What you’ll be doing
as a Customer Planner, Assurance
1. Planning, scheduling and monitoring work for field teams, ensuring the right resources are allocated and jobs are completed on time.
2. Speaking with customers to understand issues, assess urgency and provide clear, timely updates throughout the customer journey. Using multiple systems to diagnose problems, raise work and manage jobs in real time, responding to changes and emergencies.
3. Managing complex and sensitive cases, including repeat issues, high-impact incidents and pollution-related events.
4. Working closely with field teams and operational colleagues to support successful job completion and incident response.
5. Maintaining accurate records and contributing to continuous improvement in planning processes and customer experience.
What you should bring to the role
6. Experience working in a fast-paced customer service or operational environment.
7. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with confidence in handling challenging conversations.
8. Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to work across multiple systems
9. Experience planning or allocating work to field-based teams.
10. The ability to prioritise effectively, take ownership of issues, and work calmly under pressure.
11. A collaborative mindset and a genuine focus on delivering a positive customer experience.
What’s in it for you?
12. Hourly Pay rate: £16.02
13. Expenses: Excluded
14. Location: Slough, SL1 4PJ
15. Length of assignment: 6 months
16. Required Start date: TBC
17. Hours: 36 hours per week
18. Please note you will be on assignment at Thames Water via Pertemps
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.
Our overarching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.