Scheduler

The Vacancy

WPS are currently recruiting for an experienced Scheduler to join our Milton Keynes office, supporting responsive maintenance works within social housing.

This is a busy, fast‑paced role where organisation, clear communication and strong logistics skills are key to ensuring repairs are delivered efficiently and tenants receive an excellent service.

Key Responsibilities

• Scheduling and coordinating responsive repair works across social housing properties
• Allocating jobs to operatives and subcontractors, ensuring best use of resources
• Managing diaries, appointments and route planning
• Liaising with tenants, housing officers, operatives and suppliers to confirm access and appointments
• Monitoring job progress and updating systems accurately
• Reacting quickly to changes, emergencies and priority repairs
• Ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met

About You

• Previous experience in scheduling, planning or logistics is essential
• Experience within social housing, repairs or maintenance is highly desirable
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills
• Confident communicator with a customer‑focused approach
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, office‑based environment
• Good IT skills and experience using scheduling or job management systems

What’s on Offer

• Office‑based role in Milton Keynes
• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:30pm
• Stable, full‑time position within a well‑established social housing contractor
• Supportive team environment
• Opportunity to develop your career within social housing and repairs

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic 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.