Maintenance Scheduler

Canadian Tire Corporation; Bolton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Incentives and continuing education

Well-being perks

Career growth opportunities and staff/

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Scheduler to develop and manage maintenance schedules for preventative maintenance and reliability. You will coordinate between Operations, Supervisors, and contractors to ensure safe, efficient work with minimal disruption to production.

The role requires 3+ years in maintenance scheduling, knowledge of CMMS like Maximo, and strong organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years maintenance scheduling experience in distribution centre, manufacturing, industrial, or facilities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain maintenance work schedules using approved work orders, PM requirements, labor availability, and priorities.
• Schedule and coordinate contractors performing preventative maintenance and inspection services.
• Build and issue multi-day maintenance work packages tailored to crew resources and priorities.
• Coordinate work package content with stakeholders to ensure safe and efficient execution.
• Balance workloads based on manpower, contractor availability, and operational constraints.
• Provide Supervisors with planned work to maintain schedule flexibility and PM compliance.
• Communicate contractor schedules to Operations and stakeholders.
• Track completion of contractor activities and reschedule as needed.
• Monitor progress and support development of future work packages.

Education

Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification

SMRP certification

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Job description

What you’ll do

The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and communicating maintenance schedules to support preventative maintenance compliance, equipment reliability, and efficient utilization of maintenance resources.

The role coordinates maintenance activities between Operations, Maintenance Supervisors, and contractors to ensure work is scheduled safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to operations. The Scheduler is also responsible for managing maintenance vacation schedules and supporting minimum staffing coverage requirements. The Maintenance Scheduler provides basic planning support during Planner absences, including work order creation, work order updates, and maintenance record administration to ensure continuity of maintenance operations.

Maintenance Scheduling & Work Package Coordination

• Develop and maintain maintenance work schedules using approved work orders, PM requirements, labor availability, operational constraints, and business priorities.
• Schedule and coordinate contractors performing preventative maintenance and inspection services.
• Build and issue a multi-day maintenance work packages tailored to available crew resources and maintenance priorities.
• Coordinate work package content with Maintenance Supervisors, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure scheduled work can be executed safely and efficiently.
• Balance maintenance workloads based on available manpower, contractor availability, equipment access requirements, operational constraints, and maintenance priorities.
• Provide Supervisors with sufficient planned work to maintain schedule flexibility while supporting PM compliance and backlog reduction.
• Communicate contractor schedules to Operations, Maintenance Supervisors, and affected stakeholders.
• Track completion of contractor activities and reschedule missed services as required.
• Monitor completion of scheduled work and support the development of future work packages.

Vacation & Resource Coverage Management

• Maintain the maintenance vacation trade calendar.
• Track approved vacations, training, and planned absences.
• Coordinate vacation schedules to support minimum staffing requirements.
• Identify potential coverage gaps and communicate concerns to Maintenance Leadership.
• Support scheduling adjustments when staffing availability impacts planned maintenance activities.

Communication & Stakeholder Support

• Maintain effective communication with Supervisors, Operations, Vendors, and Contractors.
• Participate in maintenance scheduling meetings.
• Identify scheduling risks and resource constraints.
• Communicate issues impacting PM compliance, staffing coverage, or maintenance execution.

Required Experience & Skills

• 3+ years maintenance experience in a Distribution Centre, manufacturing, industrial, or facility maintenance environment.
• Working knowledge of Maximo or a comparable CMMS.
• Demonstrated understanding of maintenance scheduling principles.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

What you bring

• Maintenance scheduling experience.
• Electrical, mechanical, or facility maintenance background.
• Familiarity with distribution centre operations.
• Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification.
• Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) certification.

Hours of Work

Monday – Friday, 8 hours per day

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Our typical hiring range is between $70,000 and $80,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies.With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there’s a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.