Planner - Thurrock, United Kingdom - Mears Group

Mears Group
Mears Group
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Thurrock, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Annual salary:
up to £25,000.00

Planner

  • Permanent
  • Full Time
  • Up to £25,000 per annum, depending on experience_


We're looking for a super-organised Planner who's quick-thinking and versatile, proactive and can work as part of a team; the kind of person who can turn their hand to anything at a moment's notice to ensure that employees have everything they need to do their jobs and that the company runs efficiently.

Who are we?


Mears is one of the UK's leading housing and care providers to both the public and private sector, with over 6,500 employees, working with clients to help develop, fund and implement their placemaking ambitions.


With 30 years of delivering market-leading repairs and maintenance services, Mears is trusted to deliver in excess of 6,000 repairs daily to a portfolio of more than 1,000,000 homes nationwide.


We provide tailored rapid-response and planned maintenance services through partnering arrangements with more than 70 local authorities, Arm's Length Management Organisations and Housing Associations.


What we are looking for:


You'll need to be proactive and ready to tackle any challenge that are thrown at you and respond with options or preferably a resolution.

You will also need to be responsible for monitoring and maintaining PDA (personal digital assistant) control allocation and will monitor daily work volumes ensuring efficient use of resources to meet turnaround timescales.

As well as this, whilst ensuring employees always have the workload to allow them to perform to an optimum level, you will also provide supporting information on operative performance levels.


What you need to have:

  • Ability to investigate, evaluate and respond to situations quickly
  • Make effective decisions based on objective assessment of situations
  • Control multiple processes simultaneously to share good practice
  • Good IT knowledge
  • Ability to load and maintain data for handheld hardware.
  • Knowledge/experience of Direct Scheduling System (used commonly by councils)
  • General knowledge of the construction industry
  • Organisational skills necessary to manage and organise own workload
  • The ability to communicate effectively at levels commensurate with role, both verbally and in writing (client, tenants, operatives, subcontractors etc.)
  • The ability to respond to changing priorities in order to meet deadlines
What's in for you?

  • Competitive basic salary £25,000 per annum, depending on experience
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Company sick pay
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Eye Test Vouchers
  • Employee Assistance Programme


  • Mears Fun Day

  • Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work Previous years include, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor etc.
  • Staff perks with Mears Rewards discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless.
  • Be part of a friendly and dedicated team


  • Volunteering Leave

  • Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.


Mears Group recognise our people as our greatest asset, we Hire Individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

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