Repairs Planner / Controller / Scheduler

February 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Repairs Planner / Controller / Scheduler

Be critical to our success in Kier Places, and join the Housing Maintenance as a Repairs Planner team maintaining the homes of our nation's residents.


Kier Places provide essential property services to local authorities, councils, schools, the NHS, housing associations, and public sector government buildings - we are recruiting now for an experienced Repairs Planner / Resource Scheduler to join our Housing Maintenance team in Loughton, to support the ongoing evolution & growth of Kier Places, and be critical to achieving success in delivering our contracts, projects & works within the Housing Maintenance sector, with a national reach & local passion.


Job title: Repairs Planner / Resource Scheduler / Resource Controller

Location: Flexible working available, where you will be based out of our Loughton office with home working available

Business Area: Kier Housing Maintenance

Contract & hours: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday - we may be able to offer this role as either full time or part time and offer flexible hours


Kier Places have an excellent opportunity for a Repairs Planner / Resource Scheduler to join our Housing Maintenance team in Loughton to schedule repairs and maintenance works for clients, organising schedules, travel & accommodation for our operatives, and take full responsibility for works orders process in order to meet service delivery & maintain key relationships.


Key Responsibilities

As a Repairs Planner / Resource Controller, we will look to you to oversee & schedule a team of 15 operatives plus specialist subcontractors; liaise with clients for access arrangements; maintain effective work systems & documentation compliance; work to service level agreements for all enquiries, whilst working to established processes & procedures; and manage the Servitor Repairs Management systems.


What do we need from you?

The opportunity is yours for the taking, if you have - strong experience in a similar scheduler, coordinating or planner role in order to manage and plan our engineers, labour operatives, and specialist subcontractors. Ideally, you'll have relevant industry experience relating to maintenance & repairs; and you should be a proactive, resourceful, confident & driven person, continuously looking to improve.


Who are we?

Kier Housing Maintenance is a home-from-home for people with top housing maintenance and repairs skills. Thousands of homes across the country rely on us to maintain the place they live day-in-day-out. Join us to play a valued role in the success of the wider Kier Places team.


Find out more here about the great we offer our employees.


Delivering contracts. Creating communities. Developing careers. Join us today as a Repairs Planner / Resource Scheduler.


Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing .


Closing Date: 5th March 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.


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