Job Description

Company Description
About Us: Invinity Energy Systems (LON: IES) Invinity Energy Systems is the leading global manufacturer of modular vanadium flow batteries for utility-scale energy storage deployments that unlock low-cost, low-carbon renewable energy on demand for businesses, industry, and electricity networks around the world. Safe, reliable, durable, and economical, Invinity\xe2\x80\x99s flow batteries are the most commercially proven alternative to lithium-ion and help to accelerate global progress towards Net Zero. We have commercial projects in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, with office locations in Vancouver, BC, and Bathgate, Scotland, London, UK, and San Francisco, California.


In this role as Maintenance Planner you will develop programs and plans to perform corrective and preventive maintenance to ensure continued performance and availability of deployed systems. You will own the maintenance planning for systems deployed around the world and will contribute to the operational goal of increasing availability and lowering maintenance costs. Reporting to the Director of Customer Operations and working closely alongside all members of the Customer Operations team, you will scope and schedule the on-site work by incorporating maintenance plans, customer feedback, issues reports, and system operational data while ensuring appropriate logistic elements are in place to support the planned work. We are looking for someone who is safety-focused, who understands field maintenance and what it takes to deliver this effectively.

• Prepare maintenance plans and schedules that integrate customer and Invinity maintenance and operational goals
• Coordinate plans and schedules with the project managers, other departments, and customers to reduce costs, downtime, and inconvenience to customers
• Raise work orders and ensure appropriate resources (materials, tools, trained personnel, logistic support, etc.) are available to perform the work
• Manage the global spares pool and optimize sparing levels as appropriate
• Manage the RMA process and the disposition/repair of returned materials
• Manage company tools and equipment, including calibration and new tool development
• Investigate issues in the company\xe2\x80\x99s maintenance management system (MMS) and ensure issues raised are managed through to completion
• Ensure records of maintenance issues are complete and entered in the MMS
• Create procedures on the completion of maintenance tasks and develop budgets and quotes for maintenance activities (parts, materials, travel, etc.)
• Assist and support the Customer Operations Management

Qualifications
Essential experience, skills, and qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning for electrical or mechanical equipment
• Formal training in electrical or mechanical systems, or a minimum of two years of relevant experience, ideally in a field service environment
• Understanding of electrical/mechanical maintenance practices
• Ability to produce thorough and accurate service reports and other supporting documentation and procedures
• Project Management skills

Desirable experience, skills, and qualifications

• Experience in renewable energy generation, inverter/rectifier systems, or energy storage
• Electrical, crane, and forklift safety
• Health and safety training

Additional Information
Is helping the world transition to renewable energy exciting to you? Join us! Come and be part of a dynamic, global company where the team works with passion but not ego.