Ready to make a real impact as a Work Planner?
Are you an experienced Housing Maintenance and Repairs Work Planner/ Scheduler?
Are you someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and ensures every job runs smoothly?
Is delivering outstanding customer service second nature to you?
Are you based in Worcestershire?
…….If you answered YES to these then your next career move starts here!
Platform Property Care have an exciting opportunity for a Work Planner/ Scheduler based in Worcestershire within our planning team that could be for you! In this key role you will be working as part of a highly motivated team planning a multi skill trades workforce to deliver planned and reactive M & E property maintenance services for our customers.
Our team of Work Planners are central to delivering excellent customer service and ensuring repairs and installations are completed right first time.
This is a Full‑Time role working 40 hours a week Monday to Friday 8:00 – 16:30 – so no weekend working.
What could you be doing?
Responsible for planning an operational multi skill trades workforce, maintaining contact with field teams, and liaising with customers, you will need to be highly organised, approachable, and a confident communicator.
It is a busy role, juggling different priorities and you will need to remain calm under pressure, think on your feet and be able to work on your own initiative. But this won’t phase you, as you will excel in organising the engineers and scheduling property maintenance and repairs. You will also have the support of a great team around you.
Working for Platform Property Care you will benefit from
- Basic salary of £32,393 per annum
- 28 days holiday plus opportunity to buy additional 5 days leave
- Pension contribution scheme with employer contributions of up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
- Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
- Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
- Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
- Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
Who we are looking for:
- Strong IT skills, particularly Outlook and Word
- Experience of working in a building maintenance or construction administration team as a work planner or scheduler, planning a trades workforce is essential.
- Workforce (Engineers) planning and scheduling software experience (DRS is preferred)
- Some Technical Trades Knowledge would be advantageous
- If you also have experience in planning an M & E workforce this would also be desirable
- This role involves planning a trades workforce across the Worcestershire area, so you will need to live here as your local road and travel knowledge is needed for you to be successful.
Whist this role is home based, there will be an expectation that you will be able to travel to our Group Offices located in Birmingham Business Park, Solihull or Worcester on an ad-hoc basis, and as required. There is a Team meeting every other month and there will be other infrequent travel required. Any required travel will be reimbursed in line with our current policy and current Inland Revenue Mileage rates. Car parking at our offices is free.
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