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About the job
We are searching for an experienced Area Maintenance Planner to join the team at Alcoa's Kwinana Refinery! You will be a key driver and asset to our business ensuring our Tradespersons' tool time is maximised.
The Area Planner will be responsible for development of long-term plans and ensures that all maintenance activities undertaken are accurately planned (resources, parts, equipment, tooling), sequenced and scheduled so that the work progresses in a safe, organised, timely and cost-efficient manner. The role will also work closely with the Maintenance Superintendent in the development of the monthly/yearly budget forecasts.
Other duties include.- Alignment to the total planning process in the Operations Centre through rules in use and standardised work.- Maximises equipment availability by ensuring that appropriate operating and maintenance strategies are agreed between key personnel in the area and are documented and communicated- Plans, schedules, and aligns major equipment and process outages to maximise business value and minimise losses.- Responsible for crafting the Operating Centre maintenance metrics as well as addressing the improvement opportunities for the operational plan.- Assists the Field Planner to competently perform in their role by providing specific information as necessary.- Applies their knowledge to perform critical analyses on process improvements. These decisions have impact on the departmental contribution to the business.- Contributes to the achievement of area business objectives by producing long term (monthly, quarterly and yearly) schedules of known equipment activities.
About you
Our values - act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people - are at the foundation of everything we do. To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success you will:
- Seek contributions from various sources on development and innovations that may be affected and provide the team with information on developments in organisation, planning and maintenance techniques.- Actively encourage safety consciousness and support the team for the establishment and implementation of safety practices.- Establish, improve and monitor work standards as well as provide technical advice and assistance to the team. The Area Maintenance Planner is the first level of the help chain outside of the Planning team for safety and technical issues.- Contribute to proposed changes to plant and equipment design from the maintenance point of view. Initiate design changes to existing equipment in order to reduce maintenance costs or improve production capacity.- Develop maintenance schedules and support work planning requirements with team members for their particular job. Their involvement in planning is to attend meetings and assist in job scopes. They have a key role in preventative/proactive maintenance and major equipment outages.- Revisit strategies and work practices to improve the maintenance management of the OC. Improve/reduce waste in maintenance using the ABS principles and tools. Contribute to the training and development of Field Planners.- Have involvement in identifying, documenting, implementing and sustaining standard methodology.- Involvement in writing, developing and maintaining equipment management strategies, workpacks and SWI's.- Responsible for the budget and forecast process in this area, feeding information to the accountable Maintenance Supervisor.- We are ideally looking for someone- With previous Planning experience preferably in the heavy industry such as mining or refining- Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle - Oracle Superusers are encouraged to apply!- A trade background whilst not essential would be desirable
Why Alcoa?
Our values - act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage - are at the foundation of everything we do.
At Alcoa we strive to create an inclusive workplace where employees can bring their whole selves to work regardless of their background. We know it starts and finishes with you, which is why our value 'care for people