Assistant Planner, Scheduling and Dispatch

About the role

Supporting the Operational Planning team to optimise, prioritise, resource and schedule the Operational plan within current year timescales. You will support in ensuring all work to be delivered is scheduled and assigned as appropriate to ensure area targets are met

What you'll be doing

• Assist in the management of a rolling and dynamic plan for all operational, unlicensed and capital works within a specified zone; focusing on the Operational 0-1-year timescales.
• Assist the Planning Engineer with all planning changes within 0-1-year timescales.
• Ensure regularly contact with the team Operations Managers, Substation Supervisory Engineers and Project Leaders to ensure all work is scheduled and assigned in line with delivery plans.
• Accountable for ensuring all outage, non-outage and routines are scheduled out.
• Assist with resource plan management.
• Accountable for ensuring all TBA outage data is moved accordingly.
• Help identify opportunities within the site campaign time for bundling outage and non-outage work to ensure optimum efficiency of time (Example - Property Services visits, Diesel Gen Op tests, CMS and Battery Maintenance).
• Support the Planning Assistant with management of the ‘Planning Action’ work.
• Provide minute taking as required for planning meetings.
• Responsible for raising work orders (DEF01, DEF02, DEF03, TL’s, EMI’s & OESB’s)
• Other duties, as assigned, to ensure operational compliance, safety and delivery within Substations or Overhead Lines

What you'll need

• Knowledge of the Planning Processes and Systems e.g. Ellipse, TOGA, Click Schedule, WORTS, Delivery Workflow Tool (DWT) and Single View of the Plan (SVOP) etc... across all work types
• Ability to bundle work during delivery including outage and non-outage.
• Knowledge of NG Safety Rules, National Safety Instructions and Working Procedures
• Ability to multitask and prioritise
• Ability to make changes and updates to the resource plans in an operational environment
• Proven flexibility to adapt positively to change
• Ability to apply commercial thinking to all planning decisions, using financial information available to ensure accuracy of staff allocation to work

What you'll get

A competitive starting salary of £36,774 - £41,000 PA dependant on experience

At National Grid, we care about your well-being and offer various perks such as 26 days leave plus 8 statutory days, a generous pension scheme, financial support for professional development, family care benefits, and access to health and fitness apps. If you're passionate about climate change and ready to contribute to a commodity that affects everyone, apply now for a rewarding career that combines purpose and impact.

Apply now.

#LI-TO1

More Information

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) own the electricity transmission network in England and Wales . Every time you plug in your phone or flick a light switch, we’ve played a part. Not only are we responsible for delivering energy to millions of homes and businesses, we are also driving the move to cleaner energy, and the Government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it’s essential that it’s continually evolving, advancing, and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

The closing date for applications is 17/03/25