Scheduler

Platform Housing Group; Louth; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Housing Group in Louth, Lincolnshire, is seeking a proactive Scheduler on a fixed-term contract ending 31 May 2027. Based in our Louth Hub, you will coordinate real-time scheduling for repairs and maintenance, match tasks to multi-skill operatives, and ensure appointments are kept and jobs are completed right first time.

Experience with scheduling systems (DRS, Open Housing), a customer-focused mindset, and GCSEs in English and Maths are required.

Qualifications

• Experience using scheduling or workforce management systems (e.g. DRS, Open Housing).
• Strong customer-focused mindset and ability to resolve queries professionally.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Proactive approach to workload management.
• GCSEs in English and Maths (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Scheduling, real-time management of repairs and maintenance workloads.
• Match tasks to the appropriate multi-skill operatives and subcontractors.
• Maintain customer updates and ensure appointments are kept and repairs completed right first time.
• Provide central contact between customers, operatives and call centre.
• Support continuous improvement in service delivery.

Job description

Scheduler - Fixed Term Contract Until End of May 2027 (Housing Repairs & Maintenance)

• Location:
• Louth, Lincolnshire
• £32,393 per annum
• Contract Type:
• Fixed term
• Full Time or Part Time:
• Full Time
• Closing Date:
• 2 November 2026

Are you Repairs & Maintenance Scheduler looking for your next step in your career?

Are you a natural problem-solver with a passion for delivering exceptional customer service?

Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where every day brings new challenges?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Property Care team as a Scheduler, based in Louth. This would be on a Fixed Term Contract basis ending 31 May 2027.

As the central coordinator of our in-day operations, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our customers receive a smooth, reliable, and high-quality repair service. You'll be responsible for real-time scheduling, matching the right Multi-skill Trades Operative to each job, and ensuring appointments are kept and repairs are completed right first time.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Championing a customer-first approach in all scheduling and communications.
• Managing real-time scheduling and resolving in-day issues to prevent service disruption.
• Coordinating emergency and out-of-hours jobs with on-call Multi-skill Trade operatives or subcontractors.
• Central point of contact to customers, and to operatives and the call centre to maintain workflow and customer satisfaction, providing updates as and when needed.
• Scheduling, support, coordination and administration support to our mobile workforce.
• Supporting continuous improvement and identifying opportunities to enhance service delivery.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience using scheduling or workforce management systems (e.g. DRS, Open Housing) and planning a field based multi-skill trades workforce, preferably within a Housing repairs environment or within facilities/ construction.
• A strong customer-focused mindset with the ability to resolve queries and complaints professionally.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to managing both their own and others' workload, tasks, and job planning.
• Shows strong adaptability to changing priorities and effectively manages multiple, and at times evolving, demands.
• GCSEs in English and Maths (or equivalent).

As our teams are patch based you'd also need to be based in or close to Louth, as your local knowledge of Lincolnshire will help you succeed in this role. You will be based in our Louth Hub/Office which has free onsite car parking.

Be Part of Something Bigger

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear - we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a role that’s central to our commitment to "Keeping the Promise" to our customers. If you are an experienced Scheduler and this sounds like the role for you.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.

Please note that this advert may close earlier than advertised so we would encourage early applications.