Annual salary: up to £27,750.00

Planner/Works Programmer

Rotherham – Office based     

Full Time, Permanent, 42.5hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary up to £27,750 per annum

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.

About the Role:

As a Planner within our Belfast branch, you will be part of a local repairs team which ensures that works orders are scheduled through the In-house appointments system, repairs works are allocated to trade operatives and all works are carried out with minimal average turnaround time. The main duties will include raising jobs for both responsive repairs and voids, issuing the jobs to staff across the contract and ensuring their days are full. The role will also be interacting with sub-contractors and doing any other administrative duties where required.

Role Criteria:

• Strong IT skills – excel and word
• Good telephone manor
• Team player and ability to work alone
• Ability to manage your own workload
• Willing to learn
• Adaptable
• Ability to work in a reactive environment
• Able to multi-task
• Good time management skills

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 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

To apply, follow the link below or to discuss your application further please contact Beth Dunford on [email protected]  

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.