Team Lead Shift Operations

Team Lead Shift Operations at Alliant Energy Corporation summary :

The Team Lead Shift Operations at Alliant Energy oversees coal yard and fuel operations at the Columbia plant, managing union-represented employees and ensuring safety and efficiency. This leadership role involves hiring, performance management, safety enforcement, and compliance with environmental and operational standards. The position requires experience in industrial or manufacturing environments with a focus on continuous improvement and collaborative team leadership.

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

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Other Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Key Skills

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range : $83,000-$114,000

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

It's not just what we do; it's how we do it.

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Alliant Energy and its subsidiaries are committed to creating a culture of belonging and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Disclaimer :

The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email

Keywords :

shift operations, team leadership, coal yard management, union labor management, safety compliance, plant operations, process improvement, industrial operations, asset management, energy generation