Calling all Work Planners!
Are you an experienced Work Planner or Scheduler in housing maintenance and repairs, looking for your next challenge in a fast-paced and customer-focused environment?
If so, we have an exciting temporary opportunity for a Work Planner/ Scheduler within our Platform Property Care planning team that could be for you! This would be a 12-month Fixed Term contract from August 2025 to August 2026.
In this key role, you’ll join a motivated team responsible for planning a multi-skilled trades workforce to deliver both planned and reactive maintenance services.
Our Work Planners are central to delivering excellent customer service and ensuring repairs and installations are completed right the first time.
This is a Full-Time role working 40 hours a week Monday to Friday 8:00 - 16:30 - so no weekend working.
What could you be doing?
Responsible for planning an operational multi skill trades workforce, maintaining contact with field teams, and liaising with customers, you will need to be highly organised, approachable, and a confident communicator.
It is a busy role, juggling different priorities and you will need to remain calm under pressure, think on your feet and be able to work on your own initiative. But this won’t phase you as you will excel in organising the engineers and scheduling property maintenance and repairs. You will also have the support of a great team around you.
Who we are looking for:
* Strong IT skills, particularly Outlook and Word
* Experience of working in a building maintenance or construction administration team as a work planner or scheduler, planning a trades workforce is essential
* Workforce (Engineers) planning and scheduling software experience (DRS)
Be Part of Something Bigger
Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. We’re growing fast and investing in our people to help us get there. If this sounds like your ideal role we’d love to hear from you.
Interested? Contact to find out more.
*Whist this role is home based, there will be an expectation that you will be able to travel to our Group Offices located in Birmingham Business Park, Solihull or Central Park, Worcester on an ad-hoc basis, and as required. There is a Team meeting every other month and there will be other infrequent travel required. Any required travel will be reimbursed in line with our current policy and current Inland Revenue Mileage rates. Car parking at our offices is free.
Early applications are encouraged. If you are shortlisted to attend a virtual interview we will contact you via email and mobile to arrange this.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.