Maintenance Manager

Itron · South Carolina

Level: Manager
Team: Reliability
Travel: 10%
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 5+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 3 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management reliability role at Itron (industrial) in South Carolina. Plan, execute, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance programs to enhance equipment availability, reliability, and process control.

They ask for: 5+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Lean, Kaizen, TPM, Root cause
Day to day: about 10% travel

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How this role compares

Against 16 other live reliability postings in South Carolina.

Experience asked: Typical (5+ years)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Root cause 53%
EHS / safety 24%
FMEA 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Lean, Kaizen, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

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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

✓5+ years of maintenance management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
✓Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field.
✓Experience with equipment reliability programs, energy optimization initiatives, and spare parts standardization.
✓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.
✓Background supporting technology‑enabled operations within the Utilities & Energy sector.

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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 is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

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