Planner - Leicester, United Kingdom - Mears Group

Mears Group

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Leicester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Annual salary:
up to £25,000.00

Planner

Up to £25,000, depending on experience
Permanent
Full Time_

Are you somebody who is open to new opportunities, works to achieve high standards and is customer focused? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Planner to join our repairs and maintenance division working in a hybrid style between home and out Stoke or Leicester offices.

Who are we:

This role is working in partnership with Mears for Riverside Direct who are part of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Riverside Group who provide services to 6,000 homes across the Central region of England.

Here at Riverside Direct, we are searching for highly motivated and customer focused people to join our team to help benefit the lives of their local community

What we are looking for:
A proactive and experienced planner who is ready to tackle any challenge that is thrown at you. It's a busy but fun environment working within a small team of planners.

What you will be doing day to day:

Making and receiving call
Making appointments
Taking responsibility for the planning and scheduling of our trade operatives' work, delivering response repairs and maintenance to our clients.
Liaising with supervisors, operational colleagues, customers, and subcontractors
Ability to investigate, evaluate and respond to situations quickly in an everchanging environment
Ensuring clients repairs are diagnosed correctly and the correct operative is dispatched to ensure a firsttime fix approach

What you need to have:

Strong communication and customer service skills. A lot of your time will be spent speaking with trade operatives, residents, management, and contractors.
IT proficient
Previous experience in a fastpaced office environment.
Ability to load and maintain data for PDA (training will be given)
Organisational skills necessary to manage and organise own and trade operative's workload.
The ability to communicate effectively at levels commensurate with role, both verbally and in writing.
The ability to respond to changing priorities in order to meet deadlines.

What's in for you?

Competitive basic salary
Up to £25,000, depending on experience
25 days annual leave
Pension Scheme
Sharesave a simple way of saving money direct from your salary for 3 years, in order to buy Mears Group PLC (Mears) shares at a price that is fixed and discounted at the outset.
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.
Riverside Direct employees also receive benefits through Riverside Rewards scheme as well as Mears Rewards with discounts on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, entertaining, etc.
Be part of a friendly and dedicated team