About the Role
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You’ll need to be proactive and ready to tackle any challenges and respond with options or preferably a resolution. We're looking for a super organised individual who has experience in a fast paced Customer Service environment.
As a Planner, your main duties will include calling residents to book in appointments and planning operatives’ diaries. You will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining PDA (personal digital assistant) control allocation and will monitor daily work volumes ensuring efficient use of resources to meet turnaround timescales. As well as this, whilst ensuring employees always have the workload to allow them to perform to an optimum level, you will also provide supporting information on operative performance levels.
Role Criteria:
1. Ability to investigate, evaluate and respond to situations quickly
2. Decisive-Make effective decisions based on objective assessment of situations
3. Able to multitask-Control multiple processes simultaneously to share good practice
4. Good IT knowledge for all Microsoft applications-IT Literate
5. Proven ability to prioritise own workload
6. Great Customer Service- Confident on the phone with a good telephone manner
7. Knowledge/experience of Direct Scheduling System (used commonly by councils)
8. General knowledge of the construction industry
9. Great organisational skills
Benefits we can offer you
10. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
11. Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
12. Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
13. Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
14. Family friendly policies