Utilities Planner

Network Plus; Worsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Plus Group is seeking an Utilities Planner in Worsley to act as the key contact before works for the operational team. You will be fully accountable for planning and streetworks before works commence, ensuring alignment with push plans and dates, and compliance with NRSWA, while minimising financial impact to the company.

You will coordinate across teams, manage schedules, and deliver timely information and reports.

Qualifications

• Utilities experience preferred.
• Experience in planning/coordinator role.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of workstreams, coordinating work from receipt to completion.
• Schedule work orders in line with SLAs, optimise travel routes and productivity.
• Identify issues early to ensure information from inspections is correctly handled and costs minimised.
• Maintain timely input into works management systems and escalate as needed.
• Meet client and operational requirements in a professional and efficient manner.
• Provide daily and weekly reports to meet service levels and objectives.
• Offer constructive input and adapt to change while ensuring safety procedures are followed.

Skills

Utilities experience

Planning / coordinator

Time management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Job description

Description

As a Utilities Planner, you will be the key contact before works for the operational team. You will have full accountability for the planning & streetworks aspects of all works before they commence on site. You will ensure that all operational teams are able to undertake their work in line with the received push plans and requested dates as well as compliant with NRSWA and ensure that timescales are adhered to minimising any financial impact to the company.

Department: Cadent

Location: Worsley

Compensation: £32,000 - £35,000 / year

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the workstreams, coordinating the work from receipt, through to job completion
• Schedule work orders in accordance with SLA's, whilst optimising travel routes and increasing productivity
• Identify noticing issues and apply early intervention, to ensure that all information derived from inspections and other sources is correctly handled to ensure correct response from utilities and other promoters of Street Works activity and to minimise challenges to Section 74 invoices and FPNs
• Maintain timely and accurate input and uploading of information into the works management systems, ensuring that all issues are recorded and escalated
• Ensure that all the client and operational requirements are met in a professional and efficient manner
• Provide daily and weekly reports as required and to ensure that all service levels and objectives are achieved
• Provide a positive and innovative input into the team, through provision of solutions to problems and embracing change
• Ensure that safety issues are reported in line with Company procedures

Experience and Qualifications

• Ideally you will have experience working in Utilities previously
• Experience in a planning / coordinator role
• Ability to prioritise workload, multi-task and work under tight time pressures
• Excellent communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Logical mind

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.

Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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