Sr. Maintenance Manager

Sr. Maintenance Manager Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us. We are seeking a collaborative, accountable, and people-focused Sr. Maintenance Manager to lead critical manufacturing assets and teams while driving safe, reliable, and innovative operations through continuous improvement at our West Union manufacturing facility. Duties & Responsibilities Lead, develop, and support a diverse team of approximately 40–45 maintenance professionals in a manufacturing environment, fostering an authentic, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Champion a customer-centric, safety-first mindset, ensuring all safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements are consistently met for people, equipment, and facilities. Align maintenance strategies with equipment criticality, operational risk, and business priorities to support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives. Plan, execute, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance programs to enhance equipment availability, reliability, and process control. Ensure timely and effective response to equipment breakdowns, using structured root cause analysis and corrective actions to deliver sustainable, long-term solutions. Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Kaizen, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and problem-solving methodologies to eliminate losses and improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost efficiency. Develop, track, and actively manage maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor performance, enable data-driven decisions, and support an agile improvement culture. Optimize maintenance costs through operational efficiency, effective energy management, disciplined spare parts consumption, and standardization practices. Oversee execution and full utilization of maintenance management systems, ensuring accurate data, standardized processes, and continuous system improvement. Proactively manage equipment lifecycle and obsolescence risks to support long-term reliability and innovation. Ensure resources are appropriately aligned by capability and staffing levels, executing training, succession, and development plans to build future-ready talent. Partner collaboratively with Operations, Engineering, and Technology teams to deliver reliable outcomes that support customer needs and business goals. Required Skills & Experience Minimum of five (5) years of maintenance management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment. Demonstrated leadership experience with a proven ability to engage teams, drive accountability, and deliver results through others. Strong strategic thinking skills, analytical capability, and a growth mindset focused on continuous improvement and innovation. Proven success developing employees through coaching, mentoring, and structured development planning. Experience executing maintenance strategies and performance management using maintenance management systems. Willingness and ability to work in a manufacturing environment while maintaining a customer-centric and safety-focused approach. Preferred Skills & Experience Technical degree in engineering, maintenance, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered. Experience implementing best-in-class predictive and proactive maintenance practices. Working knowledge of Lean, TPM, Kaizen, and root cause problem-solving methodologies. Experience with equipment reliability programs, energy optimization initiatives, and spare parts standardization. Background supporting technology-enabled operations within the Utilities & Energy sector. Benefits Info: This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial, social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more! This position is eligible for our 10% annual bonus. Travel: 0-10% Itron | Urbint