Field Maintenance Planner
Alcoa Corporation
Date: 1 day ago
City: Bunbury, Western Australia
Contract type: Full time

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
This is your opportunity to leverage your extensive experience and directly contribute to the operational excellence and sustainability initiatives at the Bunbury Port. You'll be instrumental in driving world-changing innovations and implementing low-carbon technologies, with the power to significantly improve port operations
About the Role:
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Field Planner to join our team at the Bunbury Port. This permanent, full-time position, working Monday-Friday, is located directly at the Port, offering you the chance to make a tangible impact on our port's efficiency. Our standard hours of operation are 6:00am – 3:30pm
As a Field Planner, your core responsibility will be to eliminate all waste from major vessel overhauls through meticulous planning and scheduling of all service activities. You will be directly accountable for driving continuous improvement in maintenance activities, optimising resource utilisation across human, material, and financial assets at the Port. A key focus of this role is to maximise the tool time for our skilled Tradespersons, ensuring seamless and productive operations
This is a standalone role, requiring a high degree of confidence and autonomy. You will be based in Bunbury, specifically looking after the Bunbury planning for maintenance. A significant challenge will be adapting to the dynamic shipping schedule, requiring you to be proactive in working when equipment is available. You will also be responsible for managing stores and warehousing, including checking inventory and working through integrated operations to source parts from the wider business as required
You will play a crucial role in coordinating contractors, rail, shipping, and port operations, working closely with specialists to ensure the smooth execution of maintenance plans
Key Responsibilities include:
- Maximise equipment availability at the Port by collaborating with key personnel to agree upon, document, and communicate appropriate operating and maintenance strategies
- Strategically plan, schedule, and align major equipment and process outages specific to Bunbury Port operations to maximise business value and minimise losses, adapting to dynamic shipping schedules
- Develop and maintain maintenance metrics for the Bunbury Port's Operating Centre, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities to achieve operational targets
- Contribute to achieving the business objectives by producing long-term (monthly, quarterly, and yearly) schedules of known equipment activities
- Manage and check stores and warehousing, coordinating with integrated operations to source parts
- Coordinate a diverse range of stakeholders, including contractors, rail, shipping, and port personnel, and work with specialists across our integrated operations
- Career development opportunities to pursue your passion
- Monthly Leisure Day
- Performance related bonus (variable)
- Paid annual volunteer hours
- Social and diversity focused engagement opportunities
- Strong planning experience, ideally within a port or heavy industrial environment
- Previous experience using Alcoa's REX system for planning - Highly desirable, but not essential
- Proficiency in a wide range of PC software, including MS Project to an advanced level
- Strong interpersonal skills, particularly in building relationships with key stakeholders, including suppliers and contractors
- High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, collaborative spirit, and excellent problem-solving abilities
- Confidence and ability to work independently in a standalone role
- Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date
- Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considered
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