Maintenance Manager at Torus in Salt Lake City, UT

About Torus

Torus is headquartered in Utah and is expanding manufacturing at our 545,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City called GigaOne. We are the world’s first mesh energy infrastructure, uniting communities through resilient, sustainable, and intelligent power. We design, engineer, manufacture, install, and support our systems end-to-end, standing behind them throughout their lifecycle. Torus systems help reduce costs, lower emissions, and protect facilities from outages, while strengthening the security and reliability of the broader utility grid. Torus is committed to American manufacturing, engineering excellence, and building energy systems that last.

Torus has raised over $267 million from investors like Magnetar, Mercado, ICONIQ and Origin Ventures. The investments are helping to accelerate deployment of modular power plants across utilities, data centers, and industrial sectors. This investor confidence reflects the strength of our team, technology as well as the scale of the problem we are solving.

At Torus, you will be part of something larger than a single product or technology. Your work will help build energy infrastructure that supports and strengthens our electrical grid, critical systems, industry, and communities for decades to come. We value accountability, collaboration, and clear thinking. We are looking for people who want to solve hard problems and build things that matter.

About the Role

The Maintenance Manager will lead the development of a scalable maintenance function that supports Torus’s growing manufacturing operation. This role is intended to be a hands-on, working manager who can lead people while also bringing strong technical depth across industrial equipment, controls, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting. The person in this role will help build systems, improve uptime, strengthen accountability, and establish the maintenance discipline needed to support a high-value, complex equipment environment. This role is especially important as Torus continues standing up new machinery, refining PM programs, and reducing reactive maintenance across the shop.

Who You Are

• You are a hands-on maintenance leader who is comfortable teaching, training, and building a team while also solving technical problems directly.
• You bring structure, accountability, and urgency to maintenance operations without losing credibility on the shop floor.
• You are highly organized and know how to build processes around preventative maintenance, downtime tracking, spare parts, and technician workflows.
• You are comfortable operating in a complex, high-tech manufacturing environment with a wide range of machinery and vendor interfaces.
• You can communicate clearly with technicians, vendors, and leadership, and you know how to drive follow-through across all three.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the maintenance function across the facility, including team leadership, technical direction, training, and process development.
• Serve as a working manager who can coach technicians while also directly supporting troubleshooting, diagnostics, and equipment recovery as needed.
• Build and improve preventative maintenance programs, technician accountability, and maintenance workflows to reduce reactive work and unplanned downtime.
• Oversee CMMS/CMS usage, including work tracking, maintenance planning, daily dashboards, and maintenance data accuracy.
• Lead daily standups, root cause analysis efforts, downtime reviews, and ongoing maintenance performance improvement activities.
• Manage critical spares strategy, inventory planning, max/min levels, and vendor relationships to support uptime and service readiness.
• Support troubleshooting and maintenance strategy across a diverse equipment base including laser systems, waterjets, sheet metal equipment, CNC-controlled machinery, and other complex industrial systems.
• Partner with facilities, production, engineering, and vendors to support maintenance planning, service coordination, and long-term equipment reliability.
• Help build and develop a department that can operate independently, solve problems proactively, and scale with the business.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of maintenance leadership or senior maintenance experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience as a hands-on maintenance leader, supervisor, or manager who can both lead people and contribute technically.
• Strong PLC and controls experience across multiple platforms, including Allen-Bradley and Siemens.
• Familiarity with controls concepts and languages including HMI/control narrative, structured text, function block, ladder logic, and diagnostics/troubleshooting.
• Experience with maintenance systems such as CMMS/CMS platforms; eMaint or similar systems strongly preferred.
• Experience with root cause analysis, downtime tracking, preventative maintenance planning, and OEE-related metrics.
• Experience supporting complex, high-value industrial equipment in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong organizational, communication, and vendor management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Studio 5000 and multi-platform PLC environments.
• Familiarity with sheet metal, tube laser, plate laser, waterjet, and other CNC-controlled fabrication equipment.
• Experience building or scaling a maintenance department in a fast-growing manufacturing organization.
• Familiarity with critical spares programs, vendor-managed inventory, and automated replenishment practices.
• Associate degree, technical degree, trade certifications, or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Additional Details

Background Check All candidates are subject to a background check.

Location + Travel The role is based at our Salt Lake Headquarters, GigaOne. May require occasional onsite work in our South Salt Lake R&D warehouse. Schedule Full-Time, Salaried

Compensation $120,000 - $160,000 (Note: We have the flexibility to hire at different levels, which may impact the corresponding pay range.)

Work Authorization Applicants must already have the legal authorization to work in the US without requiring any employer sponsorship.

Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to safely lift and move objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Must be capable of standing, bending, and executing repetitive tasks for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to read, identify, observe and recognize details, color-coding and fine print at close range on associated engineering drawings.
• Ability to don personal protective equipment to include, but not limited to, respiratory protective equipment with proper seal, coveralls, ear protection, gloves, eye protection & safety helmet.
• Ability to observe, detect and respond to audible and visual machine malfunction warnings.
• Ability to communicate information so others can understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Must report to work reliably and with the ability to use full and unimpaired skills and judgment to safely execute your job.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English required.

Our Perks & Benefits

Benefits eligibility is based on employment status.

Financial

• Employee Rewards Package including equity
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Torus paid life and AD&D Insurance with option to purchase additional coverage
• Voluntary short- and long-term disability insurance

Health & Wellness

• Health Benefits Package: Choice between traditional PPO or HSA-eligible medical plans with Torus covering 50% of medical premiums; Dental insurance; and Vision insurance
• Plan participants have access to telehealth services, mental health support and coaching, and exclusive discounts on brands, dining, entertainment, and more.

Time Off

• Unlimited discretionary PTO
• 10 paid company holidays
• Waiting period-free 100% paid parental leave

Culture & Community

• Regular company-wide offsites to showcase our progress and learnings. A time to step back, think strategically, and work on the business together.
• Team members receive Torus branded gear
• Peer Recognition Program
• Fully stocked break rooms with free snacks and drinks. Because great work deserves great fuel.

Torus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Torus participates in E-Verify. Once you accept a job offer, we will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from your Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.