Maintenance Planner - Shared Services

Opportunity Overview

Queensland Alumina Limited is looking for a Maintenance Planner - Shared Services to join its Maintenance Department in Gladstone, Queensland. This is a secure, permanent role in a residential setting, offering a supportive and inclusive environment, relocation assistance for domestic moves, subsidised private health cover, and a 9-day fortnight roster designed to improve work-life balance.

About the Role

Reporting to the Supervisor Planning and Governance, the position contributes to the organisation’s Safe, Stable and Sustainable focus by coordinating planning and scheduling activities for maintenance across equipment and systems within a plant operating area.

• Work in line with site health, environmental, and community policies, procedures, and systems.
• Build and manage maintenance schedules for plant equipment and systems.
• Partner with stakeholders to support asset performance through condition monitoring, maintenance plan creation, work scoping, and both near-term and longer-range scheduling.
• Organise the resources needed to carry out maintenance plans effectively.
• Use technical knowledge to help meet production and cost objectives while protecting asset integrity.
• Prepare budgets and monthly forecasts for assigned assets.
• Keep maintenance master data accurate and up to date in SAP.

What You Bring

The ideal candidate will show a strong safety focus, solid communication skills, and the ability to coordinate planning activities across different levels of the business. A proactive continuous-improvement mindset, strong organisation skills, and the ability to develop productive working relationships are also important. Experience with Microsoft Office is expected, and SAP knowledge is an advantage. Prior exposure to budgeting and forecasting will be valuable.

Work Location

This position is based in Gladstone, a coastal community in Central Queensland with a population of about 64,000. The area is known for its education and lifestyle amenities and its access to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, making it appealing for those seeking a sea-change lifestyle.

About the Company

Queensland Alumina Limited is among the world’s largest alumina refineries and is recognised globally for leadership in minerals processing. The company places emphasis on employee engagement, advanced technology, innovative capital solutions, strong maintenance and project execution, and high standards of safety, quality, and environmental performance.

Inclusion and Culture

The workplace is committed to diversity and inclusion, and applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disability, mature workers, and candidates from culturally diverse backgrounds. Applicants are also encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every selection criterion, as relevant experience and strengths from other areas may still make them a strong fit.

Application Closing Date

Applications close on Sunday, 5 July 2026.