Repairs Planner - Housing - Permanent
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- London
- Salary
- 28000.00 - 30000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 27 Aug 2021
- Closes
- 24 Sep 2021
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care, Housing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a well-established Housing Contractor based in Essex, they are currently in the market for Repairs Planners to join their team due to an increase in workload.
Your main duty is to provide a responsive service to customers, raise works orders and respond to queries, as well as dealing with daily contract administration.
Key responsibilities:
• Managing operatives diaries
• Liaising with tenants and operatives to arrange repairs
• Understanding of Schedule of rates
• Planning repairs works for pre and post inspection, reactive, voids and emergency repairs
• Prioritising emergency works
• Booking appointments and allocating works to the available operatives, and following works from start through to completion
• Effectively communicate any concerns about work quality and ensure operatives have the right material to complete their work
• Ensure all relevant data is up-dated on a timely basis
• Provide first point of contact for telephone callers and ensure prompt resolution of issues received by phone/fax/email/letter, without the need to refer or escalate cases.
• Accurate filing of contract paperwork and ongoing maintenance of files, to include for example time sheets and completion sheets from sub contractors.
• Establish customer needs and provide a service in relation to repairs to properties.
• Work with colleagues, residents, operatives, sub-contractors and other suppliers to ensure targets are met and an excellent service is delivered.
• Use and update the IT and other systems, inputting and extracting information and ensuring protocol is followed.
• Ensure requirements of Health and Safety legislation are followed and undertake
• Health and Safety training as required.
Key skills and experience:
• Experience of working in a customer service environment within construction.
• Experience in a repairs & maintenance environment
• Makes decisions based on set standards and procedures
• Consistently maintains high level of performance.
• Communicates in a clear, concise and constructive manner based on own knowledge and experience, meeting the needs of the caller effectively and efficiently, remaining calm and in control.
• Resilient in difficult or stressful situations
• Able to empathise with customers
• Able to produce clear and concise correspondence.
• Accurate IT skills (Microsoft Word)
Your main duty is to provide a responsive service to customers, raise works orders and respond to queries, as well as dealing with daily contract administration.
Key responsibilities:
• Managing operatives diaries
• Liaising with tenants and operatives to arrange repairs
• Understanding of Schedule of rates
• Planning repairs works for pre and post inspection, reactive, voids and emergency repairs
• Prioritising emergency works
• Booking appointments and allocating works to the available operatives, and following works from start through to completion
• Effectively communicate any concerns about work quality and ensure operatives have the right material to complete their work
• Ensure all relevant data is up-dated on a timely basis
• Provide first point of contact for telephone callers and ensure prompt resolution of issues received by phone/fax/email/letter, without the need to refer or escalate cases.
• Accurate filing of contract paperwork and ongoing maintenance of files, to include for example time sheets and completion sheets from sub contractors.
• Establish customer needs and provide a service in relation to repairs to properties.
• Work with colleagues, residents, operatives, sub-contractors and other suppliers to ensure targets are met and an excellent service is delivered.
• Use and update the IT and other systems, inputting and extracting information and ensuring protocol is followed.
• Ensure requirements of Health and Safety legislation are followed and undertake
• Health and Safety training as required.
Key skills and experience:
• Experience of working in a customer service environment within construction.
• Experience in a repairs & maintenance environment
• Makes decisions based on set standards and procedures
• Consistently maintains high level of performance.
• Communicates in a clear, concise and constructive manner based on own knowledge and experience, meeting the needs of the caller effectively and efficiently, remaining calm and in control.
• Resilient in difficult or stressful situations
• Able to empathise with customers
• Able to produce clear and concise correspondence.
• Accurate IT skills (Microsoft Word)