Workshop Maintenance Planner (click here to find out more)

Allports Group; Fradley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vehicle rental company in the UK seeks a Maintenance Planner to oversee defect control and ensure compliance with maintenance schedules. The role requires previous experience in a similar maintenance position and a commitment to exceptional customer service. Join us for a rewarding career path with competitive benefits including 28 days holiday and various discounts.

Benefits

Industry competitive salary

28 days holiday plus option to buy 5 extra days

Mental health support

Birthday and Christmas vouchers

Hotel discounts

Retail, cinema, and gym discounts

Career and progression opportunities

Team and company building events

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning for commercial vehicles is essential.
• Strong understanding of customer operators' license maintenance schedules.

Responsibilities

• Control on-site defects and roadside breakdowns.
• Ensure vehicles remain compliant with maintenance schedules.
• Monitor progress and arrange workloads efficiently.

Skills

Ability to manage priorities

Commitment to delivering exceptional customer service

Experience in a maintenance role

Job description

HGV or commercial vehicle maintenance planning experience is essential for this role.

Allports Rental operates a growing fleet of more than 1,300 Vans, Trucks, and Trailers throughout the UK. We offer a full range of Contract Hire Management and Rental services providing tailor-made transport solutions to our expanding customer base.

Our benefits package includes:

• Industry competitive salary
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) + option to buy 5 extra days.
• Holiday increases with length of service.
• Mental health First Aiders and Health & Wellbeing Support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Birthday and Christmas Gift Vouchers.
• Hotel discounts across the UK.
• Retail, cinema and gym discounts.
• Career and progression opportunities.
• Team & Company team building events.

What you will be doing:

• As Maintenance Planner you will be responsible for controlling on-site defects, roadside breakdowns and ensuring all vehicles remain compliant in-line with customers operators’ licenses maintenance schedules, through our own workshops and our approved nationwide vendor partners.
• In the role you will be responsible for monitoring progress, obtaining customer authorisations and arranging workloads along with challenging and authorising expenditure for all work carried out.
• Ensuring scheduled activity is linked to minimise downtime and to control asset expenditure.

What you will bring:

• Ability to manage priorities
• Commitment to delivering and exceptional customer service
• Previous experience within a similar maintenance role

If you would like to work for a company that is totally committed to delivering the very best in service and building robust relationships with customers, this position is for you.