Works Planner

Summary

Works Planner
West London, Feltham
Temp Position
Monday - Friday
£14.42 Per Hour

Social Housing Experience Needed

Key Responsibilities - Works Planner:

Undertake the works planner function for a group of maintenance operatives
Utilising a range of IT systems to ensure that all appointed jobs are carried out on time and that there is effective communications with customers.
Carry out other administrative and data handling functions as instructed by the Senior Planner & Supervision Officer including updating all systems information, addressing queries from the Customer Service Centre.
The post holder may be required to work in any admin capacity within the Repairs Service ensuring that the directorate works as one entity.

Create all new jobs, manage all workers' diaries, and schedule appointments.
Plan workforce activity in advance, reallocating work as required and integrating emergency jobs as reported.
Ensure active communications with the field workers so that any unplanned occurrences are addressed immediately.
Identify risks as early as possible so unplanned disruption occurs.
Review the balance of work in the team and in individual trades to ensure that there is capacity to deliver emergency and urgent repairs,
Ensure that any jobs ordered without appointments, such as communal repairs are effectively integrated into the workload and completed within overall job priority times.
Provide a high standard of customer care in handling all communications and enquiries, both with tenants and leaseholders and with the Customer Service Centre.
Initiate calls to tenants / leaseholders -rescheduling repairs at the earliest possible time.
Follow up on any 'out of hours' emergencies to ensure work completion information is properly recorded and necessarily follow up work arranged.
Assist with the management of maintenance officers' diaries to ensure effective use of time for pre inspection work.