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Job Summary
Planner
Location: Belfast office based
Full time Permanent
Salary: 32906.90 per annum
Hours: 42.5 hours Monday Friday 8am 5pm
Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast Yorkshire and Humber Northern Ireland and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government registered providers tenants landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.
Duties:
- Schedule operatives and subcontractors to ensure resources are used effectively and repairs are delivered on time.
- Monitor and update repair jobs daily including appointments follow-on works and overdue tasks.
- Support the use of IT systems ensuring operatives update their PDAs and schedule of rates are entered correctly.
- Communicate clearly and professionally with residents operatives and stakeholders to keep everyone informed.
- Work closely with administrators supervisors and contractors to ensure a seamless service.
- Cover for other planners when needed and attend meetings or training sessions as required.
- Follow company policies and Health & Safety requirements at all times.
- Assist with reporting and performance monitoring to ensure KPIs and targets are met.
- Help prioritise emergency and urgent jobs to minimise disruption for residents.
- Maintain accurate records data and documentation for audits and compliance.
- Support continuous service improvements by suggesting ways to streamline planning and scheduling.
- Provide general administrative support to the repairs team when required
Role Criteria:
- Experience in the above role with similar or the same duties
- Good geographical knowledge of Northern Ireland
- Ability to investigate evaluate and respond to situations quickly
- Good IT knowledge experience with all MS packages
- Ability to make effective decisions based on objective assessment of situations
- Ability to multitask control multiple processes simultaneously to share good practice
- An understanding of the construction industry including trades materials processes and safety
- Ability to load and maintain data for handheld hardware
- Excellent organisational skills in order to manage and organise own workload
- The ability to respond to changing priorities in order to meet deadlines
- Full UK driving license
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Leading pension scheme
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community in support of our social value commitment
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries holidays eye test vouchers Share save scheme plus much more
- Family friendly policies
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
As part of the recruitment process for this role we will carry out a Background Identity Security clearance & BPSS check. For these checks to be completed we will require from you the relevant identification including Proof of Address References a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Beth Dunford ()If you need any help with your application process we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive we are a Disability Confident employer valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Key Skills
- GIS
- JAWS
- Military Experience
- Business Management
- Emergency Management
- Joint Operations
- Production Planning
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- ERP Systems
- Exercise Planning
- MRP
About Company
We provide and manage 17,000 homes for local and central Government and are also responsible for keeping 750,000 of all social housing in the UK in good repair. Mears has thousands employees and a footprint across the country.
