Maintenance Administrator - 12 month maternity cover
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Watford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 20 May 2022
- Closes
- 07 Jun 2022
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Maintenance Administrator - 12 months maternity cover
Howdens Joinery, the UKs No 1 Trade only Kitchen Supplier with over 760 depots, has built a reputation that builders can trust through offering the best local price. Our unbeatable service and product has led to us becoming the market leader, which is why we were awarded the Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen in 2015 for our quality and excellence. Despite its scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.
Due to the continued expansion of the Company and increasing number of depots this has resulted in an increased demand on our Property department and a 12 month maternity cover position for a Maintenance Administrator has become available.
In Howdens, our depots are at the heart of everything we do and the purpose of all support functions is to ensure our depots can continue to trade with minimal disruption regardless of outside influences. This means maintenance must be efficiently organised and conducted at a time that suits the depot and our Trade customers.
Responsibilities in brief
Monitor and verify the provision of programmed maintenance services to the trading depots
Receive requests for reactive maintenance callouts from depots and determine the appropriate action
Liaison with miscellaneous external contractors and internal managers regarding production of purchase orders for maintenance callouts and capital shop fitting works to new depots.
Manage all arising administration issues regarding maintenance call outs and invoices raised
Liaison with depot portfolio regarding verification of maintenance works carried out
Maintain and update appropriate information on the Horizon property database.
Skills & experience
Good educational qualifications to "GCSE" level or equivalent standard including English and Maths.
General office-based clerical experience within a fast-moving customer based environment
A high level of organisational skills and the ability to deal and work with others as part of a small team.
An aptitude for using computer-based systems and techniques.
Good communications skills, must be confident to communicate at all levels.
The ability to provide a dedicated, hardworking and flexible approach in all areas.
Ability to multi-task and prioritise differing workloads
Good telephone manner
Must be focused on providing first class customer service.
Accuracy/attention to detail
Ability to use own initiative and work independently as well as part of a team.
Familiar with computer packages, in particular Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Knowledge of Horizon
Knowledge of SAP
Howdens deeply value team working and reward our people in line with individual and team success through a competitive package of benefits including;
Competitive salary plus bonus (non-guaranteed)
Pension scheme
25 days holiday (excluding Bank holidays)
Staff discount on Howdens products
Share awards
Subsidised gym membership
Modern spacious offices with free parking
Howdens Joinery, the UKs No 1 Trade only Kitchen Supplier with over 760 depots, has built a reputation that builders can trust through offering the best local price. Our unbeatable service and product has led to us becoming the market leader, which is why we were awarded the Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen in 2015 for our quality and excellence. Despite its scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.
Due to the continued expansion of the Company and increasing number of depots this has resulted in an increased demand on our Property department and a 12 month maternity cover position for a Maintenance Administrator has become available.
In Howdens, our depots are at the heart of everything we do and the purpose of all support functions is to ensure our depots can continue to trade with minimal disruption regardless of outside influences. This means maintenance must be efficiently organised and conducted at a time that suits the depot and our Trade customers.
Responsibilities in brief
Monitor and verify the provision of programmed maintenance services to the trading depots
Receive requests for reactive maintenance callouts from depots and determine the appropriate action
Liaison with miscellaneous external contractors and internal managers regarding production of purchase orders for maintenance callouts and capital shop fitting works to new depots.
Manage all arising administration issues regarding maintenance call outs and invoices raised
Liaison with depot portfolio regarding verification of maintenance works carried out
Maintain and update appropriate information on the Horizon property database.
Skills & experience
Good educational qualifications to "GCSE" level or equivalent standard including English and Maths.
General office-based clerical experience within a fast-moving customer based environment
A high level of organisational skills and the ability to deal and work with others as part of a small team.
An aptitude for using computer-based systems and techniques.
Good communications skills, must be confident to communicate at all levels.
The ability to provide a dedicated, hardworking and flexible approach in all areas.
Ability to multi-task and prioritise differing workloads
Good telephone manner
Must be focused on providing first class customer service.
Accuracy/attention to detail
Ability to use own initiative and work independently as well as part of a team.
Familiar with computer packages, in particular Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Knowledge of Horizon
Knowledge of SAP
Howdens deeply value team working and reward our people in line with individual and team success through a competitive package of benefits including;
Competitive salary plus bonus (non-guaranteed)
Pension scheme
25 days holiday (excluding Bank holidays)
Staff discount on Howdens products
Share awards
Subsidised gym membership
Modern spacious offices with free parking