Maintenance Planner

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimization (ES&O) is the leading global energy storage optimizer. Our mission is to deliver integrated energy solutions that build a resilient, intelligent, and flexible energy infrastructure - unlocking the way to an optimized renewable future. By integrating renewables, energy management technology, and storage with traditional energy resources, we reinvent clean energy production from the largest and most complex grids to the most remote and essential microgrids. We play a key role in Wärtsilä’s vision towards a 100% renewable energy future through flexibility, reliability, and integration and a more sustainable world for us all.

The position of ES&O Maintenance Planner for the America's region is responsible for creating maintenance plans for existing ESS customers with service agreements. This includes creating and maintaining annual maintenance plans, parts lists, and work schedules. A successful candidate will be comfortable working with several projects in different geographical locations and time zones. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter that can work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team. The candidate should thrive in a fast paced, constantly changing environment while the industry and company go through substantial growth.

The main location for this position is Houston, Texas or Santiago, Chile although other locations may be considered. 

Education Requirement:
•   Must have a BSc in Mechanical or Electrical, or relevant work experience in Energy Storage and Renewables.

Accountabilities:
•    Prepare and maintain maintenance plans for contractual equipment
•    Ensure maintenance plans are executed according to time schedule and work scope 

Main Responsibilities:

•    Create contract lifetime maintenance plan 
•    Update annual and detailed maintenance plans for the assigned contracts and prepare input for annual financial maintenance planning. 
•    Proactively seek for performance improvement possibilities and ensure operational and technical improvements are proposed. Create the sales opportunities in CRM, or if part of contract, in maintenance management tool.  
•    Act timely that the availability required spare parts, exchange parts, field service resources and required maintenance tools for maintenance tasks are at installation as per maintenance plan.
•    Monitor site spare part inventory if applicable
•    Monitor that the maintenance tasks are executed within the targeted time, and the Wärtsilä Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental Guidelines are followed as well as Customer Site Procedures.
•    Communication and reporting with Contract Managers and customers around maintenance management. 
•    May assist in and / or provide input to the formulation, development and/or revision of operating policies, procedures, and strategies for the organization, as appropriate.
•    Provide project status updates to Manager of Life Cycle management and senior management team
•    Collaborate with internal fields services team to schedule work.
•    Create and maintain core maintenance plans for all ES&O products.
•    Retrieve up to date spare part data from all battery, PCS vendors.

Development Responsibilities:

•    Participate in the development of efficient maintenance management planning and execution 

General Skills:
•    Cost awareness & effectiveness
•    Cultural knowledge
•    Teamwork skills
•    Wärtsilä Quality, safety & environment skills
•    Workplace ICT equipment & applications

Professional Skills:

•   Maintenance Management
•   Customer understanding
•   Cyber security
•   Energy Storage knowledge
•   Scheduled maintenance
•   Auxiliary system knowledge

Last application date: 13/05/2024 

Why you and us:

You will be a part of a global organization with local presence and work in an exciting and dynamic working environment with highly motivated and skilled co-workers. We offer interesting and challenging work tasks, as well as personal and professional development in a great team. If you feel excited by being a part of this working environment and think your personal skills and qualities match the job requirements, we look forward to receiving your job application. At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

We are not accepting unsolicited submissions from 3rd party recruitment agencies.

Successful applicant must be authorized to work in the USA or Chile without sponsorship. We look forward to hearing from you. Qualified candidates must apply online: https://www.wartsila.com/careers

Individuals hired for positions that require on-site customer interactions and/or in-person travel may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or other country-specific vaccinations, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Wärtsilä North America values our employees. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Wärtsilä North America is an EOE/AA employer.

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