Mechanical Maintenance Planner

Overview

Shape Your World At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. Every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

The Mechanical Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and scheduling all mechanical maintenance work within assigned areas of the smelter. This role is central to maintaining coordination between production and maintenance teams, ensuring work is properly prepared, documented, and ready for safe and efficient execution. The planner maintains accurate records, facilitates meaningful analysis of work performed, and contributes directly to equipment reliability and operational excellence.

• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
  • Manage daily backlog for assigned area(s), ensuring alignment with production and customer needs.
  • Maintain a 2–4-week ready-to-execute backlog.
  • Provide accurate labor and cost estimates for planned work.
  • Conduct field walkdowns with craft personnel to develop comprehensive job packages.
• Job Package Development
  • Job packages must include:
    • Detailed job plans and work instructions
    • Required safety documentation
    • Kit contents and material lists
    • Required labor and craft assignments
    • Specialized tools/equipment
    • Necessary permits and drawings
• CMMS Management (Alcoa CMMS)
  • Utilize the CMMS proficiently for planning, purchasing, scheduling, and documentation.
  • Complete work orders to support equipment history accuracy.
  • Incorporate revisions, improvements, and requested changes into the system.
  • Update PM/PdM activities and maintain accuracy of Bill of Materials (BOMs).
• Kitting Coordination
  • Use BOMs and work instructions to initiate material kits.
  • Track kit status via daily management tools.
  • Coordinate with warehouse and procurement to ensure timely kit completion.
  • Verify all kits for content accuracy.
• Reliability Support
  • Maintain accurate equipment BOMs.
  • Support Reliability Engineers with requested tasks.
  • Ensure planned maintenance activities support reliability program initiatives.

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do. To be successful in this role we desire the following background:

• 3+ years of mechanical maintenance/planning experience
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications
• Adequate mechanical craft knowledge to estimate labor, materials, and visualize work execution
• Proficiency with CMMS systems (e.g., SAP, Alcoa CMMS) and Microsoft Office applications
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Solid administrative, mathematical, and documentation skills
• Understanding of work orders, priorities, and scheduling processes

• Experience in smelter or metals manufacturing environments
• Prior work supporting reliability engineering or reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
• Advanced understanding of BOM development and maintenance

• Technical
  
  Skills:
  • Mechanical maintenance knowledge
  • CMMS proficiency
  • Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and BOMs
  • Job plan and work package development
• Planning & Organizational Skills
  • Strong backlog management
  • Effective coordination of labor, materials, and scheduling
  • High attention to detail and accuracy
• Communication & Collaboration
  • Clear and professional communication with craft, production, warehouse, and procurement
  • Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams
• Computer & Analytical Skills
  • Competence with SAP/CMMS systems
  • Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Ability to analyze information, document work, and maintain accurate files

At Alcoa, our care for people philosophy is backed by our excellent total rewards package that we provide our employees effective on your date of hire, such as:

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period)
• Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dental, vision, flexible spending account, health savings account (generous employer contribution),…