Job Description:

Maintenance Planner Scheduler Mars UK, Slough, SL1 4LGSalary: £45,000– £50,000 Performance related company bonus Hours:  Mon-Fri -37.5Permanent 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.