Planner

Wates Group; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Walton-on-Thames seeks a Planner to coordinate operations, ensuring efficient workflows for multi-skilled teams. Responsibilities include scheduling, generating performance reports, and maintaining health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess strong Excel and communication skills, along with a customer-first mindset. Join a supportive team and make a real impact every day in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for growth

Fast-paced and rewarding work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and coordinating multi-skilled teams.
• Demonstrated ability to create performance reports.
• Knowledge of health & safety standards in planning.

Responsibilities

• Plan diaries to keep workforce productive and efficient.
• Create performance reports to track progress.
• Maintain work-in-progress targets effectively.
• Communicate with clients and teams for smooth workflows.
• Support supervisors with scheduling tasks.
• Identify improvement areas and propose solutions.
• Handle customer queries with professionalism.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety standards.

Skills

Strong Excel & IT skills

Great communication – written & verbal

Ability to prioritise and manage your own workload

Commercial awareness & a customer-first mindset

Experience in producing reports and managing diaries

A clean driving licence

Job description

🌟We're Hiring : Planner – WPS – Walton-on-Thames 🌟

📍 Location : Walton-on-Thames

🕒 Type : Full-time

💼About the Role :

Are you a master of organisation and love keeping things running smoothly? 🧩

We’re looking for a Planner to join our buzzing WPS team in Walton-on-Thames! You’ll be the go-to person for planning and coordinating our multi‑skilled engineers and supply chain, helping us deliver top‑notch service every day. 🚀

🔑What You’ll Be Doing :

• 📅 Planning diaries to keep our workforce productive and efficient
• 📊 Creating performance reports to track progress and success
• 📉 Keeping work‑in‑progress low and on target
• 📞 Communicating with clients and teams to keep everything flowing
• 🛠️ Supporting supervisors and site teams with smart scheduling
• 💡 Spotting areas for improvement and suggesting solutions
• 📧 Handling customer queries with professionalism and care
• ⚠️ Ensuring all plans meet health & safety standards

🧠What You’ll Bring :

• ✅ Strong Excel & IT skills
• ✅ Great communication – written & verbal
• ✅ Ability to prioritise and manage your own workload
• ✅ Commercial awareness & a customer‑first mindset
• ✅ Experience in producing reports and managing diaries
• ✅ A clean driving licence is a bonus!

🌈Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive, friendly team 🤝
• Make a real impact every day 💥
• Opportunities to grow and develop 📈
• Work in a fast‑paced, rewarding environment 🏃♀️💨

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre‑employment checks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family‑owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises :

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards