DEPARTMENT: Generation Development
LOCATION: Kansas City, MO / Wichita, KS / Hutchinson, KS
PAY GRADE: 15D: $106,000 - $141,300
Scheduled Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Other hours as required)
Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Conventional Generation Project Manager, Conventional Generation Project Supervisor supports the Conventional Generation Project Manager in the execution of large-scale capital projects, including combined cycle and simple cycle generation units. This role assists in managing project schedules, budgets, procurement, and field coordination, and serves as a liaison between field construction teams and project leadership. The projects will be complex, multi-million-dollar capital projects with multi-year timeframes that span diverse disciplines. The candidate will provide support and project management from project origination through commercial operation.
Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist in the development and maintenance of detailed project schedules using project management software.
- Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks or delays, recommending mitigation strategies.
- Support budget tracking and cost control efforts, ensuring expenditures align with approved budgets.
- Coordinate procurement activities including vendor selection, contract administration, and material delivery tracking.
- Facilitate communication between engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure alignment on project goals and timelines.
- Conduct site visits to monitor construction activities, verify progress, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Prepare and present regular project status reports to internal stakeholders and leadership.
- Assist in managing change orders and scope adjustments, ensuring proper documentation and approvals.
- Support commissioning and startup activities, including coordination with operations and maintenance teams.
- Maintain project documentation and ensure records are complete, accurate, and accessible.
- Collaborate with regulatory and environmental teams to ensure compliance with applicable laws and permits.
- Participate in lessons learned reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for future projects.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field preferred.
- Five years of experience in construction, engineering, or project coordination required, preferably in power generation or industrial projects.
- Experience supporting field crews or managing construction activities is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with project management principles and tools (e.g., scheduling software, cost tracking systems).
- Demonstrated experience in a leadership capacity, either leading a team of direct reports or successfully leading project teams, is required, to successfully demonstrate the ability to lead employees within the department/area of responsibility.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:
- Assisting in the planning, execution, and monitoring of conventional generation projects from development through commissioning.
- Supporting field construction activities by coordinating with supervisors, contractors, and vendors.
- Monitoring project progress, identifying risks, and helping implement mitigation strategies.
- Preparing reports, presentations, and documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
- Supporting procurement activities including scope development, vendor coordination, and contract administration.
- Participating in project meetings and helping track milestones, deliverables, and action items.
- Ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
- Filling in for the Project Manager during absences to maintain project momentum and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Understanding of conventional generation technologies and construction practices.
- Ability to travel to project sites and work in both office and field environments.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and support cross-functional teams.
- Expected to model Evergy's Talent Framework Behaviors, the foundation for HOW we do our jobs at Evergy. At a minimum, incumbents should be able to demonstrate their ability to progressively develop and exhibit these skills at a proficient level:
- Evergy's People First Values: Safety, Integrity, Ownership, Adaptability
- Operational Excellence/Execution: Exerts personal effort and enables the team to achieve performance goals and exhibits a continuous improvement mindset
- Decision Making: Makes informed, objective, timely and ethical decisions
- Talent Management: Takes initiate to develop self and team, acts with a mindset of diversity, equity and inclusion and creates an environment to attract top talent
- Strategic Mindset: Demonstrates sound strategic thinking, knows the business, exercises judgment, influences and persuades.
Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required:
Successful candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
Evergy
Kansas City
Missouri États-Unis
www.evergyinc.com
