One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services, Sanctuary Group employs around 13,000 people and manages more than 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.
Gas Planner
Chester based with a balance of home and office working
£27,992 per year
40 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Gas Planner to join our Gas Planning team, based in Chester. The Gas Planners are responsible for planning the work for Gas Operatives across areas in England and Scotland including scheduling gas servicing and repair works. The ideal candidate would have previous experience within scheduling work and talking to a range of customers. If you are a highly motivated and organised individual who thrives in a busy environment, this could be the role for you.
The role is office based, however following the successful completion of a 6-month probation period there will be an option for hybrid working.
The role of Gas Planner will include:
- Monitoring Operatives’ diaries to ensure efficiencies are gained and best routes for Operatives are taken
- Raising follow on repairs and allocating work
- Working from generic mailboxes and actioning emails
- Handling calls from Operatives, internal and external customers relating to gas works
- Actioning and booking emergency and urgent repairs in line with Sanctuary policy and procedures
- Communicating with customers in a timely manner concerning general queries
- Scheduling gas servicing and repair works, using our Scheduling system
Skills and experiences:
- Some experience within a similar role
- Experience of using multiple systems and processes to effectively schedule a field workforce
- Working knowledge of relevant regulations, legislation and good practice
- Proven experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads in a fast paced environment
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal and customer care skills
- Ability to extract and interpret data from a number of sources along with analysing and diagnosing problems using multiple systems and implementing effective solutions
About us
Sanctuary Property Services provide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values
- working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
- Role salary is £27,132 with an additional policy allowance of £860 per annum
View the job profile (if the link is unavailable please visit the Sanctuary careers website)
Closing Date: 28 November 2024
Before you apply, please ensure you have an updated copy of your CV. If you're unsure about any details or have questions about the role, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – propertyservices.rec@sanctuary.co.uk
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
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