AddressAbout the Role
Planning Assistant - Warwick (hybrid working)
As our Planning Assistant, you will proactively support the production and management of the optimisation and build of the plan, across all substation and OHL works. The role will also proactively coordinate the production and control of construction scheme work order and project data to allow NGET (National Grid Electricity Transmission) Operations staff to accurately record costs and provide accurate data to support our regulatory outputs.
You will also be required to understand the planning process, commercial & regulatory frameworks and work management systems to provide a strong level of support and assurance on the management of data and documents.
Whay you'll be getting up to
- Support the delivery of critical works through efficient data management, proactive audit and communication with key stakeholders.
- Accurate data quality checks and project costing
- Support preparation of performance KPI information
- Lead on Scheme work order creation and account allocation
- Provide ones off reporting as required to support Regulatory Reporting
- Coordinate data updates and gathering for modelling on financial/regulatory requirements
- Creation and adjustment of work within work management systems ensuring alignment and accuracy.
- Support activities which develop, monitor and manage portfolios, ensuring the implementation of any outputs from activities are executed using a variety of planning tools and databases.
- Lead work pack creation in line with the work development of the portfolio of work, using data provided through core work systems and driven through insights and analytics, and ensuring all changes are enacted properly.
- Custodian of data in all planning tools and systems, ensuring data is accurate by actively checking the integrity and where any discrepancies are found the data is corrected in a robust and efficient manner, to establish that the data quality standards are maintained
About You
- Experience and understanding of all planning systems and delivering outputs to tight timescales whilst maintaining accuracy
- Knowledge of asset data coding conventions for transmission system equipment
- Detailed experience in working with core planning processes and methods
- Familiarity with MS excel, MS access and the Portfolio Planning system
- Experience in data trending and analysis of performance
- An appetite for continuous improvement in relation to both their own development
- Good stakeholder management skills both internal and external to the organisation
What's in it for you?
- A competitive salary of £37,000 - £41,000 - dependent on experience
- An annual bonus based on personal and company performance
- 26 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
- The option to buy additional or sell holiday days
- Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a
- maximum company contribution of 12% (overall 18%).
- Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course
- fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it’s relevant to your role.
- Access to flexible benefits such as 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 (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
- Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.
Advert Close Date
This advert closes on 18th April at 11:59PM
Interviews will take place 29th and 30th April
We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
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