Maintenance Planner Scheduler at Mars

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

• Part recognition – from drawings, visual investigation and manuals.

• Procurement of OEM parts from multiple vendors.

• 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

• 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