Planner / Scheduler

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organised individual to join our fast-paced Technical Services department, supporting our Field Service Engineers by taking ownership of organising the planned maintenance activities and allocating reactive work for medical equipment systems.

Here's what you can expect to be doing…

• Work closely with the management team to support new systems, processes and central capacity planning.


• Effectively allocate work for field-based engineers across the UK, ensuring work is planned and scheduled to meet the needs of the customers and our contracted Service Level Agreements.


• Build a good rapport with the wider team to ensure that the most effective solution is delivered for the customer.


• Develop an understanding of our customer requirements, products and skill set of engineers to allow for effective decision-making when planning and scheduling work.


• Monitor reactive requests, completion rates and job overruns that may jeopardise the planned work schedule.


• Assist with daily, weekly and monthly reporting of management information relating to the planning and scheduling activities, supporting the team to ensure that key performance indicators are met.


• Ensures that the electronic scheduling system and capacity plan is maintained accurately to reflect live service contracts and availability of engineers.


• Apply a flexible approach to daily changes in capacity planning, work demands and customer requirements.
  
  Good standard of education


• Able to achieve and maintain service targets


• Experience of planning and scheduling


• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office


• Be a team player with the ability to prioritise workloads and work unsupervised


• Good organisation and planning skills


• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
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B. Braun is one of the world's leading providers and manufacturers of healthcare solutions today. We focus on delivering exceptional value to our customers. Our wide range of products and services, as well as a long history in the healthcare sector, places us in the unique position of being able to provide expertise as well as solutions to our challenges.

Our aim is to support the healthcare sector to address the challenges it currently faces. From workforce and bed shortage to infection rates, we have a range of partnership models which focus on reducing system costs and improving both patient outcomes and hospital provider efficiency.

We employ over 1300 people across the UK with our Central Operations being based at our Head Office in Sheffield.

In return we will provide the following benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays


• Potential annual bonus scheme


• Free onsite parking, tea and coffee


• Onsite subsidised canteen


• Company Pension scheme - employer contribution match up to 7%


• Life assurance 3 x annual salary


• Group Income Protection Scheme


• Private Medical Insurance option


• Occupational Sick Pay


• Assistance with further study


• Learning and development opportunities


• Enhanced family-friendly payments


• Aviva Employee Assistance Programme which includes access to digital wellbeing programmes


• Aviva DigiCare Workplace App which includes access to a free digital GP and a health check


• Recognition and long service awards


• Professional subscription reimbursement when required for your role


• Health and wellbeing activities


• Financial education support


• Access to our benefits app with fantastic discounts from hundreds of retailers and instant access to your digital payslip


Optional benefits:

• Westfield Health Cash Plan


• Blue Light Card


• Discounted gym membership


• Cycle to work scheme


• Costco Wholesale membership


• WSL - 40% off Will writing service


• Taste Card