Maintenance Planner Scheduler-Mars Snacking

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Job Description:
📍 Slough
💷 £45,000- £50,000 dependent on experience
🎁 + Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits
🕒 37.5 Hrs per week - Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm

🌟 Why Join Us?
We care about the world and your future. Mars offers competitive compensation and benefits along with some great perks, like fun freebies and best-in-class development. As a Mars Associate, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands. The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today, and we're here to support you every step of the way.

💼 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's in it for you?
* Competitive salary
* Hot food restaurant on site
* Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University
* Private healthcare + equal parental leave
* Onsite nurse/osteopath/podiatrist
* Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)
* Life assurance (4x salary)
* EV salary sacrifice scheme
* Gym membership & wellbeing support
* Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service
* Free parking on site

✅ What We're Looking For
* A technical background-either as a maintenance technician or engineer
* 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)
* An electrical background (beneficial but not essential)

🔧 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
* 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

🌍 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