Maintenance Materials Engineer

Maintenance Materials Engineer

Specialization: Spare Parts, BOM Management & SAP Master Data

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Location: Chennai & Vadodara

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Materials Engineer to support maintenance readiness through accurate spare-parts identification, reliable material master data and effective material coordination.

The role involves validating equipment and functional-location Bills of Materials (BOMs), reviewing technical documentation, resolving material-data issues and coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure materials are available for planned maintenance activities.

Key Responsibilities

Spare-Parts Identification and Technical Review

• Identify material and spare-parts requirements for maintenance work packages.
• Review manufacturer manuals, drawings, Spare Parts Interchangeability Records (SPIRs) and vendor documentation to confirm part specifications, manufacturer references and required quantities.
• Resolve missing or unclear spare-parts information in coordination with Engineering, Maintenance and vendors.

Material Master and BOM Management

• Validate material masters, equipment BOMs and functional-location BOMs for accuracy, completeness and consistency.
• Identify missing, duplicate, obsolete or inconsistent material and BOM records.
• Support material-master creation and updates in accordance with established naming conventions, classification standards and approval processes.
• Support spare-parts standardization and interchangeability reviews, ensuring proposed substitutions receive appropriate technical approval.

Material Availability and Procurement Coordination

• Coordinate material availability and reservations against maintenance requirements and schedules.
• Identify material shortages and work with relevant teams to resolve constraints.
• Support purchase requisitions and purchase-order readiness by ensuring technical specifications, quantities and supporting documentation are complete.
• Coordinate with Planning, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain and vendors to track outstanding material requirements.

Data Quality and Change Control

• Maintain traceable records of material-master and BOM changes, including supporting documentation and approvals.
• Follow established data-governance and change-control procedures.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen material-data quality and maintenance readiness.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• BE/B.Tech or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Production Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in maintenance materials, spare-parts data management or asset master-data support.
• Hands-on experience with material masters and equipment or functional-location BOMs.
• Working knowledge of SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), Materials Management (MM) and their integration.
• Experience interpreting manufacturer manuals, technical drawings, vendor documents and spare-parts records.
• Understanding of material availability checks, reservations, purchase requisitions and procurement coordination.

Core Competencies

• Material master and BOM management.
• Spare-parts identification and standardization.
• SAP PM/MM process understanding.
• Vendor-document and SPIR review.
• Material-data validation and duplicate identification.
• Interchangeability and substitution review support.
• Cross-functional coordination and problem-solving.
• Attention to detail, documentation and change traceability.