Network Planner - Occupancy

National Highways; Over; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is recruiting a Network Planner - Occupancy to develop and maintain occupancy schedules and coordinate delivery through internal teams and partners. The role supports timely collation of network occupancy data to minimise disruption and maximise operational delivery from Exeter/Bristol offices.

You will analyse plan effectiveness, liaise with regional operations, prepare reports, and ensure up-to-date guidance and procedures for the wider teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with highway maintenance or technical administration.
• Proficient with office software to produce and maintain documents, spreadsheets and reports.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with regional teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with health and safety legislation and working practices.

Responsibilities

• Proactively analyse the effectiveness of existing plans and identify improvement opportunities.
• Liaise with regional Operations colleagues and stakeholders to optimise network availability.
• Deliver timely updates and management reports on network occupancy.
• Keep information and guidance up to date for regional teams.
• Manage Abnormal Loads and Utilities requests, ensuring procedures are followed.

Skills

Office software

Communications

Job description

At National Highways we're looking for a Network Planner - Occupancy to undertake the development and maintenance of occupancy schedules and manage their delivery through National Highways teams or third party partners. You will be tasked with undertaking the timely and accurate collation and recording of network occupancy, in order to ensure that road space pace bookings can be managed in a way that minimises disruption to customers and maximises operational delivery. This role will be based from our Exeter/Bristol office. What you'll be leading on

• To proactively analyse the effectiveness of existing plans and arrangements in meeting service level expectations and identify opportunities for improvement; elevate risks and issues that affect delivery.
• To proactively liaise with regional Operations colleagues (e.g. Service Delivery and Scheme Delivery) and wider internal and external stakeholders to optimise network availability and minimise the impact of planned and unplanned events on customers.
• Deliver timely and accurate engagement, communications and updates to stakeholders regarding network occupancy including preparation of management reports, debriefs and lessons learnt
• To ensure that any relevant information, documents, materials, service delivery manuals, requirements and guidance are kept up to date and accessible to the wider regional teams.
• To undertake management of Abnormal Loads and Utilities requests in the region, ensuring relevant procedures are followed, impacts managed and stakeholders informed. Experience of road space planning procedures and systems
• Health and safety legislation, regulations, working practices and procedures Functional /
• Previous experience in highway maintenance and/or technical administration
• Proficiency in a range of office software products to enable production / maintenance of documents, spreadsheets and management reports
• Excellent communications skills