Manager Maintenance

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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.

Alliant Energy is looking for an experienced maintenance leader with a proven track record in project management and expertise in maintenance database systems. You will drive operational excellence across our generating facility. We’re seeking a results‑oriented leader who can build and develop high‑performing teams, optimize maintenance workflows, and use data‑driven insights to strengthen plant reliability, safety, and long‑term asset performance. In this critical role, you’ll play a key part in coordinating cross‑functional priorities, advancing continuous improvement, and supporting our commitment to safe, reliable, and sustainable operations.

Manager Maintenance is responsible for planning, directing, and implementing all assigned maintenance activities in a safe and environmentally conscious manner with a keen focus on continuously improving competitive position and profitability. This position serves as a member of a plant’s management team.

• 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.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and improving maintenance activities in a generating plant environment.
• Responsible for the overall management and supervision of maintenance activities including ensuring the effective implementation of maintenance strategies, policies, and procedures to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the plant.
• Accountable for developing and implementing comprehensive long and short‑range maintenance plans. These plans involve analyzing equipment performance, identifying maintenance needs, scheduling preventive and corrective maintenance activities and coordinating with other departments to optimize plant availability and minimize downtime.
• Overall responsibility for work order management. Provide guidance and assistance to employees in preparing maintenance work requests. Review Work Orders for completeness and accuracy and ensure proper utilization of work management system.
• Collaborates closely with other departments, such as operations, engineering, procurement, and finance, to ensure seamless coordination and communication. This includes participating in cross‑functional meetings, sharing information, addressing operational challenges, and supporting the overall goals of the power plant.
• Prepare, recommend, and monitor maintenance budget and assist in planning capital budgets to ensure adequate funds for mechanical, electrical, control, and instrument maintenance requirements on an annual and 5‑year basis.
• Directly participates in the development of plant specific goals and objectives.
• Assists in overall budget planning for the plant and takes responsibility for developing, implementing, and explaining variances of the maintenance budget plan.
• 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.

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred

• 5 years of related experience
• 3 years…