Scheduler

WATES; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction and property services company is looking for a scheduler for a 12-month fixed term maternity cover. This office-based role involves scheduling works for up to 20 operatives, managing emergency requests, and providing high-quality customer service. Strong organisational and communication skills are essential, along with relevant scheduling experience. Join a company driven by creating thriving places, people, and planet.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in planning, scheduling, or logistics.
• Experience in construction/property services is ideal but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Schedule works into diaries for up to 20 operatives.
• Manage emergency requests and ensure timely target meeting.
• Respond to telephone variations for approval.
• Arrange inspections for supervisors.
• Provide high-quality face-to-face service to clients.
• Work in a team to meet daily allocation targets.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Multitasking

Time management

Job description

The Vacancy

Are you organised and great with people? Love being busy and process driven? If so then I have your next role right here:

We’re on the look out for a scheduler to join us on a FIXED TERM 12 MONTH MATERNITY COVER contract within our scheduling team in the Milton Keynes area. You will be part of the Wates Living Space Responsive team allocating works to several operatives daily, ensuring productivity and providing a good customer service to our client and residents. This is an office-based role so ideally you will be commutable to Milton Keynes.

Key Accountabilities

• Schedule works into diaries for up to 20 operatives daily ensuring diaries are full and immediate attention is given to allocate work to operatives when they become free.
• Check the system for emergencies and manage within a timely manner to ensure targets are meet
• Respond to telephone variations by seeking approval from duty surveyor so operatives may continue the site through to completion
• Arrange inspections for supervisors
• Provide a high-quality service to our client on a face-to-face basis
• Working within a team to achieve goals and targets achieving daily targets of a minimum of 60 allocations each day of new orders

We are looking for you to have relevant experience gained from working in a similar industry and environment ie planning, scheduling, logistics. Construction/property services would be ideal but not a must.

To be successful in the role you be an excellent communicator with the ability to problem solve, multi task and work to tight deadlines.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic 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.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

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.