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Planning Co-Ordinator
Full Time
Upto 12 Month fixed term contract
Starting Salary – from £27,688 – Depending on experience.
Location – Northumbria House, Pity Me, Durham
About the role
We’ve a great new opportunity to be our Planning Co-ordinator, working within our high performing Planning & Scheduling team. You’ll work within a positive and open working environment where we welcome and celebrate difference, promoting equality and diversity, to allow people to feel valued, and trusted, underpinned by a positive ESI score.
We’re looking for you to develop strong and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders across our directorates and with local authority representatives, build mutual trust and respect, and use this network to enable resolution to several tasks linked to street works administration. You’ll also be tasked with supporting our ambition to be the leading job promoter within the communities that we serve.
You will support our planning leadership team by recommending change, so we reduce street works costs. You will also support internal stakeholders with financial administration for purchase orders and work with fire services within our communities to ensure we support them with reactive maintenance on key assets.
We’re looking for you to ensure effective planning and monitoring of work-streams to ensure all targets are achieved; this includes regulatory targets.
About you
We’re looking for you to be passionate about continuous improvement and to be self-motivated and creative in your approach to support us in our goals.
We’re looking for you to have proven planning knowledge and to confidently review processes, highlighting errors to our leadership team to support continuous improvement for all colleagues.
You’ll confidently prioritise workloads and demonstrate flexibility in a constantly evolving environment where you have responsibility for multiple workstreams.
You’ll have proven experience in building positive relationships with external stakeholders and have a track record of negotiating positive outcomes within a results driven environment.
Knowledge of street works legislation and experience collaborating with governing bodies or local authorities would be beneficial.
We’re looking for you to have proven experience in customer facing competencies with the ability to present and communicate at senior levels and across a range of stakeholders, along with an understanding of the regulatory landscape in which we operate.
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
About us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG at a glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
About us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Our values
Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.
Our values are:
Results Driven
Ethical
Customer Focused
Innovative
One Team
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Colleague benefits
We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.
To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.
Eyecare
Discounted Medicals
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle2work
Buying & selling annual leave
Long service awards
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Computer
Loans
Award winning wellbeing site
NWG savings scheme
Company pension scheme
Pre-retirement workshops
Life assurance
Christmas savings club
Discounts & cashback offers
Qualification loan
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