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Amentum · 13 hours ago

Reliability Planning Analyst (RPA)

Amentum is seeking a Reliability Planning Analyst I to support their team of multi-skilled technicians in a manufacturing and office environment. The role focuses on improving workforce productivity and work quality through effective planning and coordination of maintenance work controls processes.

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Responsibilities

Upholds safety, health, and environmental procedures; communicates directly; and supports the EHS policies to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA and Company and Site-Specific rules and regulations always
Acts as the principal liaison between the maintenance department and operation planning
Maximizes resources by identifying parts, materials, special tools, external services, rentals and documentation by establishing, maintaining and improving the maintenance planning and scheduling flow and process tasks
Receives and reviews all planned work orders from the requesting departments. Reviews and screens each work order to verify proper completion with all required information
Examines planned work orders and determines scope and best practices to accomplish work
Identifies work requiring engineering and design and reviews with proper entities
Escalates issues to the Reliability Manager for work that requires special tools, personnel or special approvals
Develops full scope and extent of work required, including cost and time required to conduct the relevant repair, preventive, predictive, and improvement maintenance activities of the plant equipment, buildings and grounds
Prepares job plans for scheduling, detailing parts, materials, special tools and external services and documentation with planned costs. Job plans to include the sequencing of associated tasks
Performs root cause analysis for continuous improvement
Initiates and implements best practices with emphasis on planning/scheduling the preventive and predictive maintenance work
Analyzes unplanned work orders and occurrences for incorporation into corrective and preventive actions
Ensures that all maintenance personnel understand the work instructions using a procedures-based maintenance strategy and best practices for all maintenance tasks
Ensures maintenance personnel update and close each work order when completed
Prepares reports, collects and analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance and operations related problems
Maximizes equipment reliability and availability through effective use of planned maintenance to quickly return equipment to design capacity and develops effective and applicable procedures to ensure defect free quality maintenance work
Develops maintenance work schedule for affected areas including PM, PDM and Service Work Orders (SWOs)
Develops and adheres to prioritization of work tasks
Performs post job reviews to ensure actual work performed and post repair operation is satisfactory
Identifies and changes scope of PM or PDM (based on activity results) and SWO
Maintains the CMMS while managing and tracking work orders, backlog, and spare parts and creates a machine history of plant equipment and reallocates resources as required
Coordinates with Site Maintenance Manager and Operations to schedule workforce and resources for workforce and cost optimization
Develops a system of planned job packages for recurring tasks
Identifies, secures, and preplaces all parts and materials required to complete the work by providing stores with a Bill of Material for the work orders and kit of parts for maximum efficiency
Creates a critical spares list and procures or identifies sources for procurement to reduce lead times
Continuously improves, changes the job estimate, planning and scheduling process by utilizing feedback from maintenance team (PM optimization)
Maintains accurate metrics on the performance of planning and scheduling functions and provides information for continuous improvement
Demonstrates a strong understanding of skilled crafts such as HVAC, Mechanics, Electrical, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Plumbing, Pipe Fitting, Cranes, etc
Tracks performance metrics such as schedule compliance, PM compliance, mean time between failure, planning maintenance vs. reactive maintenance, backlog, etc
May be required to travel locally to other locations for support

Qualification

CMMS proficiencyPreventive maintenance planningContinuous improvement techniquesTechnical degreeFacility Planning experienceSafety culture understandingMicrosoft Office proficiencyCommunication skillsOrganization skillsTime management skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience
Two years of Facility Planning experience

Preferred

Proficiency in a CMMS such as Maximo, SAP, or an equivalent program
Preventive and/or Predictive maintenance planning experience
Ability to coordinate parts and assign the appropriate skilled labor to ensure successful completion
Ability to write processes and procedures related to facility maintenance work
Practical experience with continuous improvement techniques such as Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance, Six Sigma, 5S, Toyota Production Systems
Demonstrated understanding of an effective safety culture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
Demonstrated skills in organization and time management

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance

Company

Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.

H1B Sponsorship

Amentum has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (6)
2024 (2)
2023 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$321.16M
2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Ajay Nagar
Vice President
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Darren Burton
Chief People Officer
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