Planner / Scheduler

• Planner/Scheduler
• £28,000 Per Annum
• 37.5 Hours Per Week
  
• Monday to Friday
• Location is Manchester Central Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL

Are you an organised and customer focused administrator with experience in planning, scheduling, helpdesk operations, CAFM systems, or maintenance environments?

We are looking for a proactive Planning/Scheduler to join our Hard FM team at Manchester Central Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the delivery of critical estate maintenance services across a busy healthcare environment. Working closely with operational teams, technical managers and NHS stakeholders, you will be responsible for coordinating planned and reactive maintenance activities, managing data and reporting through our CAFM system, and ensuring service performance meets contractual and compliance requirements.

If you thrive in a fast paced environment, have excellent communication and problem solving skills, and are passionate about delivering outstanding service, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Manage and coordinate planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules through the CAFM system, ensuring compliance with SFG, HTM and statutory requirements.
• Monitor maintenance performance against PPM and reactive maintenance targets, helping to drive service excellence and contract compliance.
• Produce and analyse daily, weekly and monthly performance reports, providing valuable operational insight to internal stakeholders and the client.
• Act as a key point of contact for Trust staff, delivering excellent customer service and ensuring maintenance requests are managed efficiently.
• Maintain and develop the CAFM system, ensuring accurate asset, compliance and maintenance records are kept at all times.
• Build strong working relationships with Trust managers, clinical and non clinical teams, supporting effective communication across the contract.
• Provide administrative and planning support to the Hard FM team, helping ensure maintenance activities are coordinated and delivered effectively.
• Support compliance, health and safety and operational performance, contributing to continuous improvement across the maintenance service.

What You Bring:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Self motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities
• Able to demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving using a logical approach
• Works well in a pressurised environment
• Aware of relevant Health and Safety and general legislative matters
• Attend external and internal courses as required
• ⁠Previous experience within a Health Service context
• Demonstrating maturity in working with Hard FM groups
• Any specialist knowledge relevant to the health care environment
• Previous experience using SharePoint and Maximo CAFM systems (desirable)

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FM Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

File Downloads

• UK Rewards and Benefits Guide. 2025.pdf
• Planning Co-ordinator JD.pdf