Senior Reinstatement Planning Lead — Utilities

Go Traffic Management Limited; Caerphilly; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Armed Forces-friendly

Job summary

Network Plus is seeking a Reinstatement Planning Team Leader in Nelson, Caerphilly to lead a team of planners responsible for programming reinstatement works after utility excavations. You will ensure all works are scheduled within contractual and regulatory timescales, maintain NRSWA compliance, and liaise with local authorities, subcontractors and internal teams.

The ideal candidate will have strong planning and leadership experience, excellent organisational skills, and a commitment to

Qualifications

• Experience leading planning, scheduling or coordination teams.
• Experience in utilities, civils, highways, or infrastructure.
• Strong organisational and workload management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• Proven ability to analyse performance data and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Reinstatement Planners.
• Manage performance reviews and development conversations.
• Coordinate reinstatement scheduling across the contract.
• Ensure activities meet statutory and contractual timescales.
• Monitor workloads and resources to meet SLAs.
• Escalate planning risks proactively.
• Collaborate with authorities and subcontractors.
• Support recruitment and onboarding.
• Drive health, safety, environmental and quality compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Excel

Data analysis

Tools

Excel

Workforce management systems

Job description

Network Plus is seeking a Reinstatement Planning Team Leader in Nelson, Caerphilly to lead a team of planners responsible for programming reinstatement works after utility excavations. You will ensure all works are scheduled within contractual and regulatory timescales, maintain NRSWA compliance, and liaise with local authorities, subcontractors and internal teams.

The ideal candidate will have strong planning and leadership experience, excellent organisational skills, and a commitment to