Maintenance Scheduler

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Sheffield (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Maintenance Scheduler to plan, schedule, and coordinate all maintenance activities across site operations. You will work closely with production, engineering, and maintenance teams to maximise equipment availability and minimise disruption.

You will manage the site CMMS, ensure data integrity, create and track work orders, monitor spare parts inventory, and support reporting and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance maintenance efficiency and system

Qualifications

• Experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, or coordination in manufacturing/engineering.
• Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance processes.
• Experience with procurement systems and purchasing (SAP).
• Stores and spare parts inventory management experience.
• Experience coordinating contractors.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning principles and asset data management.
• Ability to interpret maintenance data and support KPI reporting.
• Strong IT skills including MS Office and CMMS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities to align with production requirements.
• Maintain CMMS assets, work orders, and maintenance histories with data integrity.
• Create, prioritise, and distribute maintenance work orders for timely completion.
• Coordinate maintenance with production and engineering to minimise disruption.
• Manage spare parts inventory levels and purchasing activities.
• Support maintenance reporting and KPI monitoring (downtime, PM compliance, asset performance).
• Ensure health, safety, and company procedures compliance, including permits to work when required.
• Assist continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning and maintenance efficiency.

Skills

CMMS

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Procurement SAP

Inventory management

Contractor coordination

Data reporting

MS Office

Tools

SAP

eMaint

Job description

What to Expect

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.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• 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.

What We'll Do for You

• 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

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them.

McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.