Scheduler/Planner (36hrs/week)

Arcus FM; Redditch; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Facilities Management sector is seeking a Scheduler/Planner to join their Redditch office. The successful candidate will manage scheduling for engineers, ensuring customer service excellence and adherence to SLAs/KPIs. With a competitive salary, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits, this is an opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment while contributing to operational success.

Benefits

Up to 4% discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Generous contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Learning & Development opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Healthshield Scheme

Discounts on fitness centers

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of scheduling.
• Excellent administrative and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and schedule engineers for various work orders.
• Liaise between field-based engineers and client premises.
• Tasked with handling urgent and reactive maintenance requests.

Skills

Scheduling

Time Management

Problem Solving

Education

Experience within Facilities Management

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Scheduler/Planner (36hrs/week), Redditch

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Client:

Arcus FM

Location:

Redditch, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

21

Posted:

17.06.2025

Expiry Date:

01.08.2025

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Job Description:

Overview Are you looking for an employer who is big on career development? Do you enjoy communicating with various stakeholders? Do you thrive on delivering on set SLAs/KPIs? Do you want to provide the best customer service? If yes, then read on... We are now seeking an experienced Workforce Scheduling Controller, to join us on a permanent basis at our Redditch office. Responsibilities Your new role will be within our Central Operations Planning team, where you’ll be covering a multitude of clients. You’ll receive work orders via various systems, you’ll manage and schedule engineers through our scheduling system in accordance with the agreed set SLAs and KPIs. You’ll be liaising between our field-based engineers and client premises ensuring you allocate the correct skilled engineer to attend to the job, considering the store requirements, engineers’ location, and priority of the job through to availability. You’ll be a proactive and solution-focused individual, as you’ll be handling various requirements which could be anything from dealing with a power cut which requires an engineer within 2 hours, to reactive maintenance work where you’ll need to schedule an engineer within 720 hours or legislative work against critical KPI’s You’ll already be used to working against set SLAs and KPIs, therefore, it is essential you are SLA/KPI driven with a passion to deliver and succeed. You’ll be resilient, tenacious, and confident when dealing with Engineers, you’ll be able to manage challenge and persuade with ease ensuring you are achieving the best solution for the customer. Qualifications Our ideal candidate would have extensive knowledge of scheduling and be able to work on their own initiative. You’d have excellent administrative and time management skills, gained within a fast-paced time-pressured environment with the ability to adapt to change quickly. You’d be an advocate for continuous improvement, looking for ways to simplify and improve processes/results to ensure the customer receives the best resolution. Your key stakeholders will be all Field Operational Managers, Engineers, various clients, and Helpdesk colleagues. Your new team will consist of Schedulers, Senior Customer Support colleagues, Team Managers and Operations Managers. This is a 40-hour per week working 7am – 7pm across 7 days, as flexibility is required for this role. For this role you could have this experience within any industry and sector but with an aptitude to learn quickly new processes within the Facilities Management world - What is key is that you are confident, have the experience and are adaptable to all technology solutions In return, we would offer you: Salary: Up to £28,938 pro rata Up to 4% discretionary bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays Generous contributory pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6% Life Assurance Learning & Development opportunities Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme Cycle to Work Scheme Healthshield Scheme Up to 10% off B&Q/ Trade Point 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres To be considered for this position please submit your application via the 'apply' button. Requisition ID 2024-5933Your new role will be within our Central Operations Planning team, where you’ll be covering a multitude of clients. You’ll receive work orders via various systems, you’ll manage and schedule engineers through our scheduling system in accordance with the agreed set SLAs and KPIs. You’ll be liaising between our field-based engineers and client premises ensuring you allocate the correct skilled engineer to attend to the job, considering the store requirements, engineers’ location, and priority of the job through to availability. You’ll be a proactive and solution-focused individual, as you’ll be handling various requirements which could be anything from dealing with a power cut which requires an engineer within 2 hours, to reactive maintenance work where you’ll need to schedule an engineer within 720 hours or legislative work against critical KPI’s You’ll already be used to working against set SLAs and KPIs, therefore, it is essential you are SLA/KPI driven with a passion to deliver and succeed. You’ll be resilient, tenacious, and confident when dealing with Engineers, you’ll be able to manage challenge and persuade with ease ensuring you are achieving the best solution for the customer.Our ideal candidate would have extensive knowledge of scheduling and be able to work on their own initiative. You’d have excellent administrative and time management skills, gained within a fast-paced time-pressured environment with the ability to adapt to change quickly. You’d be an advocate for continuous improvement, looking for ways to simplify and improve processes/results to ensure the customer receives the best resolution. Your key stakeholders will be all Field Operational Managers, Engineers, various clients, and Helpdesk colleagues. Your new team will consist of Schedulers, Senior Customer Support colleagues, Team Managers and Operations Managers. This is a 40-hour per week working 7am – 7pm across 7 days, as flexibility is required for this role. For this role you could have this experience within any industry and sector but with an aptitude to learn quickly new processes within the Facilities Management world - What is key is that you are confident, have the experience and are adaptable to all technology solutions In return, we would offer you: Salary: Up to £28,938 pro rata Up to 4% discretionary bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays Generous contributory pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6% Life Assurance Learning & Development opportunities Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme Cycle to Work Scheme Healthshield Scheme Up to 10% off B&Q/ Trade Point 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres To be considered for this position please submit your application via the 'apply' button.