Senior Planner (Hybrid)

Overview

Senior Planner (Hybrid)
Glasgow
£29,800

Search is proud to be partnering with a leading Glasgow-based organisation to recruit a Senior Planner. This is an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career, joining a growing team where progression to Team Leader is the natural next stage.

You'll join a team of four planners, supporting and delegating tasks while driving efficiency and maintaining service excellence. This is a newly expanded contract, ideal for someone with strong leadership potential and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

The Role

This is a varied and dynamic position where you'll act as the main point of contact between customers, engineers, suppliers, and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and seamless service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend client and management meetings to report on workload progress.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, clients, and contractors.
• Plan and coordinate the daily workload of engineering teams.
• Schedule and prioritise work to meet SLA and KPI targets.
• Collaborate with admin teams to manage parts orders and minimise downtime.
• Analyse weekly reports to reduce outstanding work orders and improve performance.
• Provide technical and coordination support to engineers and service desk staff.
• Liaise with client bureaus to resolve queries quickly and effectively.
• Handle calls, monitor shared inboxes, and manage general departmental administration.
• Demonstrate leadership and stakeholder management skills with readiness to progress.

About You

• Experience in a planning, scheduling, or coordination role.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Professional, resilient, and calm under pressure.
• A natural problem solver who enjoys improving processes and supporting others.

Working Pattern

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm). Hybrid working available

Career Progression

You'll be joining a team led by a manager who genuinely invests in people's development. With the right attitude and performance, you'll have the opportunity to step into a Team Leader role as the team continues to grow.

Interested?

To find out more or apply, contact Eilidh Smith:

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.