Spares Technician

The role

The Spares Specialist supports the maintenance team by managing spare parts inventory, executing purchasing transactions, and coordinating rental equipment. This work is performed at the Battery Materials Campus in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

What you will do

• Perform receiving, stocking, and disbursement of maintenance spare parts and materials
• Create work orders in Limble CMMS for technicians
• Process purchase orders in Oracle ERP for maintenance parts and consumables
• Track order status and coordinate with vendors on delivery and invoicing
• Identify suppliers for parts when standard vendors are unavailable
• Perform inventory counts in coordination with the Maintenance Supervisor and technicians
• Coordinate rental equipment scheduling, pickup, return, inspections, and repair arrangements
• Report vendor performance concerns to the Global Supply Management team
• Flag budget variances to the Production Engineering Manager
• Document outstanding receiving and create Limble CMMS work orders for the oncoming shift

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1–2 years of experience in parts management, purchasing, stores, or a related function or equivalent time as a maintenance technician
• Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, or welding systems as applied in an industrial maintenance environment
• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) purchasing system
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for work order and inventory management
• Ability to follow established purchasing and inventory procedures accurately and consistently
• Effective communication skills to coordinate with technicians, engineers, supervisors, and external vendors
• Ability to complete shift-end documentation and handoff tasks

Nice to have

• Technical or vocational training in supply chain, procurement, materials management, or a maintenance trade
• Oracle experience
• Limble experience

About the company

Redwood Materials is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries. The company has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world.