Repairs Planner

TRI Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in the City of London is seeking a Repairs Planner for a temporary position lasting about 6 months. The role involves delivering administrative support, coordinating inspections, and managing budgets for repair operations. The ideal candidate will have experience in property maintenance and excellent communication skills. PAYE salary is £20.84, with an umbrella option at £27.56, and flexible working arrangements with 4 days in the office and 1 day from home.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in property maintenance or similar role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in contract regulations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver administrative support to the Regional Leads and Head of Repairs Delivery.
• Collaborate with Repair Inspectors and contractors to schedule inspections.
• Assist in preparing and managing budgets for repair operations.

Skills

Property maintenance

Repair planning

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Contract management

IT skills

Job description

Overview

A housing association is currently looking for a number Repairs Planners for about 6 months on a temporary basis

Responsibilities

• Deliver administrative support to the Regional Leads and Head of Repairs Delivery in budget monitoring, managing necessary databases and systems
• Collaborate with our Repair Inspectors and contractors to schedule and coordinate post and audit inspections
• Provide your manager and team important and timely business information on region specific repair spend
• Assist in preparing and managing budgets for repair operations, ensuring cost effective practices and VFM
• Monitor and manage repair escalations for your area, ensuring jeopardy cases as appropriate and prioritising cases for inspection
• Support your team to put in place creative and new ways to address repairs overspend and alert the team to any areas of concern
• Undertake specific repairs research and projects on behalf of the team
• Feedback to managers on any issues identified as part of monitoring of repair related tasks and flag any issues for escalation as part of performance monitoring
• Analyse repair cases and assess priorities and use strong problem solving skills to identify potential issues and propose practical solutions
• Support the Inspectors, Officers and Senior Managers with repair strategies to meet targets. Assist managers with exporting necessary repairs reporting information from internal systems to present a comprehensive overview of team performance
• Maintain and strengthen good working relationships with other departments across Operations and throughout
• Work with all stakeholders and contractors to ensure all KPI's are met and processes and procedure are adhered to
• Raise the profile of performance across the directorate, supporting colleagues to engage with, and understand repair process.
• PAYE £20.84 Umbrella £27.56 4 days based in the office and 1 day from home

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in property maintenance, repair planning or similar role
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in contract regulations
• Experience of contractor management
• Good understanding of the relevant legislation, statutory and regulatory requirements
• Effective IT skills including basic/intermediate MS Office skills
• Must be available to interview from the 2nd of October & WC 6th of October and start WC 13th October