Team Lead Shift Operations

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!
 

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities.  We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy.  When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between.  We want you to be safe, happy and healthy.  That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Job Summary

Alliant Energy is growing—and so is our need for strong, hands-on leadership. We're looking for a seasoned operations professional to lead coal yard activities at our Columbia plant in Pardeeville, WI. This is a unique opportunity to step into a high-impact role where you'll guide a team of union-represented employees, oversee critical fuel and landfill operations, and help shape the future of energy generation. If you bring experience managing shifts, working with bargaining unit employees, and driving safety and efficiency in industrial environments, we want to hear from you.

What you will do

• Performs all leadership duties, including hiring and rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, addressing conflict with care and respect, identifying opportunities for growth and development, embracing and modeling a mindset of lifelong learning, ensuring employees report to work fit for duty, adhering to our Code of Conduct, and modeling Alliant Energy’s Core Values at all times.

• Directly participates in the development of plant-specific goals and objectives.

• Continuously monitors performance against financial and operating goals and communicates the information to employees.

• Ensures that employees understand and accept business unit and plant/unit financial and operating goals and guides them to focus efforts on achieving goals.

• Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety, including observing and enforcing safety rules and operating practices, encouraging safe work behaviors, and promptly correcting conditions and unsafe work behaviors which may lead to accidents.

• Responsible for administering and monitoring safety programs and performing safety assessments.

• Plans, assigns duties, and supervises employees assigned to the shift, and ensures duties are being performed in accordance with established plant policies and procedures.

• Leads the implementation of process improvements and recommendations, with focus on the performance of critical processes and systems.

• Ensures that all aspects of plant operations remain in compliance with environmental rules and regulations.

• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Business Administration, or related area Preferred

Required Experience

• 3 years of related experience.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in manufacturing maintenance or mechanical/electrical engineering.

• Demonstrated experience working with labor union management

Other Requirements

• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

• Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge in manufacturing or electrical plant operations preferred.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the layout, equipment, and operating requirements of a generating station or manufacturing plant.

• Demonstrated effective leadership and supervisory skills preferred.

• Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting and basic accounting preferred.

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management) preferred.

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Key Skills

• Asset Life Cycle Management • Condition Monitoring • Continual Improvement Process • Records Management • Generation Dispatch Es