Job title: Data Analyst 
Location: Houston, TX, 77079
Duration: 12 months

Description:

• The Data Analyst serves as a data steward, technical advisor, and operational partner—ensuring that asset data is reliable, actionable, and supports the organization’s maintenance and asset management goals.
• Responsible for managing, analyzing, and interpreting Asset and Location data within IBM’s Maximo Asset Management system.
• This role supports the organization’s asset management and maintenance operations by ensuring data integrity, generating actionable insights, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
• You will work closely with maintenance, engineering, and IT teams to optimize asset lifecycle management and improve operational efficiency.
• Additionally, the role involves accurately loading/importing, validating, and maintaining asset and location records within the Maximo system.

Key Responsibilities:

• gather and prepare data from various sources for upload, map source data to Maximo fields, perform quality checks, and troubleshoot data discrepancies.
• Validate and ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency within Maximo.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data needs, automate workflows, and streamline reporting processes.
• Extract, clean, and analyze data from the Maximo Asset Management system to support business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with site teams and Maximo users to gather required information and resolve any data-related issues, supporting both initial data loads and ongoing updates.
• Assist with troubleshooting and resolving Maximo-related data issues.
• Provide recommendations based on data trends and predictive analytics to optimize preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Support system upgrades, configuration changes, and data migration initiatives for Maximo.
• Train users on automated data entry, reporting tools, and best practices for maintaining data quality.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and metrics for asset performance, maintenance activities, and compliance.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate should have experience working with IBM Maximo or similar Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities
• Be proficient in SQL, Microsoft Excel, and data visualization tools such as Power BI
• Additionally, they should understand asset management, maintenance processes, and reliability principles, communicate technical information effectively to non-technical stakeholders
• Show attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and be able to explain issues and resolutions to both technical and non-technical staff
• With a degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Business, or a related technical discipline, or 8+ years of equivalent experience.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 55.00/hr.