Maintenance Planner

Kaiser Aluminum•Newburgh, NY

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About The Position

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick Operations is seeking a Maintenance Planner in Newburgh, Indiana. The role supports mechanical maintenance work by receiving, planning, estimating, scheduling, and recording historical data. It coordinates work orders and manages backlogs, ensuring that facilities and equipment, parts, materials, special tools, and required documentation are available for efficient work execution. The planner’s central purpose is to improve workforce productivity by anticipating and removing delays and obstacles, coordinating resources, and maintaining thorough backlog management. The planner serves as the principal liaison between the mechanical craft department and the areas served by craft personnel, while coordinating with operations, maintenance support, engineering, and other planners. The role plans daily, weekly, and shutdown work, tracks performance, maintains equipment history through a CMMS, develops standard job plans for recurring work, and recommends improvements to planning, scheduling, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least 3 years of industrial maintenance experience.
Some technical education beyond high school.
Maintenance planning experience within a CMMS.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in a technical discipline.

Responsibilities

Make safety the number one priority.
Plan and schedule maintenance work on daily, weekly, and shutdown schedules; track performance and maintain accurate records.
Serve as the principal liaison between the mechanical craft department and the areas served by craft personnel.
Receive mechanical requests, except emergencies, which are directed to the appropriate maintenance supervisors.
Direct project or construction work orders to the appropriate planner or engineer, and consult with engineering as needed.
Analyze work orders into basic job steps and determine the sequence, parts, materials, skills, special tools, rental or onsite equipment, and line conditions required for each step.
Obtain drawings, sketches, specifications, procedures, and other documentation as needed.
Estimate work-order costs as required and verify the availability of required parts, materials, and special tools.
Maintain a backlog file of work orders awaiting scheduling, select jobs for scheduling based on priority deadlines, and notify requesters and adjust priorities when jobs cannot be scheduled within their designated priority.
Chair weekly scheduling meetings with operations, produce and issue the weekly schedule to operations, and include pertinent information in work-order packets issued to the maintenance supervisor.
Ensure, with the supervisor as applicable, that equipment will be available for scheduled work.
Review completed work schedules and corresponding submitted work orders.
Monitor backlog size and recommend measures to control it.
Maintain contact with other planners to coordinate field and shop work.
Develop standard job plans for recurring work based on historical experience and previous actuals.
Assist Maintenance and Operations management with cost analysis and recommend actions to improve cost efficiency.
Maintain equipment history records through CMMS, including closed work orders, PM checklists, drawings, failure analyses, modifications, purchase requisitions, and correspondence.
Develop or modify PMs as required based on equipment changes and needs.
Recommend planning and scheduling improvements.