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The Vacancy

 We're Hiring: Planner – WPS – Walton-on-Thames

Location: Walton-on-Thames

Type: Full-time

About The Role

Are you a master of organisation and love keeping things running smoothly?

We’re looking for a Planner to join our buzzing WPS team in Walton-on-Thames! You’ll be the go-to person for planning and coordinating our multi-skilled engineers and supply chain, helping us deliver top-notch service every day.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Planning diaries to keep our workforce productive and efficient
  • Creating performance reports to track progress and success
  • Keeping work-in-progress low and on target
  • Communicating with clients and teams to keep everything flowing
  • ️ Supporting supervisors and site teams with smart scheduling
  • Spotting areas for improvement and suggesting solutions
  • Handling customer queries with professionalism and care
  • ⚠️ Ensuring all plans meet health & safety standards

What You’ll Bring

  • ✅ Strong Excel & IT skills
  • ✅ Great communication – written & verbal
  • ✅ Ability to prioritise and manage your own workload
  • ✅ Commercial awareness & a customer-first mindset
  • ✅ Experience in producing reports and managing diaries
  • ✅ A clean driving licence is a bonus!

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a supportive, friendly team
  • Make a real impact every day
  • Opportunities to grow and develop
  • Work in a fast-paced, rewarding environment ‍♀️

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Work for Wates

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.
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Location:
Walton On Thames
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Business

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