Manager Maintenance

alliantenergy; Clear Lake (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliant Energy in Emery Generating Station seeks a Manager Maintenance to lead a skilled maintenance team at a modern combined-cycle natural gas facility near Clear Lake, IA. You’ll oversee work management, preventive maintenance, outage coordination, and drive continuous improvement to plant performance. Residency within 45–60 minutes is required. The role emphasizes hiring, budgeting, safety, and collaboration to support reliable operations.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience with frontline teams.
• Budgeting and cost control skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration.
• Safety-focused with continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team to ensure safe, reliable plant operation.
• Develop, implement and monitor maintenance plans and budgets.
• Coordinate with operations, engineering, procurement, and finance.
• Oversee work order management and reporting.
• Support outage coordination and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Strategic planning

Safety culture

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Process controls (Provox)

Job description

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. 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.

Job Summary

If you're looking for a leadership role where people genuinely look out for one another, Emery Generating Station offers a close-knit, safety-focused culture that feels like family. This Manager Maintenance position provides the opportunity to lead and develop a skilled maintenance team while supporting the reliability of a modern combined-cycle natural gas facility. You'll be involved in everything from work management and preventive maintenance planning to outage coordination and continuous improvement initiatives that directly impact plant performance.

Residency Requirement: Candidates must reside within approximately 45 to 60 minutes of Emery Generating Station in Clear Lake, Iowa.

What you will do

• 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.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Required Experience

• 5 years of related experience
• 3 years supervisory experience or equivalent.

Other Requirements

• Support and foster a culture of belonging while demonstrating a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity.
• Prefer that the candidate live within 45 minutes of the plant.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of process controls (Provox, Mark V, etc.) preferred. Demonstrated effective leadership skills.
• Demonstrated financial skills such as budgeting and basic accounting.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Key Skills

Asset Life Cycle Management - Condition Monitoring - Continual Improvement Process - Records Management - Systems Performance Monitoring - Generation Dispatch Estimation - Incident Management - Occupational Health and Safety Management - Operations Management - Resource Opt