Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

About the Role:

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Working Conditions

• Industrial smelter environment with exposure to noise, heat, mechanical equipment, and moving machinery.
• Frequent field walkdowns and hands-on job scoping in production areas.
• Requires consistent use of required PPE and adherence to safety standards.
• Combination of office-based planning and field verification work.

Environmental Responsibilities

• Follow all environmental regulations and site procedures relevant to mechanical maintenance.
• Ensure job plans account for proper handling, storage, and disposal of materials, fluids, and waste.
• Support environmentally responsible maintenance practices.

Safety Responsibilities

• Integrate required safety documentation and hazard controls into every job plan.
• Ensure work packages reflect safe work practices, LOTO requirements, and PPE standards.
• Participate in safety meetings, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote safe execution of maintenance activities through detailed and accurate planning.

What you can bring to the role:

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 and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Skills and Competencies

• Technical Skills:
  • Mechanical maintenance knowledge
  • CMMS proficiency
  • Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and BOMs
  • Job plan and work package development
• Planning &