SAP Specialist - Plant Maintenance

Swj Technology • Blythewood, SC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

SWJ Technology is seeking an SAP Specialist - Plant Maintenance for a client in the automotive industry. This role is a contractor to direct hire position based in Blythewood, SC, requiring onsite presence and occasional travel. The Specialist, SAP Plant Maintenance is responsible for the planning, configuration, implementation, support, and continuous improvement of the enterprise SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) platform. This role supports overall site maintenance needs and collaborates with maintenance, IT, automation, industrial engineering, and other internal stakeholders to ensure effective maintenance processes and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or another technical field. Equivalent relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 4+ years of professional maintenance experience in an industrial environment; automotive production experience preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in production and maintenance systems such as SAP or another maintenance system.
• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) and/or MM, or another maintenance system.
• Knowledge of work order management.
• Knowledge of work notification management.
• Knowledge of capacity planning and scheduling.
• Knowledge of technical objects, including: Equipment, Functional locations, Bills of Materials, Measuring points, Work centers, Task lists, Maintenance plans.
• Knowledge of document management systems and attachments.
• Knowledge of spare parts planning and inventory management.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance and analytics.
• Knowledge of mobility solutions such as Asset Manager and Work Manager.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Good communication skills.
• Autonomous working approach.
• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex production and IT landscape in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Project management experience.

Nice To Haves

• Automotive experience, including OEM and Tier 1 environments.
• Knowledge and experience with Risk Management and FMEA.
• Ability to identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency gains through the implementation of IT solutions and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Handle new design configurations in SAP S/4HANA for Plant Maintenance, focusing on overall site maintenance needs.
• Support the implementation of maintenance processes, including: Corrective Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Emergency Maintenance with workflow, Overhead Labor, Refurbishment Management, Project Order Maintenance, Service Order Management with Time and Materials Billing.
• Provide support for incidents, problems, and change requests related to Plant Maintenance, Quality Maintenance, and Project Systems.
• Lead Sprint Planning, Sprint Workshops, Build, Testing, and Training for the Plant Maintenance workstream.
• Lead initial requirements sessions and gather business and technical requirements to support Plant Maintenance configuration.
• Support and conduct training and lead testing sessions for Plant Maintenance.
• Provide end-to-end business responsibility for planning the enterprise SAP PM platform.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including automation, maintenance, IT, and industrial engineering, as well as external suppliers, to identify technological and business needs, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Define, realize, and manage reports critical to production and maintenance operations.
• Support commissioning and acceptance activities, including availability tests, training, open-point tracking, defect processing, final acceptance, and lessons learned.
• Support work order management, work notification management, capacity planning and scheduling, and maintenance-related system processes.
• Support technical objects including equipment, functional locations, bills of materials, measuring points, work centers, task lists, and maintenance plans.
• Support document management and attachments within the maintenance system.
• Support spare parts planning and inventory management.
• Support preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, analytics, and mobility solutions such as Asset Manager and Work Manager.

Benefits

• Contractor to direct hire position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level