Job Description

Posted Date:

10 Jul 2025

Posting End Date:

24- July- 2025

Location:

Wrexham

Company:

Hafren Dyfrdwy

Department:

Water treatment

Salary ():

28,000 - 31,712
Tactical Planner


Helo! We're Hafren Dyfrdwy, one of the 11 regulated water and wastewater companies in England and Wales. We serve over 100,000 homes and businesses across Mid and North Wales, and our enduring focus is on delivering for our customers, both now and for generations to come.





Employing over 130 people, we're a local company based in Wrexham and Powys and from providing clean water every time our customers turn on the tap to returning it to rivers even cleaner than we took it, we are proud to take care of one of life's essentials.





We are passionate about ensuring the future well-being of generations in our region, and within Wales as a whole, and playing our part in supporting on the well-being goals is central to our strategy. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

We have a brilliant opportunity to become a Tactical Planner in our Non-Infra Planning & Scheduling Team!





The Planning & Scheduling function is a key part of our Water Treatment Department within Hafren Dyfrdwy. In this role you will work closely with the wider HD Water Treatment Planning & Scheduling Team, HD Water Treatment Operational teams, and Network Control to ensure that we are delivering an efficient and effective plan day to day across the HD area.





As a Tactical Planner you will be responsible for the in-day and future planning and management of all Operational and Maintenance tasks within any of our Non-Infra HD work centres. This will involve using SAP to build, amend and manage tasks, and CLICK to dispatch and monitor the day's plan.





Day to day you will be a core point of contact for the HD Operational teams and Network Control to support the day's plan, and ensure any reactive requirements or issues are managed. You will also be key in providing understanding and insight specific to the performance of your work centre/s and ensuring that we are delivering the highest standards of service for our customers.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO THE ROLE

Of course, it's important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience, but we value character, positivity, and a caring attitude in equal weight.





We want people who show up and roll their sleeves up. Restless spirits who are ready to be part of something bigger, who care, who really care... because when you really care, you'll go above and beyond. When you really care you don't just talk about it, you do more.





We are looking for someone with the ability to work at pace, and at times under pressure, while remaining calm, organised, and focused.





The ideal candidate will be a real people person used to working closely alongside others and thinking about their wider team. A positive attitude, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to easily adapt to change are key traits required in this role.





Your key accountabilities in helping us will be:




To create and manage an efficient and effective plan for the HD Water Treatment Teams.

To be the core contact for progress or amendments to the plan both 'on the day' and into the future.

To manage the plan within Click- dispatching the work to the teams and managing the plan 'on the day'- tasks in jeopardy, tasks suspended or tasks needing to be re-arranged.

Work closely with Planning and Scheduling colleagues, Water Treatment Operations and Network Control to ensure amendments to the plan are minimal where possible.

To manage tasks based on priority and service level agreement and ensure we are performing to the highest standard possible based on resource available.

To organise and lead weekly Planning and Maintenance meetings.

To work alongside Water Treatment Operations and the Asset Care Team to ensure all tasks are fit for purpose and required.

Help to highlight any problematic assets causing repeat visits due to repeat issues or alarms.

To use Power Business Intelligence to help your Operational Team Managers better understand their work centre/s performance.

To build follow on tasks, or additional jobs/ tasks within SAP.

To manage 'SAP housekeeping' within your work centre. This means ensuring superseded tasks are removed, time allocated to tasks is accurate, suspended and rejected tasks are handled and all relevant tasks are correctly 'technically completed'.

To liaise with the Planning Assistant and arrange Operational presence at sites taking deliveries.

Working with the Capital teams to provide insight and information on wanted or proposed works.

To support the team Planning Assistant as and when required with ordering, receipting, and managing time admin requests for your work centre/s.

To further build relationships within HD and with STW through working in a collaborative manner with all stakeholders and teams. The goal being to achieve quality throughout the end-to-end process of Water Treatment Planning & Scheduling and all associated processes.

Achieve the team's agreed performance targets and ensure SLAs are met.

Participate in team comm cells and take on ad hoc work stream activity as required.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn't just a job. You can build a career at Hafren Dyfrdwy. We'll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we'll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.





With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you'll get being part of the Seven Trent family:




Salary: 26,712.76 - 31,712.50 23 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year) Annual bonus scheme (of up to 1,500 per annum based on company performance) Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 8% when you contribute 4%) Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate Dedicated training and development with our 'Academy' Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers Family friendly policies Two volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can't wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you'll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We'll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date too - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.





And, if your curiosity has peaked and you want to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.