Meet DES Team Member
Ben Alig
Employee Spotlight: Operations Supervisor Ben Alig
As the operations supervisor for Metro DES, Ben Alig is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the plant. This includes monitoring all of the boilers and chillers, ensuring routine maintenance and rotation of equipment, managing employee scheduling and maintaining the safety of the facility and employees. He is an employee of Constellation Energy Projects and Services Group (CEPS), the contractor that manages DES for Metro.Alig worked for Metro Nashville at the Thermal Transfer Corporation for 29 years before joining CEPS in 2004. His start in the district energy business was as a crane operator. He later became an auxiliary operator, and worked his way to operations supervisor when the DES plant opened. An Orange County, Calif., native, Alig has lived in Middle Tennessee since 1969. He has been married to his wife, Lynn, for 35 years. They have two children, Adam, 31, and Tonya, 29, and four grandchildren.“The day-to-day plant operations are generally smooth,” Alig said. “We have new equipment, and it’s really just a matter of keeping things running. My main goal is to help everyone do their jobs. If I do that, we shouldn’t have any problems.”