Maintenance Scheduler

McLaren Racing; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ holiday

Enhanced company pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years’ service

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive, based in Sheffield, is seeking a Maintenance Scheduler to coordinate end-to-end maintenance activities across site operations and maximise equipment availability. You will manage the CMMS, develop preventive and predictive maintenance plans, and ensure timely work orders while collaborating with production and engineering teams.

The role requires experience with CMMS (preferably eMaint) and SAP, strong planning skills, and a focus on safety and continuous improvement to

Qualifications

• Manage site CMMS, plan, schedule, and track all maintenance activities.
• Develop preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance schedules aligned to production.
• Create and distribute maintenance work orders, ensuring timely completion.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with production and engineering teams to minimise disruption.
• Maintain CMMS data including asset records, work orders, and maintenance histories.
• Manage spare parts inventory, including stock accuracy and purchasing activities.
• Coordinate and oversee external contractors, ensuring safe and compliant execution of work.
• Support maintenance reporting and KPIs such as downtime and asset performance.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and company procedures, including permit to work where required.
• Respond to urgent maintenance requirements and prioritise reactive work.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning, scheduling and maintenance processes.
• Experience with CMMS (ideally eMaint) and SAP.
• Stores and spare parts inventory management experience.
• Ability to interpret maintenance data and support KPI reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan end-to-end maintenance activities to align with production requirements.
• Prioritise and complete maintenance work orders within agreed timescales.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with production and engineering teams to minimise disruption.
• Maintain accurate asset, work order, and maintenance history records.
• Support maintenance reporting and KPI tracking.

Skills

CMMS management

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Work orders

Procurement systems

Spare parts inventory

Contractor coordination

Maintenance reporting

HSE compliance

KPI analysis

Data interpretation

Inventory purchasing

Tools

eMaint

SAP

Job description

The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for the effective planning, scheduling, and coordination of all maintenance activities across site operations. Working closely with production, engineering, and maintenance teams, you will ensure preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance tasks are efficiently planned and executed to maximise equipment availability and minimise operational disruption. You will play a key role in managing the site CMMS, ensuring accurate data integrity, effective work order control, and clear visibility of maintenance requirements. The role also supports continuous improvement, inventory control, contractor coordination, and the production of maintenance performance reporting to support operational decision making.

What You'll Do

The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for the effective management of the site CMMS and the end to end planning and scheduling of all maintenance activities to ensure alignment with production requirements and optimal equipment availability. The role ensures that preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance tasks are accurately planned, prioritised, and completed within agreed timescales. You will maintain accurate asset, work order, and spare parts data, coordinate maintenance activities with production and engineering teams, and manage spare parts inventory and contractor activity. The role also includes supporting maintenance reporting and KPIs, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and company procedures, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance maintenance efficiency, planning accuracy, and system performance.

What You'll Bring

• Manage and maintain the site CMMS, ensuring accurate planning, scheduling, and tracking of all maintenance activities.


• Develop and maintain preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance schedules aligned to production requirements.


• Create, prioritise, and distribute maintenance work orders, ensuring timely completion.


• Coordinate maintenance activities with production and engineering teams to minimise operational disruption.


• Maintain accurate CMMS data, including asset records, work orders, and maintenance histories.


• Manage spare parts inventory, including stock accuracy, minimum levels, and purchasing activities.


• Coordinate and oversee external contractors, ensuring safe and compliant execution of work.


• Support maintenance reporting, including KPIs such as downtime, PM compliance, and asset performance.


• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and company procedures, including permit to work systems where required.


• Respond to urgent maintenance requirements and support prioritisation of reactive work.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning, scheduling, and maintenance processes.


• Experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ideally eMaint.


• Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, or coordination within a manufacturing or engineering environment.


• Strong understanding of preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance processes.


• Experience with procurement systems and purchasing processes, ideally SAP.


• Stores and spare parts inventory management experience.


• Experience managing or coordinating contractors.


• Strong understanding of maintenance planning principles and asset data management.


• Ability to interpret maintenance data and support reporting of key performance indicators.


• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications and CMMS platforms.

Personal Attributes

• Strong planning, organisational, and prioritisation skills.


• High attention to detail and accuracy in scheduling and documentation.


• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.


• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.


• Proactive, methodical, and solutions-focused approach.


• Ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.


• Confident working with production and engineering teams to balance operational needs.

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What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide - ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework


• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days


• Enhanced company pension scheme


• Discretionary annual bonus award


• Private medical insurance and health cash plan


• Life assurance benefit


• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service


• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping


• Generous parental leave policies


• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice