Planning Coordinator - Fire Door Projects Lead

Fire Door Inspection Solutions; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary up to £30,000 per £

40 hours per week

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Life assurance – 2x salary

Access to a discount portal

Training and career progression

Opportunity to develop your career

Job summary

Fire Door Inspection Solutions is seeking a Planning and Scheduling Coordinator to join our Mansfield-based operations team. You will take ownership of planning larger fire door and passive fire protection projects, coordinating joiners, materials, access and programme requirements from day one.

This newly created role offers real ownership and a clear path to progression as the business grows, with close collaboration to Project Managers, engineers and customers across the IDSL and PTSG Groups.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, scheduling, coordination or resource management.
• Experience coordinating engineers, operatives or field-based teams.
• Knowledge of the fire door / passive fire protection industry.
• Strong organisation and communication skills.
• Confident liaising directly with customers.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with planning, scheduling or ERP systems would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling joiners and Project Managers across larger fire door and passive fire protection projects.
• Creating jobs on FDK360 following site surveys and ensuring all job information is accurate and up to date.
• Coordinating works from initial job creation through to completion.
• Ensuring the right joiners and Project Managers are allocated based on location, skills and project requirements.
• Making sure everything is in place before works begin, including labour, materials, access and programme requirements.
• Liaising directly with joiners and Project Managers to coordinate jobs, schedules and site requirements.
• Liaising with customers to agree programme dates, scheduled works and delivery requirements.
• Keeping customers updated on progress, changes, scheduled works or potential delays.
• Ensuring jobs are correctly updated and completed on the system.
• Completing accurate data entry and maintaining job and customer information.
• Working closely with Operations teams to keep projects running smoothly.
• Maintaining forward planning schedules and identifying upcoming resource requirements.
• Reviewing workloads and adjusting plans where priorities change.
• Helping to reduce unnecessary travel, downtime and operational delays.
• Supporting reporting and continuous improvement across the planning function.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Coordination

Excel

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Fire Door Inspection Solutions is seeking a Planning and Scheduling Coordinator to join our Mansfield-based operations team. You will take ownership of planning larger fire door and passive fire protection projects, coordinating joiners, materials, access and programme requirements from day one.

This newly created role offers real ownership and a clear path to progression as the business grows, with close collaboration to Project Managers, engineers and customers across the IDSL and PTSG Groups.