Maintenance Tech

Nextdeavor • Irvine, CA

63d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Maintenance Tech responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability and keep production on schedule. The position operates onsite in Irvine, CA, and directly impacts uptime, safety, and resource utilization. The Maintenance Tech will work closely with Operations, Engineering, EHS, and Procurement.

Requirements

• Two years of maintenance planning/scheduling, maintenance coordination, or production support experience in a computerized environment.
• Working knowledge of CMMS/EAM systems (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo, EAM, or equivalent) and maintenance workflows (PM/PdM/CM).
• Understanding of maintenance resource and capacity planning and familiarity with MRO spares and basic MRP concepts.
• Ability to read and interpret routings, job plans, schematics, P&IDs, and blueprints.
• Proficiency with Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform standing/walking tasks as required.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to work collaboratively.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with dashboards/reporting preferred.
• Exposure to reliability/maintenance frameworks (e.g., TPM, RCM).
• Familiarity with KPIs such as PM compliance, backlog, MTBF/MTTR.
• Experience coordinating contractors and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain the CMMS with accurate work orders, asset, and parts data.
• Stage, prioritize, and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance to meet production windows.
• Develop weekly and daily maintenance schedules and coordinate planned shutdowns/turnarounds.
• Monitor and resolve short-term capacity conflicts and manage contractor/vendor scheduling.
• Create, split, and update work orders; coordinate inspections, sign-offs, and proper closeout documentation.
• Track job progress across maintenance shops and external vendors; escalate discrepancies and delays.
• Coordinate release and kitting of materials, spares, and consumables to support scheduled work.
• Serve as liaison between Maintenance, EHS, and Operations to align maintenance windows with production demand.
• Prepare and deliver status updates and reports on job progress, backlog, PM compliance, and reliability metrics.

Benefits

• Health, vision and dental benefits for contract employees
• Paid sick leave eligibility is contingent on state of residence
• Optional 401k Plan (excludes employer match)
• Opportunity to get your foot in the door at a well-established corporation, with potential for extended or permanent full-time employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed