by joyceinc | Sep 7, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Electric Power
Jeremy Young can remember the exact moment when he knew he wanted to get into the power industry. He was installing floor tiles. Two of his uncles taught him the craft, and he started doing the work part-time in high school. He was installing floor tile for about six...
by joyceinc | Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Renewable Energy
Kiera Nelson’s day literally starts with the sun. As a solar technician for Southern Power, Nelson’s necessary tasks working with solar inverters – the brains of a solar power installation – may start sooner in summer when the sun rises earlier or later in winter when...
by joyceinc | Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of
Isaiah Wattree started his job as an HR analyst at Evergy in May of 2020 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. “So I had to start remote,” he says, explaining that Evergy was created in 2018 as a result of a merger between Westar Energy and Kansas City Power &...
by joyceinc | Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Renewable Energy
Vern Cochran believes there are three areas for work that are extremely reliable – no matter what the economy is doing at the time. “People need to eat, people need fuel, and people need power,” he says. Cochran has worked in all three of these areas, but he believes,...
by joyceinc | Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of
Security sector jobs have changed. Today, those in security must think about enabling a business and helping it thrive, in addition to maintaining a secure facility. “Security touches all aspects of a business,” explains Brian Harrell, Vice President and Chief...