INSTALLATION PLANNER / COORDINATOR
BASED BLANTYRE / SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
PERMANENT / FULL TIME / HYBRID WORKING - TO £30,000 AND ENHANCED BENEFITS
Based in Blantyre South Lanarkshire, GRW Talent's client is a world leader in door opening solutions. They design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain automatic swinging, sliding and revolving pedestrian doors across the UK. Part of a well known multi-national group, the business continues to grow from strength to strength in the UK and internationally. Due to an internal promotion within the company they now need to hire a Planner / Coordinator for their Installations team.
Reporting to the Team Leader, you will be working closely with the automatic door installers and project management team to support the effective coordination of installations, ensuring works are completed efficiently while maximising customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
Schedule labour for installations, both planned and short notice where required.
Support planning by allocating the workload of automatic door installers.
Manage requirements relating to installation activities including equipment hire, site access, and duration of works.
Maintain business systems to ensure accurate information, including the installation planning board and updating project stages through the lifecycle.
Update customer client portals, ensuring all information is accurate.
Ensure adherence to internal procedures, including issuing site checklists, generating service requests, debriefing installers, managing installation and commissioning documentation, and bills of materials.
Raise purchase orders relating to subcontractor invoices, hire equipment, and site security requirements.
Act as a key point of contact for customers regarding planned works.
Ensure customers have met all necessary requirements to enable installations to be completed successfully. You must have strong organisational and planning skills along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You'll need the ability to prioritise workload and make effective decisions in a fast-paced environment with a good problem-solving capability and the ability to work with urgency and manage competing demands. Also needed is strong relationship-building skills with internal teams, subcontractors, and customers. It is a given you'll have IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel (intermediate level) and email systems. Lastly you'll need to show you are self-motivated with the ability to work well under pressure.
We are especially keen to speak to candidates with experience in scheduling, coordination, or planning within a field service, construction, or engineering environment and experience working with live planning systems or project lifecycle tracking tools.
This role represents an excellent opportunity to join a very forward thinking, human focused and growing business. Long term job security and career development opportunities can be taken as a given. Alongside an excellent base salary, you will also 33 days leave (including public holidays), good company pension, life insurance and health care support. Hybrid working pattern 3 days in the office, 2 from home. To apply to this position please send your resume to Katie Hydes at Grw Talent