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Reed Talent Solutions are working with United Utilities on the search for Scheduling Coordinator's to join their busy team.
Why work at United Utilities?
Be part of a team based at our fantastic facilities, where you'll have access to a range of amenities, including free parking, an on-site gym to keep you motivated, and a delightful restaurant and coffee shop to fuel your passion!
United Utilities believes in the power of diversity, and we're excited to welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Our goal is to build a team that reflects the richness of our diverse customer base.
Who are United Utilities?
United Utilities is proud to be an essential service provider to seven million customers across the Northwest. We bring clean, clear water to three million households and 200,000 businesses and take their wastewater away so our customers can simply get on with their day. Our 5,000 employees are key to achieving our ambitious vision and plans, and we all work together to provide a great service to our customers.
Location: Lingley Mere Business Park, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA53LP
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm.
Pay rate: £18.18per hour
Contract: Temporary 6 month contract with a view to extend a further 6 months.
Start date: ASAP
Job Purpose
Working closely with the planning and scheduling team as well as with other teams across the business, you'll prepare and review planned activities for the month ahead, aligned with the availability of resources and taking into account the impact of a reactive work forecast for the same period. You'll Identify and resolve any dependencies such as material ordering, plant and tools, external contractor arrangements, partner resources, asset availability, Asset outages, permits and ensure materials are identified and arranged/ordered as stock or non-stock. You'll also be working closely with the Learning and Development team to ascertain available training courses for the Field team to attend, providing accurate and up to date information on training dates/courses.
You'll be responsible for forward planning of all Preventative, Predictive & Corrective maintenance activities at UU sites that the Planning team schedule for. You'll ensure that all tasks are scheduled optimally, taking into account business needs which will enable us to have a full Holistic view when creating operational schedules for Field Staff. You'll also be responsible for:
- Resource management activities, but not limited to: Training (classroom and E Learning), Van Servicing, Mandatory Health Appointments and Meetings for all operational Field staff within Work Management. Additional areas within role would be to prepare and review
- Ensuring work priorities and business drivers are aligned. Factors such as budget restrictions, resource restrictions, seasonal weather etc. could impact work priority & Identifying where it is effective and efficient to bundle work together to make the best use of resource.
- Liaising with the Planning and Forecasting team identifying events that need to be forward planned to allow them to add to their forecasts.
- Working alongside the in-day scheduling teams managing disruption on the day for any Forward Planning Events.
- Ensuring all work is recorded, prioritised and scheduled in accordance with agreed business rules to maximise the effective and efficient delivery of work carried out by the field teams you support.
- Maintaining all tasks, including further work to ensure all records are always kept up to date including job details, appointments, job statuses, relevant time & dates.
- Responding quickly and efficiently to queries from internal and external customers.
Knowledge and Skills
To be considered for this role you'll need to have an excellent understanding of the Water and Wastewater processes to a level that will enable sensible interactions with operations staff. Along with an understanding of company policy and procedures. You'll also:
- Be ideally experienced in using?SAP applications - SAP Core / Click schedule with an understanding of RCM work bank for maintenance disciplines
- Understand the lifecycle of a Work Order and how Work Orders should be generated and completed.
- Have excellent, effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with good interpersonal skills at all levels.?
- Be able to cope with fluctuating workloads and dealing with high volumes of work at any given time. Also have the ability to work under pressure, whilst still maintaining the?required attention to detail.
- Be an excellent team player who also has the ability to work independently.?
- Hold a full UK Driving licence
If you are a proactive individual with a strong background in scheduling and planning, and you’re looking for a new challenge, please apply below with an up to date copy of your CV!
