onsite pre-outage planning meeting and APM meetings with the GE and the customer. These preparations paid off when Steam Fossil completed the project by December 19, 2022 with zero incidents or injuries!
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We recently had a Board of Directors meetings, bringing leaders from Gas, Steam, and the Industry to our APM Table to discuss our 2022 performance, 2023 plans, and 2024+ vision…
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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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