Lead Engineer Scheduler – Social Housing Repairs

Gilmartins; Houghton Regis; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance - support by phone

Free Personal Trainer group sessions

Hamper at Christmas

Job summary

Gilmartins in Houghton Regis seeks an experienced Engineer Scheduler to lead a team of 5-8 skilled trades people and act as their main point of contact. You will coordinate repairs, allocate jobs by trade and maintain strong liaison with tenants, local authorities, and housing associations.

Working in social housing reactive repairs, the role is office-based from 8am–5pm with occasional longer hours and one weekend per month.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Ability to multi-task to manage a demanding workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent resource planning and administration skills.
• The ideal candidate will have worked in a similar role scheduling routes and issuing jobs to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Running daily schedules for team of 5-8 trade Operatives (electricians, plumbers, etc)
• Continually liaising with trade Operatives, tenants and clients (local authority or housing association) by phone, email and live chat regarding updates on repairs
• Arranging parts or materials for click/collect where not available from usual suppliers
• Logging multiple engineer work requests onto the in-house job management system and tracking each request through to completion

Skills

Communication

Multi-tasking

Resource planning

Scheduling

Job description

Gilmartins in Houghton Regis seeks an experienced Engineer Scheduler to lead a team of 5-8 skilled trades people and act as their main point of contact. You will coordinate repairs, allocate jobs by trade and maintain strong liaison with tenants, local authorities, and housing associations.

Working in social housing reactive repairs, the role is office-based from 8am–5pm with occasional longer hours and one weekend per month.