Planner / Scheduler

Sodexo; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Free wellbeing app

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Salary Finance access

Retirement plan

Death in service

Learning & development

Cycle to work

Volunteering opportunities

Flexible work environment

Competitive compensation

Full training and protective uniform

Job summary

Sodexo is seeking a proactive Planning/Scheduler for Manchester Central Hospital to coordinate planned and reactive maintenance under the Hard FM team.

You will manage CAFM-based PPM schedules, monitor performance against targets, and produce regular reports for stakeholders to ensure contractual and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• 2
• Self-motivated with adaptability to changing priorities.
• 3
• Aptitude for problem solving using a logical approach.
• 3
• Thrives in a pressurised environment.
• 3
• Aware of Health and Safety and legislation.
• 3
• Willing to attend external/internal courses as required.
• 3
• Prior health service context experience is desirable.
• 3
• Demonstrates maturity working with Hard FM groups.
• 3
• Specialist knowledge relevant to healthcare environments.
• 3
• Experience using SharePoint and Maximo CAFM systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate planned maintenance (PPM) schedules via the CAFM system, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Monitor maintenance performance against PPM and reactive targets to drive contract compliance.
• Produce and analyse daily/weekly/monthly performance reports for internal stakeholders and the client.
• Act as a key contact for Trust staff, delivering excellent customer service and efficient maintenance requests.
• Maintain and develop the CAFM system with accurate asset, compliance and maintenance records.
• Foster strong relations with Trust managers and clinical/non-clinical teams to support contract communication.
• Provide administrative and planning support to the Hard FM team to coordinate activities.
• Support health & safety and operational performance, contributing to continuous improvement.

Skills

Excellent communication

Self-motivated

Problem solving

Work under pressure

Health and Safety awareness

Course attendance

Healthcare experience

Hard FM knowledge

Specialist healthcare knowledge

SharePoint familiarity

Maximo CAFM familiarity

Tools

SharePoint

Maximo CAFM

Job description

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• Location is Manchester Central Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL

Are you an organised and customer focused administrator with experience in planning, scheduling, helpdesk operations, CAFM systems, or maintenance environments?

We are looking for a proactive Planning/Scheduler to join our Hard FM team at Manchester Central Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the delivery of critical estate maintenance services across a busy healthcare environment. Working closely with operational teams, technical managers and NHS stakeholders, you will be responsible for coordinating planned and reactive maintenance activities, managing data and reporting through our CAFM system, and ensuring service performance meets contractual and compliance requirements.

If you thrive in a fast paced environment, have excellent communication and problem solving skills, and are passionate about delivering outstanding service, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Manage and coordinate planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules through the CAFM system, ensuring compliance with SFG, HTM and statutory requirements.
• Monitor maintenance performance against PPM and reactive maintenance targets, helping to drive service excellence and contract compliance.
• Produce and analyse daily, weekly and monthly performance reports, providing valuable operational insight to internal stakeholders and the client.
• Act as a key point of contact for Trust staff, delivering excellent customer service and ensuring maintenance requests are managed efficiently.
• Maintain and develop the CAFM system, ensuring accurate asset, compliance and maintenance records are kept at all times.
• Build strong working relationships with Trust managers, clinical and non clinical teams, supporting effective communication across the contract.
• Provide administrative and planning support to the Hard FM team, helping ensure maintenance activities are coordinated and delivered effectively.
• Support compliance, health and safety and operational performance, contributing to continuous improvement across the maintenance service.

What You Bring:

• Excellent communication skillsbothwrittenandverbal
• Self motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities
• Able to demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving using a logical approach
• Works well in a pressurised environment
• Aware of relevant Health and Safety and general legislative matters
• Attend external and internal courses as required
• Previous experience within a Health Service context
• Demonstrating maturity in working with Hard FM groups
• Any specialist knowledge relevant to the health care environment
• Previous experience using SharePoint and Maximo CAFM systems (desirable)

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance tobe part of something greater.You’ll belong in a company and team that values you foryou;you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way.In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FM Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services.

We are committed tobeingan inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.