Senior Manager Maintenance and Facilities

Acuity Brands, Inc.; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Brands, Inc. in Atlanta, GA seeks a Senior Manager Maintenance and Facilities to lead maintenance and facilities operations onsite. You will drive TPM, develop the maintenance team, and oversee safety, regulatory compliance, and capital planning to optimize asset performance and costs.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in maintenance leadership, strong mechanical/electrical skills, and proven budget and stakeholder management. Onsite role with travel 1-20% may be required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive maintenance and facilities leadership experience.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, resources, schedules, and capital projects.
• Strong expertise in mechanical, electrical, automation, facilities, EHS, quality, risk management.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams and safety focus.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making under pressure.
• Strong communication with employees, contractors, vendors, and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for maintenance and facilities operations.
• Drive TPM to improve reliability and operator ownership.
• Develop maintenance team capability through training and certifications.
• Control costs via asset reliability programs and optimized spare parts.
• Ensure facility safety, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee safety for contractors and coordination of hazard mitigation.
• Manage environmental compliance and emissions control equipment.
• Lead capital planning and investment prioritization for assets.
• Oversee budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditures for efficiency.

Skills

Maintenance Leadership

Budget Management

Mechanical & Electrical

Safety & EHS

Team Building

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Senior Manager Maintenance and Facilities

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com .

Job Summary

Provides strategic leadership for maintenance and facilities operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient performance of equipment, infrastructure, and utilities while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Maintain production and facility assets through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs while driving Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to improve reliability and operator ownership.
• Develop maintenance team capability through skills assessments, training programs, and technical certifications to support equipment reliability and operational readiness.
• Control maintenance and utility costs through asset reliability programs, root cause analysis, optimized spare parts inventory, equipment improvements, and energy reduction initiatives.
• Ensure facility safety and security through infrastructure planning, risk mitigation, and compliance programs, including fire protection, traffic management, access control, and site security measures.
• Ensure contractor safety and compliance by overseeing maintenance-related activities, enforcing site safety requirements, and coordinating hazard identification and mitigation programs.
• Ensure compliance with environmental local, state and federal regulations through the management, maintenance, testing, and inspection of pollution control systems and emissions control equipment.
• Ensure operator safety through machine safeguarding, risk assessments, safety-focused process design, and compliance with equipment safety standards and procedures.
• Ensure a safe work environment through OSHA compliance, safety program leadership, policy implementation, and integration of safety standards into plant operations.
• Capital Planning: Develop and execute capital plans, asset lifecycle strategies, and investment priorities for facilities, utilities, and production equipment to optimize reliability, lifecycle costs, and return on investment.
• Budget Management: Manage maintenance and facilities budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditures while optimizing costs, improving asset performance, and supporting operational efficiency.

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• 6+ years of progressive maintenance and facilities leadership experience.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, resources, schedules, and capital projects while achieving operational goals.
• Strong expertise in mechanical, electrical, automation, facilities, EHS, quality, risk management, and engineering standards.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams, driving safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess risks and act effectively under pressure.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, effectively collaborating with employees, contractors, vendors, and regulatory agencies.

Travel Requirements

• 1-20%

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accommodation in the Application Process: Acuity Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws requiring reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities in employment. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation in the application process. If you believe you need reasonable accommodation to assist with our online application system or any aspect of the application process, please contact Human Resources at [phone], and select option 4. Please be prepared to identify the requisition / position applied for and the aspect of the application process for which you believe accommodation is needed. The company will engage in an interactive process with you to better understand the request and to determine whether reasonable accommodation is needed and available.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Inc. from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Inc. employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Acuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor, but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.