SAP Specialist - Plant Maintenance

About the role

SWJ Technology specializes in providing engineering, planning, and project management services across various industries. We are currently seeking an SAP Specialist - Plant Maintenance - for a client in the automotive industry, specializing in car manufacturing. This role is a contractor to direct hire position based in Blythewood, SC that requires onsite presence and occasional travel. If you’re eager to grow your career and make a meaningful impact on exciting projects, we look forward to your application.

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 works closely with maintenance, IT, automation, industrial engineering, and other internal stakeholders to ensure effective maintenance processes and operational efficiency.

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or another technical field
• 4+ years of professional maintenance experience in an industrial environment; automotive production experience preferred
• Equivalent relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Demonstrated expertise in production and maintenance systems such as SAP or another maintenance system

Required Skills

• 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

Preferred Skills

• Automotive experience, including OEM and Tier 1 environments
• Knowledge and experience with Risk Management and