PPCM TECHNICIAN

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a PPCM Technician to plan, schedule, and control maintenance activities, ensuring operational efficiency, adherence to preventive maintenance schedules, and reduction of production downtime. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic involvement in industrial maintenance planning and control. 2. Integration with production and suppliers to ensure quality and productivity. 3. Management of resources and technologies for continuous improvement of the manufacturing area. **Description** We are seeking a **PPCM Technician** to perform planning, scheduling, and control of maintenance activities, ensuring equipment efficiency, compliance with preventive maintenance schedules, and reduction of production downtime. This professional will be responsible for integrating maintenance, production, and supplier departments, guaranteeing quality, productivity, and safety within the industrial environment. **Responsibilities and Duties** Plan, guide, and assign maintenance activities according to established guidelines, goals, and programs; Develop the preventive and predictive maintenance calendar and plans for company machinery and equipment—including mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and refrigeration systems—by reviewing the latest inspections, assessing maintenance team availability, and confirming machine release feasibility with production, entering all records into the system following defined procedures to minimize interference with production processes while complying with preventive maintenance requirements; Oversee implementation, execution, and monitoring of preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance programs, as well as provide support and guidance for third-party service providers; Manage human resources within the department—including training, performance evaluation, and discipline—and administer absences, vacations, and other procedures related to team structuring, maintenance, and motivation, consulting with the immediate supervisor on key decisions; Coordinate with involved departments to negotiate preventive maintenance dates; Monitor routine maintenance checklists—whether performed or requested by production—and archive documents per established guidelines; Register new machinery and equipment data in the system, updating, modifying, and standardizing preventive maintenance procedures for identical parts and devices; Create and print identification labels for machinery and equipment, requesting their physical installation; Transfer information from the computerized system to spreadsheets or text editors to generate and issue reports and controls as needed or upon request; Liaise with suppliers to identify solutions for equipment defects and explore new technologies that improve manufacturing quality and productivity through internal meetings or specific technical visits; Contact third-party service providers when necessary to assist with electrical, mechanical, or similar maintenance tasks, minimizing machine downtime to restore production; Oversee development, execution, and monitoring of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, as well as provide support and guidance for third-party service providers; Account for service results and statistics—analyzing unproductive hours and overtime reports—to quantify and validate cost-benefit outcomes; Maintain and update industrial maintenance records and develop and analyze performance indicators for result tracking; Comply with occupational health and safety standards, using appropriate PPE and executing training and instruction procedures to ensure personal and others' safety; Perform other duties as required and at the discretion of the immediate supervisor. **Requirements and Qualifications** Completed technical education in Industrial Mechanics, Electromechanics, or related fields. Prior experience as a PPCM Technician in an industrial setting; Familiarity with ERP systems—Protheus preferred;