Annual salary: up to £30,458.75
Planner
Location: Tonbridge
Full time / Permanent
Salary: £30,458.75
Hours: 42.5 hours Monday - Friday
MPS has been looking after residents’ homes for over 25 years. As part of the Mears Group, we focus on estate management and property maintenance, delivering tailored solutions that support people and communities.
We provide a wide range of services; including responsive repairs, planned works, and cyclical maintenance to over 100 local authorities and housing providers across the UK. One of our key partners is Orbit, a major housing provider in the Midlands, East Anglia, and the South East, managing over 45,000 homes.
Together, MPS and Orbit ensure residents receive timely, high-quality repairs and maintenance, with a strong emphasis on customer care, safety, and long-term value.
About the role:
We are looking for an organised and proactive Planner to join our Major Works team. You will play an important role in ensuring planned works are scheduled efficiently, work is allocated to operatives and subcontractors, and programmes are delivered on time and to a high standard.
Acting as a key point of contact between residents, operatives, subcontractors and internal colleagues, you will help support the smooth delivery of major works schemes while maintaining a customer-focused and well‑coordinated service.
Duties:
1. Plan and schedule major works activities to ensure efficient use of operatives, subcontractors and resources
2. Use the MCM system to manage programmes, update job statuses and monitor progress across works
3. Track programme milestones, overdue tasks and support the team in meeting performance targets and KPIs
4. Coordinate operatives and subcontractors to ensure works are delivered on time and materials are available
5. Communicate effectively with residents to provide updates, programme information and manage expectations
6. Support the Major Works team by identifying and escalating operational or programme risks where required
7. Monitor workloads and assist with planning cover for absences and holidays
8. Allocate work to subcontractors and raise material orders in line with procurement procedures
9. Ensure accurate use of IT systems, including PDAs and subcontractor portals
10. Maintain clear and accurate records across all systems
11. Deliver a professional, courteous and customer‑focused service at all times
12. Adhere to health and safety requirements and company policies
13. Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure programme and service delivery standards are met
14. Support company procedures, maintain company assets and provide cover for other planners when required
15. Attend meetings and training sessions as required
Role Criteria:
16. Experience working in a planning, scheduling or coordination role ideally within major works, repairs and maintenance, or a similar environment
17. GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths
18. Experience working in a fast‑paced, customer‑focused environment
19. Good IT skills with the ability to use job management, scheduling and appointment systems
20. Strong time management and organisational skills, with good attention to detail
21. Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal
22. A customer‑focused approach with the ability to manage queries and challenging situations professionally
23. An understanding of planned works, repairs and maintenance processes
24. Experience planning and scheduling multi‑trade works using an ICT appointment or job management system
Benefits
25. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
26. Leading pension scheme
27. Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
28. Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
29. Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
30. Family friendly policies
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.