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Senior Long-Term Outage Planner

Employer
National Grid
Location
Warwickshire
Salary
£51,900
Closing date
23 Feb 2025
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Discipline
Electrical
Sector
Power
Job Type
Engineer

Job Details

Senior Long-Term Outage Planner
Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
Division: Delivery Optimization
Job Type:
Requisition Number: 63141
Department: Electricity Transmission - Non-Operations
Job Function: Work Scheduling and Dispatch
About the role


National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) owns and operates the high voltage electricity transmission system in England and Wales. Our role is key in enabling the net zero transition by providing the electricity infrastructure needed to meet the UK’s ambitious targets. This requires us to ensure we optimise across the requirements of a broad range of customers and stakeholders while also considering the socio-economic and environmental implications of everything we do.



As Senior Long-Term Outage Planner you’ll be part of our Network Operations and Intelligence (NOI) function. NOI is at the heart of the NGET business, providing end-to-end strategic, engineering and planning leadership to deliver strong business performance while delivering a safety conscious plan, meeting the needs of our customers and our sustainability commitments.


You’ll be responsible for owning a zone of the 10-year rolling plan which provides a forward-looking overview of all works required to meet NGET’s long term goals, de-risking it’s deliverability and meeting targets.



Completing planning activities for the strategic 10-year plan of outages, you’ll create deliverable work plans to establish delivery targets, liaising with internal stakeholders to understand planning inputs, investments and constraints.


You’ll consistently manage and re-optimise plans based on changes, engaging with different relevant stakeholders to ensure a smooth delivery, proactively resolving escalations where required.


We’re flexible on where you’re based, but we would like to see you at our offices in Warwick, ideally once or twice a week, and this can be combined with hybrid working from home. There will also be the need for site visits occasionally throughout the year.






What you'll need


We’re looking for someone with experience in a previous planning role, with a logical mind, who can demonstrate experience of schedule management, stakeholder management and earned value management.



You’ll be an excellent communicator with the ability to actively listen and articulate concepts and risks to a variety of audiences.



Patient and forward looking, with proven flexibility to adapt positively to significant change, you’ll be able to multi-task and prioritise workloads to tight deadlines. You will ideally have a degree or qualification in a STEM related subject.






What's in it for you?


A competitive salary of £51,900 - £63,000 per annum

Annual Performance Based Bonus
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%
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 is relevant to your role
Access to several 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 a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.




More Information


This role closes at midnight on 4th February 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.



At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.



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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.

Company

National Grid is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies and lies at the heart of the energy industry in the UK, keeping people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. We’re dreamers, big-thinkers, innovators and builders.

Building a clean, fair and affordable energy future is no easy feat, and it takes all of us and every role is integral to our mission.

With Innovation and technology enabling us to supercharge the path to finding a better way, as we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. 

We’re hiring right across our company to support net zero and the largest upgrade of the energy network in a generation – and we need you!

So, join us and find what makes you Superpowered. 

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