Junior Planner / Scheduler (Transmission Outage Management)
Working Location
Barrow-in-Furness, UK (with trips to Grimsby)
Minimum 37.5 hours per week (8 hours per day)
Start Date: 1st September 2026
End Date: 31st March 2027
Role Objective / Success Criteria / KPI
Provide planning and scheduling support within the Transmission Outage Management team during a long-term sickness-cover assignment.
Support the effective planning and scheduling of works across onshore and offshore substations and associated support equipment.
Maintain coordinated and reliable outage plans for transmission assets, primarily supporting UK West Coast assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and schedule maintenance and operational works for onshore and offshore substations and associated transmission support equipment.
- Support outage-management activities across the UK West Coast Transmission Asset portfolio.
- Work collaboratively with the UK East team as part of the new UK organisational structure.
- Coordinate planning information with operations, site teams, and relevant technical stakeholders.
- Maintain clear visibility of planned works, schedules, dependencies, and potential conflicts.
- Support the continued delivery of the existing outage-management workload during the cover period.
Tasks
- Develop, maintain, and update work programmes and outage schedules.
- Coordinate planned activities across onshore substations, offshore substations, and associated equipment.
- Gather scheduling inputs from operational and technical stakeholders and accurately reflect agreed changes.
- Monitor schedule progress, identify emerging constraints, and communicate potential impacts to the Transmission Outage Management team.
- Support alignment between UK West and UK East planning activities where asset or resource interfaces exist.
- Provide accurate planning information and schedule updates to support operational decision-making.
Deliverables
- Current and accurate outage-management plans and schedules.
- Coordinated work programmes for onshore and offshore transmission assets.
- Regular schedule updates highlighting progress, dependencies, constraints, and changes.
- Clear planning information supporting collaboration between UK West and UK East teams.
Project Documents
- Transmission outage plans and work schedules.
- Maintenance and operational work programmes.
- Schedule progress updates and planning reports.
- Records of planning assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and agreed changes.
Decision Authority / Responsibility
- Maintain and update assigned plans and schedules using agreed information from operational and technical stakeholders.
- Identify scheduling conflicts, risks, or resource constraints and escalate them through the appropriate outage-management channels.
- Recommend sequencing or scheduling adjustments to support coordinated delivery of planned works.
Requirements
- Previous experience working as a planner or scheduler within renewable energy.
- Experience supporting transmission assets is preferred.
- Candidates with relevant wind-turbine-generator planning or scheduling experience will also be considered.
- Experience coordinating maintenance, operational works, or outage schedules across multiple assets and stakeholders.
- Strong organisational, communication, and collaborative working skills.
- Able to work from the West Hub in Barrow-in-Furness for a minimum of 37.5 hours per week.