Repairs Planner - Social Housing

Cardo Group; Borehamwood; Presencial; GBP 30 000 - 40 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Salary sacrifice schemes

Life Assurance

Wellbeing resources and counselling

Retail & Lifestyle Discount Platform

Enhanced Family Leave Provisions

Recognition initiatives and awards

Occupational Sick Pay

Resumo da oferta

Cardo Group is seeking a Repairs Planner to join our Borehamwood team. The role focuses on scheduling repairs, coordinating resources, and ensuring smooth delivery across social housing projects.

You will manage operative diaries, liaise with subcontractors, monitor progress, and maintain strong customer communications to ensure residents receive timely service.

Qualificações

• Experience in planning, scheduling, coordination, or contract administration, ideally within social housing, construction, or repairs and maintenance.
• Strong understanding of responsive repairs processes, contractor management, and performance-driven service delivery.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a high-volume workload and adapt to changing priorities.
• Confident communicator with customer service skills and ability to engage with residents professionally.
• Proficient in IT systems including Microsoft Office and scheduling software.

Responsabilidades

• Plan day-to-day operatives (direct and subcontractors) to allocate jobs and maintain schedules.
• Review jobs in the system and report risks to Operations management.
• Ensure appointments are met with correct allocation, materials, and staff.
• Update residents on booked jobs to ensure positive customer experience.
• Monitor diaries and ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Coordinate materials and liaise with engineers/supervisors.
• Record actions in Dynamics and support team collaboration.

Conhecimentos

Planning

Scheduling

Coordination

Contract Admin

Social Housing

Customer Service

IT Systems

KPIs

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office

Job Management Software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Full-time Permanent Associate

Posted 06 Oct 2026

Description

Who Are We:

Cardo Group is a trusted provider of building maintenance, refurbishment, and retrofit services for social housing and public sector buildings across the UK. With nationwide coverage and skilled local teams, we deliver a reliable end-to-end service that ensures homes and public spaces are safe, sustainable, and well-maintained.

We specialise in responsive repairs and voids, planned maintenance, energy-efficiency upgrades, compliance works, and major improvement programmes. Our approach combines quality workmanship, strong resident communication, and efficient project delivery to achieve the best outcomes for customers and communities.

Driven by ambitious growth plans, we continue to expand our capabilities and adapt to the evolving needs of our clients. Our reputation is built on consistent service delivery, trusted partnerships, and a commitment to doing things the right way. As we grow, so do the opportunities - for our people, our clients, and the communities we support.

Cardo Group is becoming one of the UK’s most forward-thinking maintenance and retrofit providers. Do you want to be part of something great?

Role Overview:

We are currently recruiting for a Repairs Planner to join our team in located in Borehamwood.

The Planner is responsible for overseeing the effective scheduling, resource planning, and logistical coordination of the organisation’s repairs, maintenance, and planned works within the social housing portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day planning of the operatives (direct and subcontractors) to ensure all jobs are adequately allocated, attended, FOW raised, jobs re-booked or closed off as necessary.
• Reviewing jobs on the system and feeding back into reports as well as raising any risks to Operational Management.
• Ensuring all appointments booked are met on time with correct allocation, operative and materials required.
• Jobs booked with residents always updated to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Checking/ allocating all booked jobs ahead of appointments.
• Daily tracking of jobs and PDA usage (Ops accepting, closing jobs, adding notes, FOWs, SORs etc.)
• Ensure all Ops diaries are reviewed to ensure appointments are met and closed off with FOWs at COP.
• Ensure all emergencies are appointed and allocated promptly (2 hours attendance) throughout the day
• Daily Monitoring of jeopardy to ensure no jobs are booked out of target and monitor absence levels to ensue all jobs are completed.
• Daily monitoring of overdue orders. No more than 20 overdue jobs at any one time.
• Liaising and calling back completion sheets from subcontractors.
• Monitor allocations of work when cancellations occur (no operative should be waiting longer then 15minutes).
• Materials coordination as and when required. Advising engineers / supervisors.
• Book-in authorised VO’s/Quoted FOWs (passed via admin team and authorised by Operations team)
• Booking/re-allocating operative annual leave, sickness, training, TBT, van breakdown etc.
• Updating Dynamics with notes of action etc
• Cooperating with the planning supervisor and teammates as and when required ·
• Working with other teams/operatives/Subcontractors to cover another planner / call Centre advisors’ AL, sickness and at busy times of the day
• Ensuring Repairs Inbox is regularly reviewed and all jobs raised within 48 hours.

You Will Need:

• Experience in planning, scheduling, coordination, or contract administration, ideally within social housing, construction, or repairs and maintenance.
• Strong understanding of responsive repairs processes, contractor management, and performance-driven service delivery.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a high-volume workload and adapt to changing priorities.
• Confident communicator with strong customer service skills and the ability to engage professionally and empathetically with residents.
• Proficient in IT systems, including Microsoft Office and job management/scheduling software
• Ability to interpret and work with performance data, KPIs, and operational reports.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to remain calm and effective in a fast-paced, reactive environment.

We Will Provide:

• Excellent development and progression opportunities
• Range of Salary Sacrifice Schemes [holiday purchase, EV schemes, AVC Pension contributions]
• Life Assurance cover
• Wellbeing Resources and Counselling services
• Retail & Lifestyle Discount Platform
• Enhanced Family Leave Provisions
• Recognition initiatives and awards
• Occupational Sick Pay

Please note all our roles are subject to Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Why Join Cardo Group?

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. Diverse perspectives strengthen our business, drive innovation, and help us better serve the communities we work with.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is rooted in our core values:

• Teamwork – We collaborate, support one another, and achieve more together.
• Integrity – We act with honesty, fairness, and transparency in everything we do.
• Excellence – We set high standards and deliver quality for our people and our customers.
• Respect – We value every individual and create a space where all voices are heard.

We ensure fair opportunities, embrace diverse backgrounds and experiences, and foster a culture where everyone truly belongs. Join us on our ambitious, exciting, and inclusive journey.