Maintenance Planner Scheduler

ENGINEERINGUK; Slough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Planner Scheduler to optimize production downtime through effective scheduling and resource management. In this pivotal role, you'll convert maintenance requests into actionable work orders, ensuring maximum efficiency in production. Collaborate with diverse teams and contractors to uphold best practices while enhancing operational performance. Join a purpose-driven organization that values quality and mutuality, offering a competitive salary and robust development opportunities. If you're passionate about maintenance planning and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Company bonus

Best-in-class learning and development support

Access to in-house Mars University

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage scheduling of planned maintenance for production equipment.
• Convert maintenance requests into actionable work orders.
• Engage with contractors to ensure maintenance strategy execution.

Skills

Technical background (technician or engineer)

SAP

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Production planning systems

Manufacturing environment experience

Electrical background

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Job Description:

Maintenance Planner Scheduler

• Mars UK, Slough, SL1 4LG
  
• Salary: £45,000- £50,000
  
• Performance related company bonus
  
• Hours: Mon-Fri -37.5
  
• Permanent position
  

Job Purpose

We're looking for a Maintenance Planner who can translate a maintenance schedule into a reality, by both managing resource and stakeholders to ensure the opportunity of available time on production equipment is maximised. The planner will also be responsible for scoping, and job managing non-routine works including contractor management, safe job management and handover to operations.

What are we looking for?

• Previous technical background either as a technician or engineer
  
• Experienced PC user (SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), production planning systems.
  
• Manufacturing environment, including experience with planning and scheduling desirable
  
• Electrical background beneficial
  

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Manage the scheduling of planned maintenance and optimization for the maximum efficient use of production downtime
  
• Convert maintenance requests into actionable works orders, determining resource requirements and setting the technician team up for success
  
• Management of the works order backlog for your production area
  
• Engaging with contract parties on behalf of Mars, ensuring that elements of our maintenance strategy that are outsourced are executed to best practice, and onsite contractors are job managed
  
• Manage a cross-functional group of stakeholders including close cooperation with operations teams and other planners, to ensure accurate prioritization
  

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
  
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
  

About Mars

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's, SNICKERS, TWIX, MILKY WAY, DOVE, PEDIGREE, ROYAL CANIN, WHISKAS, EXTRA, ORBIT, 5, SKITTLES, BEN'S ORIGINAL and COCOAVIA. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals, BluePearl, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA and Pet Partners. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries.

The Mars Five Principles - Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom - inspire our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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