Maintenance Planner Scheduler-Mars Snacking

📍 Slough
💷 Competitive salary

🎁 + Company performance bonus & Exceptional Benefits

⏰ Mon-Fri - 37.5 Hours per week

💼 The Role

We’re looking for a proactive Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to help keep our world‑class manufacturing site running smoothly. In this role, you’ll take ownership of transforming maintenance plans into real, executable work—optimising production downtime, coordinating resources, and ensuring maintenance activities are delivered safely and effectively.

You’ll also plan and manage non‑routine work, oversee contractors, and make sure jobs are clearly scoped, efficiently executed, and successfully handed back to operations.

✅ What We’re Looking For

• Technical background—either as a maintenance technician or engineer with essential experience of Steam Systems, Air Handling and Refrigeration.
• Confident PC skills, including SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and planning/production systems
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with exposure to planning and scheduling (desirable but not essential based on knowledge)
• Experience of Risk Management and permitting

📝 Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the maintenance schedule, ensuring production downtime is used as efficiently as possible
• Convert maintenance requests into clear, actionable work orders—setting technicians up for success
• Part recognition – from drawings, visual investigation and manuals.
• Procurement of OEM parts from multiple vendors.
• Manage and prioritise the maintenance backlog within your production area
• Coordinate and oversee onsite contractors, ensuring outsourced maintenance activities meet Mars standards and best practice
• Collaborate closely with operations teams and other planners to align priorities and maintain strong cross‑functional communication

⚙️ Process

For more information about the job please contact David Care, Maintenance Team Leader.

Internal applications with Line Manager endorsement are currently invited from associates who have the skills, competencies and experience for this role. Please apply using Workday.

Although all applications will be considered, an interview is not guaranteed in every case and if you do not apply before the closing date stated on the form, please be aware that your application may be considered alongside external candidates. We cannot guarantee that applications received after the closing date will be considered

🌍 What You Can Expect from Mars

• Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles
• Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping “the world we want tomorrow”
• Access world-class training & development from day one

Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package