Outage Planner

About us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as an Outage Planner to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

National Grid is hiring an Outage Planner for our Customer Connections department based in Warwick, London and Bristol.

About the role

In this role you will identify high risks and critical paths through the outage programme which if left unmanaged are likely to have a significant impact on Capital Delivery’s programme of work.

What you'll do

• Gaining support when required, identify critical paths through the outage plan, bundle these up and allocate to a Senior Project Manager to manage; assist in the coordination of these critical paths as they cover multiple works being delivered by multiple contractors
• Support ‘the current year projects at risk’ process; identify issues which have the potential to impact the overall delivery of the plan and communicate this is in a succinct way to a wide cross section of stakeholders
• Support the year ahead projects at risk process and identify those issues which have the potential to cause major disruption to the delivery of the capital plan
• Implement project reviews as a result of current year or year ahead projects at risk to ensure appropriate mitigation is being put in place
• Propose solutions to issues in the current year or year ahead which cannot be seen from a Delivery Unit perspective
• Support initiatives to drive up the efficient and effective use of system access across Capital Delivery
• Approve schedule related change requests
• Obtaining support from senior colleagues (Senior Outage Coordination Engineer), develop skills and build capacity to handle work independently. Handle routine issues and cases whilst escalating complex ones

What you'll need

• Good knowledge of the outage planning process
• Have an understanding of the systems used to book and amend system outages
• Knowledge of the National Grid Electricity Network and Commissioning Principles would be beneficial
• Can work to tight deadlines with conflicting priorities
• Have a basic understanding of project management, scheduling principles and cost management
• Have the ability to build strong relationships and be able to influence and persuade others from across the business
• Have a recognised qualification
• It is essential to have a current full UK driving licence

What you'll get

• Salary between £45,000 to £55,000 dependent on experience
• Excellent work/life balance and company culture
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. Overall 18%
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role
• Access to 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 apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing

More information

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 this vacancy is 08/04/25

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