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Position : Parts Manager/Maintenance Parts Engineer
Location: Hickory NC 28601
Shift :- M-F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 40 hours a week
Contract Duration: 11 Months with possibility of extension
Role Highlights:
• Identify top 10–20 critical assets based on downtime and operational impact
• Develop minimum viable spare parts lists for critical equipment
• Capture parts used on work orders and link them to asset records in the CMMS
• Conduct field inspections and use photos to verify parts where documentation is missing
• Reduce stockouts by focusing on high-risk, high-use, and long lead-time items
• Build and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) for rotating and critical equipment (motors, pumps, gearboxes)
• Identify long lead-time components and support appropriate stocking decisions
• Standardize common spare parts across similar assets where possible
• Validate spare parts information with maintenance technicians to capture tribal knowledge
• Identify obsolete, superseded, or redundant parts
• Support implementation of a criticality-based stocking strategy:
• Critical Spares (Always Stock)
• Operational Spares (Stock Based on Usage)
• Non-Critical Spares (Order on Demand)
• Obsolete/Legacy Parts (Special Handling)
• Participate in quarterly reviews of spare parts accuracy, usage, and inventory levels
• Help establish documentation standards for new and existing assets
Role Highlights:
• 7 years of experience
• Experience in maintenance, inventory, storeroom, or industrial operations
• Working knowledge of mechanical and electrical spare parts
• Familiarity with CMMS/EAM systems and work order processes
• Strong attention to detail and ability to organize technical information
• Ability to work cross-functionally with maintenance and procurement teams
• Comfortable working in the field as well as with systems and data
• Experience building or maintaining asset BOMs
• Background in manufacturing, processing, utilities, or heavy industry
• Understanding of spare parts criticality and lead-time risk