Our client is currently recruiting for a Work Force Planner in Edinburgh EH16.
Job role: Work Force Planner
Pay: £15.50 p/h (PAYE)
Hours: 0800 - 16.00 (Monday to Friday)
End of the position: December 2025
Location: EH16
Job description:
* Mitigate risk against performance penalties for failures by ensuring all tasks are scheduled timely, to the correct resource and completed in line with contractual requirements.
* Jeopardy Manage all tasks in line with SLAs/KPIs in order to reduce financial penalties.
* Manage engineer times/timecards and ensure updated accurately, and any errors escalated and resolved appropriately - Ensure purchase orders are raised accurately.
* Quoted works to be logged accurately following business processes.
* Log and manage remedial requests appropriately.
* Work together with wider teams including supervisors, managers, and directors in order to achieve collaboratively.
* Support in raising purchase orders for external specialist suppliers where we are unable to deliver the work, within agreed parameters and budgets.
* Work with the service delivery team to review engineer availability.
* Any other administrative work as required.
Complexity:
* Responsible, trustworthy, and reliable
* Flexible and adaptable to change at a high pace.
* Proactive thinking with the ability to react if required.
* Have a visionary outlook on services and standards.
* Day to day involvement with NHS staff.
* Ability to multi-task but deliver consistent high standards.
* Maintain highest level on confidentiality.
* Exceptional communications skills and have the ability to liaise with management and operatives at all levels.
* Must be computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft word, Excel and Outlook
Qualifications and required experience:
Work force planner experience
Experience within a Healthcare environment is advantageous.
Role requires and advanced disclosure.
Planning Experience
Experience with CAFM System.
Competencies:
Collaborating - works well with others.
Commercial - adds value.
Contributing - contributes ideas.
Delivering - does a great job.
Developing - develops others.
Finance - cost conscious
Influencing - is respected.
Leading - role model
Learning - improves job performance.
Planning - thinks ahead.
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