This week I asked Katie Maldonado, our Communications Director, to share with us a summary of our recent Employee Experience Survey results. Katie along with others have spent a good amount of time studying the results, and are now beginning to make recommendations for us to act on the results. I echo her sentiments: Thank YOU to those who shared your feedback – it is a gift…
Read More“We are incredibly proud to share that multiple APM divisions have again been recognized by The Association of Union Constructors (“TAUC”) for their dedication towards safety during the 2021 working year.”
Read MoreLast night, after a 6 month delay due to COVID, we finally were able to celebrate our Superintendents and Craftpersons of the year. This is one of the highlights of the year for me. It is great to hear about the amazing work our field leaders do in the field. Its even better to see them face to face, learn more about them and their families and their communities…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read More“In February of 2022, our diligent Gas West Team travelled to Griffith Energy Power Plant in Golden Valley, Arizona to conduct a 7FA Major Inspection. Led by APM Superintendent, Alex Blas, the single-shift crew consisted of 12 Millwrights and one Millwright Crane Operator.”
Read More“These past two weeks were shaded as “white” per the 2022 business calendar. The goal during this time was to minimize all calls, meetings, and emails to the extent possible while maintaining any business critical operations. Allow me to share a few learnings from the past two weeks.”
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreFirst, thank you to those who have already engaged in our 2022 survey. Your feedback is the key to becoming the preferred employer in our industry. To date, we have heard from 123 people and received 229 comments ... that's 21% completion. Please take 5-10 minutes before June 24th to complete the survey and submit your feedback…
Read MoreOur impressive team in the Gas North division hit another home run this spring at a power plant in Minooka, IL performing a GT major along with generator major on unit 4 and borescope on units 1, 2, & 3. We were on the same site last fall with excellent performance, and we wanted to wow our customer again…
Read MoreAs many of our employees will recall, we hosted our first Employee Experience Survey last summer. Following the conclusion of the survey, our workforce reported 76% satisfaction with the workplace culture at APM…
Read MoreIn August of 2021, our Steam Fossil Team, led by Superintendents John Stalling, Dave Sturgis, Roger Jones, Dax Reed and Jared Kennard, was scheduled to mobilize for an outage at Woodland Pulp Mill in Baileyville, Maine. However, the team was called in sooner than expected to aid in the repair of a rotor causing damage to the mill.
Read MoreThis 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…
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 MoreSafety and Health are critical every day. This week we took some extra time to celebrate the ways in which we achieve good safety and health. The consequences of each can be drastically positive or negative, as well as immediate or long term. Allow me to share some more thoughts with you in the below video…
Read More“In September of 2021, the State of Louisiana was tarnished from the aftereffects of Hurricane Ida. With thousands of homes destroyed, constant power outages, and flooding unseen since Katrina, the swamplands of the Bayou State were in desperate need of recovery.”
Read MoreThis 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…
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 MoreOne of our new APM Boiler division Superintendents, Terry Royce, and the Boilermakers of local 40 took on a quick turnaround project in Kentucky last fall and hit a home run. The APM Boiler team received a request from GE Gas Power to support the installation of a new blow off deflector inside of a gas turbine stack…
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…
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