Job Description

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 Outage Planner for the Year Ahead, 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.
Accountable for developing the year ahead outage plans for a particular region of the country, to ensure we meet delivery targets, you'll have overall ownership of the plan contents and expected outcomes of delivery functions.
You'll monitor progress against outcome targets within your area, proactively resolving any escalations if there is potential for a target to be missed.
Considering work attributes and comparing optimal dates, you'll recalculate and evaluate Cost/Risk/Performance contribution scores against Portfolio outcomes to determine which work has the higher priority, placing highest priority work in the plan.
You'll input outages into the business system, ensuring plans are visible and data is of high quality, effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams within the business to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
We're flexible on where you're based, but we would like to see you at our offices in Warwick, ideally once 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 who is good at dealing with large quantities of data, who has knowledge either of substations and their assets, or with a background in high volume planning or utilities.
A good understanding of Asset Maintenance and resource requirements, is key, as is knowledge and experience of logistical planning within a planning framework. OR, you have experience of managing resource plans and other constraints in a high-volume environment, as well as a detailed working knowledge of planning processes.
You'll need a logical approach, with good organisational skills, stakeholder management, decision-making and prioritisation skills, coupled with the ability to effectively communicate complex issues and their resolution.
You'll also need an understanding of the business context to support and inform Portfolio decision making, paired with knowledge of the commercial aspects of the National Grid business model.
What's in it for you?
A competitive salary of 47,400 - 59,000 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 on 23rd June 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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