Maintenance service programming and control technician - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Maintenance service programming and control technician earn

A Maintenance service programming and control technician earns between $1.623 and $8.371 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.475 and a median salary of $2.903 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 8.550 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • other mid-level technicians
• • • middle level technicians in industrial operations
• • • • production planning and control technicians

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Main workplaces

Production Planning and Control Technicians they work in different types of industrial, commercial and service companies, focusing on construction companies, the chemical and petrochemical industry, the manufacture of textile products, pulp, paper and paper products, in the automobile complex, among others. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, who organize themselves into a team, under occasional supervision. They usually work in shifts. Some of the activities they carry out may be subject to noise, high temperatures, radiation, dust and toxic material.

What does it take to work in the field of Production Planning and Control Technicians

The exercise of these occupations requires a mid-level technical course in the area of activity. The full performance of activities occurs after one or two years of experience.

Functions and activities of Maintenance service programming and control technician

Production Planning and Control Technicians must:

Activities

carry out available resources survey;
define supplies (raw materials and inputs);
schedule preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance;
define safety stock for each item;
analyze production capacity;
define contingency plan;
analyze production orders;
allocate resources (human, material and inputs);
identify production requirements;
establish production sequence;
define corrective actions;
assist in the definition of work instructions;
inspect supplies (raw materials and inputs);
relate;
keep records;
forecast production stops;
demonstrate holistic vision ability;
register input and output of materials and inputs;
show logical reasoning;
identify alternative suppliers;
set production schedule;
make information available;
make information available;
monitor production flow;
set production priorities;
adapt;
request supplies (raw materials and inputs);
define the layout of the production process;
use quality tools;
collect production data;
scaling human resources;
demonstrate flexibility;
set control parameters;
elaborate control charts and reports;
specify resources from related areas;
update information;
quantify production volumes by periods;
interacting with customers and suppliers;
define inspection routines;
classify supplies (raw materials and inputs);
identify deviations in the production process;
show creativity;
show initiative;
rearrange production mix;
demonstrate dynamism;
scaling utilities (steam, water, compressed air and electricity);
propose improvements in machinery and equipment;
predict maintenance downtime;
demonstrate commitment;
propose improvements in the production process;
demonstrate critical sense;
propose alternative supplies;
define transportation, handling, storage and distribution of raw materials prime and supplies;
formalize production plan;
develop maintenance schedule;

Sectors that hire Maintenance service programming and control technician the most in the job market

• engineering services
• temporary labor lease
• iron ore mining
• electrical installation and maintenance
• industrial assembly works
• business management consulting activities
• manufacture of raw sugar
• information technology consulting
• manufacture of alcohol
• maintenance and repair of other machinery and equipment for industrial uses