Maintenance Scheduler

Manchester Arndale; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning employer

Digital learning

Retail perks (Hapi)

Professional growth

Flexible pay

Job summary

OCS UK & Ireland is recruiting a Maintenance Scheduler to create and maintain a forward service delivery plan aligned with customer schedules. You will proactively resolve potential conflicts, optimise resource use, and support efficient plant performance.

Responsibilities include defining works, evaluating resources, liaising with Facility Managers and Engineers, and ensuring records are completed and dockets are issued as required.

Qualifications

• Experience using a maintenance or asset management planning system.
• Strong planning and scheduling capabilities to avoid conflicts.
• Good communication with customers, suppliers, and staff.

Responsibilities

• Define the forthcoming programme of works using the Asset Management System.
• Develop and evaluate resource requirements and task priorities.
• Coordinate actions with Facility Manager and Engineers through regular meetings.
• Process and follow up work packages to ensure plan is executed.
• Print and hand off work dockets to engineers.

Skills

Planning tools

Interpersonal skills

Administrative support

Teamwork

Education

GCSE English

GCSE Mathematics

Job description

About The Role

Working Hours: Monday - Friday 7:45 - 16:30 + 9 day fortnight

The Maintenance Scheduler will establish, analyse and maintain an accurate forward service delivery plan aligned with customer programme schedules. Proactively identify and facilitate solutions to potential technical, logistical and resource conflicts, maximising delivery capacity, resource utilisation and plant efficiency.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Through the Asset Management System, define the forthcoming programme of works
• within the zone
• Develop the proposed plan, evaluating resource requirements, the relative priority of tasks
• and ensuring that activities do not conflict.
• Gain and record actions and approvals for the plan, by liaison with the facilities
• designated representatives (Facility Manager and/or Facility Engineers) through regular
• meetings.
• Undertake the processing and following up of work packages, through close liaison with
• management and supervisors to meet the requirements of the facility plan ensuring that
• records are closed out.
• Print off work dockets as and when required, and pass these on to the appropriate engineer.

Qualifications & Experience

• Practical experience in an operational environment is preferable. Knowledge of planning tools is desired & have project planning abilities
• GCSE grades A to C in English Language; Mathematics
• Excellent level of interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to converse with customers, suppliers and staff at all levels
• Proven ability to provide a high standard of support in administrative principles, including the ability to implement systems and processes to proactively resolve problems
• Demonstrated ability to contribute as a member of a team to achieve positive outcomes and provide a quality service

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnoverin excess of£2bn.We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values -Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

• Award-Winning Employer: Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.
• Digital Learning: The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.
• Retail PerksWith our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.
• Professional Growth: 600+ live learners across UK&I — Empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications!
• Flexible Pay: Access a portion of earned wages before payday with ourWagestreamApp! (Contract Specific)

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.