Maintenance Planner

The client is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support its Hotline/Operations Group in Alcoa, TN. The role serves as a key liaison between production, engineering, and maintenance, ensuring maintenance work is properly planned, scheduled, documented, and supplied with the necessary materials and tools.

• Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work.
• Create and manage work orders using Oracle eAM.
• Review and update maintenance procedures, work instructions, and documentation.
• Identify, order, stage, and document parts, materials, tools, and equipment required for maintenance activities.
• Maintain weekday, weekend, and planned outage schedules.
• Review completed work and schedule follow-up maintenance.
• Maintain maintenance records, calibration records, surveys, and other documentation.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles to improve maintenance processes.
• Coordinate with EHS to ensure safety and environmental requirements are addressed before work is scheduled.
• Enter production and maintenance data to support continuous improvement.
• Order and maintain supplies for production and maintenance.
• Assist with the overtime system.
• Backfill the Maintenance Supervisor when needed during vacations, weekends, and outages.

• High school diploma/GED.
• At least 1 year of manufacturing experience.
• 3 5 years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience.
• Mechanical or electrical background.
• Strong organizational and planning abilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.; no visa sponsorship.

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 3 years of manufacturing maintenance planning experience.
• Strong Oracle eAM/CMMS experience.
• Maintenance, machinist, or fabrication background.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical/fabrication blueprints.
• Lean Manufacturing experience.
• Strong computer skills.
• Experience with maintenance software and ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Conflict-resolution and cross-functional coordination skills.