Operational Resource Planning Assistant

NET Recruit; Romsey; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing business is seeking an experienced Operational Resource Planning Assistant to join their Romsey team. This role involves planning and prioritising resources, scheduling engineers, and ensuring effective communication between operations and clients while maintaining compliance. The successful applicant will earn around £37,000 depending on experience, alongside a robust benefits package and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Excellent holiday allowances

Pension

Rewards and incentives

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in operational, scheduling, coordination, or resource planning role is essential.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills required.
• Knowledge of fleet management or equipment compliance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Planning and prioritising jobs according to customer requirements and business capacity.
• Forecasting resource needs and scheduling engineers effectively.
• Maintaining accurate records of allocations, hours worked, and job outcomes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

IT competency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job management systems

Job description

A growing business is searching for anOperational Resource Planning Assistant to join their Romsey based team.

Your Role
While in this position your duties may include but will not be limited to:

• Planning and prioritising jobs in line with customer requirements and business capacity
• Forecasting resource needs to ensure engineer availability matches workload
• Scheduling engineers effectively, balancing skills, qualifications, and travel
• Monitoring daily progress and reallocating resources to meet changing priorities
• Issuing job packs and instructions to engineers ahead of scheduled works
• Acting as the link between operations, engineers, and clients to ensure smooth delivery
• Maintaining accurate records of allocations, hours worked, job outcomes, and compliance documentation
• Preparing reports on resource utilisation, job performance, and compliance for management
• Identifying scheduling gaps, inefficiencies, or conflicts and recommending improvements
• Overseeing allocation, servicing, and compliance of vehicles and equipment, with logs kept up to date

You MUST Have
Please apply ONLY if you meet the following criteria:

• Proven experience within an operational, scheduling, coordination or resource planning role
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excquisite communication skills, both verbally and in written form
• Strong competency with IT tools including Microsoft Office, AI Tools, databases and job managemen systems
• Knowledge of fleet management or equipment compliance would be desireable

Your Opportunity
The business works with clients across multiple sectors including Nuclear, Marine and Industrial, and have made it their mission to continuously innovate solutions that deliver the highest quality service to their clients and also reduce damage to the environment. This role will support projects across the company, ensuring an effective assignment of resources, vehicles, people and equipment is supplied and planned.

The successful applicant could achieve a salary in the region of £37,000 depending on previous experience and relevant skill-based and sector knowledge. This will accompany a benefits package including excellent holiday allowances, pension and addition rewards and incentives. They also provide fantastic opportunities for employee development and further career progression through market leading training and internal opportunities for growth.

If this opportunity interests you then please do not hesitate to reach out to:

Lynsey Franklin - Talent Acquisition Specialist

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