Maintenance Planner

Alcoa Corporation; Portland; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Novated car lease

Employee share plan

Superannuation options

Career development opportunities

Long-term progression

Inclusive culture

Safety priority

Job summary

Alcoa Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Planner to join our Portland Aluminium team. You will maximise maintenance and process effectiveness by planning all scheduled activities before work begins, integrating manufacturing and financial requirements into a robust Maintenance Plan.

You will develop weekly plans, coordinate resources, and support daily planning to ensure timely completion while driving safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement across the maintenance group.

Qualifications

• Mechanical (Fitting & Turning) or Electrical Trade Certificate or Degree is advantageous.
• Planning experience is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with all levels.
• Commitment to environment, health and safety in the workplace.
• Attention to detail, organisation and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to coordinate multiple project/planning initiatives within the maintenance group.
• Experience in heavy industry and use of computer-based maintenance systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Developing weekly plans and facilitating weekly planning meetings in line with Alcoa planning processes.
• Supporting daily planning processes, making information available to ensure successful work execution in a timely and effective manner as well as capturing outcomes.
• Ensuring people, parts and processes are available for maintenance activities in a timely manner.
• Contributing to maintenance efficiency and effectiveness by participating in reviews of major activities, seeking improvements, reporting on such activities and initiating action where appropriate.
• Assisting in financial budget preparation, forecasting and maintenance strategies; ensuring long-term activity schedules are accurate and up to date.
• Applying problem solving and analysing skills to isolate, diagnose and resolve equipment/process related problems.
• Utilising core operating principles and processes to define failure modes and understand mean time to failure of systems.
• Actively direct and participate in planned outages and performance improvement programs.
• Oversee relevant Mechanical Maintenance Crews.
• Achieve sustained improvements through leadership of the problem-solving process and application of business systems.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Budget forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Safety compliance

Education

Mechanical (Fitting & Turning) or Electrical Trade Certificate or Degree

Tools

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Job description

We are seeking a Maintenance Planner to join our team at Portland Aluminium. As a Planner at our Portland Smelter, you are responsible for maximising maintenance and process effectiveness and efficiency by planning all scheduled activities prior to the commencement of a job. This involves safely integrating manufacturing and financial requirements into an effective Maintenance Plan. The Maintenance Planner strives to continuously improve productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through effective planning and co-ordination.

Other responsibilities include:

• Developing weekly plans and facilitating weekly planning meetings in line with Alcoa planning processes.
• Supporting daily planning processes, making information available to ensure successful work execution in a timely and effective manner as well as capturing outcomes.
• Ensuring people, parts and processes are available for maintenance activities in a timely manner.
• Contributing to maintenance efficiency and effectiveness by participating in reviews of major activities, seeking improvements, reporting on such activities and initiating action where appropriate.
• Assisting in financial budget preparation, forecasting and maintenance strategies; ensuring long-term activity schedules are accurate and up to date.
• Applying problem solving and analysing skills to isolate, diagnose and resolve equipment/process related problems.
• Utilising core operating principles and processes to define failure modes and understand mean time to failure of systems.
• Actively direct and participate in planned outages and performance improvement programs.
• Oversee relevant Mechanical Maintenance Crews.
• Achieve sustained improvements through leadership of the problem-solving process and application of business systems.

What's on offer

• Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.
• Career development opportunities to pursue your passions.
• Enjoy continuous, long term career progression opportunities.
• Join us to advance our diverse, inclusive and high-performing culture.
• Safety is our top priority - our days start and finish with it.

What you can bring to the role

• A Mechanical (Fitting & Turning) or Electrical Trade Certificate or Degree is advantageous however applicants with planning experience desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills that enable you to establish relationships and communicate with ease, at all levels of the organisation.
• Dedication to environment, health and safety in the workplace and the ability to actively contribute to safety improvement initiatives.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to co-ordinate multiple project/planning initiatives within the maintenance group.
• Experience in heavy industry and the use of computer-based maintenance systems is advantageous.

Additional information

• Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considered.
• You will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview, this process can take up to four weeks from the closing date.