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About the Role

As an Operational Planning Engineer - Substations, you will be required to live within a 1-hour commute of London or Warwick as you will join our London team covering circa 33 substations and area cable routes spanning the London borough. The Operational Planning Engineer – Substations will be accountable for optimisation, prioritisation, resourcing and scheduling of the operational plan within current year timescales whilst supporting optimising campaign time on sites bundling work (outage & non outage) to ensure the most effective use of time for operational staff and area targets are met. You’ll have the flexibility to work from home for up to 2 days per week dependent on the needs of the business and the requirement to be onsite in London or Warwick for the remaining 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support in building a deliverable tactical plan ensuring non-outage work allocation is accounted for

• Escalate work not delivered/planning action from operational timescales into the tactical plan build

• Allocate trained and competent resource into the tactical Plan

• Manage a rolling plan for operational, unlicensed and capital works within a specified zone

• Work with Substation Project Engineers ensuring correct resource allocation for scheme delivery

• Work collaboratively with delivery units co-ordinating/managing/escalating conflict in the plan

• Resolve escalated planning deliverability risks

• Manage work not delivered by re-prioritising back into current year plan and limiting work not done

• Apply standardisation of outage and work delivery in line with standard work delivery documents

• Confirm trained and competent staff are allocated to work delivery

• Prioritise work utilising all available information i.e., monetarised risk

• Escalate unresolved issues to the cross functional meeting

• Assess impacts from constraints and mitigating actions, where maintenance has been deferred

• Co-ordinate completion of demand at risk actions

• Track work delivery for the zone and assist with reporting on deliverables as required

• Ensure outage and non-outage maintenance compliance targets are met

About You

Are you a flexible and adaptable professional who is commercially focused and has excellent time management, prioritisation, communication and multitasking skills as well as strong attention to detail? If so, our Operational Planning Engineer - Substations vacancy may be for you:

Essential:

• A full driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK

• A level 3 STEM or Planning qualification or an equivalent recognised apprenticeship

• Significant planning or scheduling experience gained from an operational environment

• Experience of using planning/scheduling processes and systems

• Experience of allocating resource requirements

Desirable:

• Membership of IET or similar professional body

• Asset maintenance policy and application experience

• Experience of outage and non-outage work

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary between £49,000 – £55,000 per annum dependent on capability

• London allowance where applicable

• Company car with fuel from home to work

• Paid Overtime

• Performance based bonus

• 37 Hours per week Monday to Friday

• Enhanced 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days and option to buy/sell days

• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%

• Professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave financial support

• Flexible benefits including a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few

• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through

• Health, fitness and wellbeing support apps

At National Grid we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. We aim to empower everyone to take control and influence their career and will provide the right support along the way so you can succeed.

About Us

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.

The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

Our values and principles

At National Grid, through listening to what our customers need, every day we do the right thing and find a better way.

As a National Grid employee, you’ll treat our customers as a priority, taking time to listen and work with them to help give them the best experience we possibly can. You’ll need to be proactive and flexible in your approach and continually look for ways to exceed their expectations – sometimes in unexpected and helpful ways. You’ll provide accessible information when our customers need it and make things simple by using your expertise to guide them. Above all, you’ll follow through on your promises to deliver value, drive efficiency and give them a great customer experience.

We offer inclusion and diversity training for everyone here at National Grid, with a view to building an inclusive working environment and developing all our employees. Training opportunities range from unconscious bias and reverse mentoring to targeted training initiatives which are tailored to support our diverse and innovative work force.

DEI Statement

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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