Repairs Planner

Build Recruitment Limited; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A property management company in Walton-on-Thames is seeking a Repairs Planner to manage repairs, allocate works to operatives, and ensure client satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have a background in social housing and experience with scheduling jobs. This is a temp to perm position offering £16.91 per hour, office-based, with responsibilities including managing an incoming repairs inbox and effective communication with clients.

Qualifications

• Social Housing and Repair and Maintenance background essential.
• Experience in planning/scheduling using a planning system required.
• Understanding of trades allocated to direct labour or subcontractors is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming repairs inbox and allocate repair works.
• Schedule work for operatives to attend properties.
• Ensure timely updates in the system for clients and operations.

Skills

Social Housing and Repair and Maintenance background

Planning/scheduling jobs experience

Understanding various trades

Jeopardy planning

Experience of trade job durations

Job description

Role: Repairs Planner
Contract: Temp to Perm
Salary: £16.91ph UMBRELLA RATE
HourS: 8amm to 5pm, office based

Day to Day duties of Repair Planner:

• Managing incoming repairs inbox and allocating repairs works appropriately
• Scheduling work for operatives to attend properties and undertake works
• Effective use of their in house system to actively schedule available Operatives and Sub-Contractors to jobs.
• Deal with complex repairs, demanding customers and those who have suffered service failure, to contain issues and maintain customer satisfaction.
• Handling calls and emails from the client to log issues, deploy Operatives and monitor completion of the work, providing updates at regular intervals.
• Ensure that the system is updated in a timely manner so that the client and the Operations are in receipt of the most up to date information.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Operatives, clients, customers (internal and external) and suppliers
• Understanding and diagnosing repair requests. Take ownership and responsibility for identifying the customer's needs and use appropriate questioning, listening and diagnosis skills to identify the issues and offer appropriate solutions.

Essential Criteria

• Social Housing and Repair and Maintenance background.
• Experience in planning/scheduling jobs using planning system.
• Understanding of the various trades and jobs normally allocated to direct labour staff or subcontractors
• Understanding the importance of reducing Work-in-Progress - Jeopardy planning, Further Works management, applying of extension of times
• Experience of trade job durations

Please apply today or call Leah Seber at Build Recruitment