Service Planner

Posted:
10/16/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Reading, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support

Workplace Type:
On-site

What you will do 

 

As a Service Planner, you will be responsible for scheduling routine service visits, dispatching callouts, managing the engineers’ diaries, completing permits and fulfilling paperwork requests amongst a number of other responsibilities. 

What we offer 

    • Competitive salary and overtime rates  

    • Paid holidays including all bank holidays and sick pay 

    • Comprehensive benefits package including pension matched contribution, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme, employee discounts including high street brands, cycle 2 work scheme and discount on Johnson Controls security products – medical 

    • Extensive on the job/cross training opportunities with outstanding resources available 

    • Encouraging and collaborative team environment 

    • Access to business resource groups 

    • Training on our company values and products 

    • Company equipment to complete all jobs 

    • Long term career development 

    How you will do it 

    • Schedule planned maintenance and reactive works for a team of engineers 

    • Complete relevant documents such as permits to ensure works go ahead as planned 

    • Work on multiple customer portals 

    • Manage the diaries including re-scheduling works to cover engineer absences or emergency works 

    • Provide first class customer service via phone and email for planning and admin queries for both internal and external customers 

    • Work with the relevant field line managers to utilize the engineers as productively as possible 

    • Work with other departments such as Sales, Billing, The Facilities Management Helpdesk and the Subcontractor team to help deliver the high level of customer service expected by our customers 

    • Report to the Planning team manager and mentors to help ensure individual and team KPIs are met 

      What we look for 

      • Customer Service skills and experience 

      • Outstanding written and verbal skills 

      • Ability to multi-task and work well in a high-pressured environment 

      • Computer proficiency with the ability to handle multiple PC applications at once 

      • A strong sense of urgency, the ability to follow-through and have attention to detail 

      • Excellent decision making and problem-solving skills 

      • Good organizational skills   

      • Previous planning / scheduling experience in a service role is desired 

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