Planning Coordinator

We're looking for a Reactive Planning Coordinator to join our Picketts Lock Depot team based in Picketts Lock.

Location: Picketts Lock Depot
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We're looking for a Reactive Planning Coordinator to join our Picketts Lock Depot team based in Picketts Lock. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys planning, problem-solving and coordinating multiple activities to help deliver essential highways and infrastructure works successfully.

Location: Picketts Lock Depot – hybrid working
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Reactive Planning Coordinator, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth flow of maintenance orders from start to finish. You'll be working closely with various teams to coordinate reactive maintenance work, managing resources effectively and ensuring everything runs like clockwork. This is a brilliant opportunity to be at the heart of our operations, where your organisational skills and attention to detail will make a real difference.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Reactive Planning Coordinator, you'll be working within the Programme & Performance team, supporting them in delivering efficient maintenance services. Your day to day will include:

• Assessing incoming work orders and allocating them to the appropriate operations teams
• Managing daily resource allocation across the network to ensure smooth delivery
• Supporting supervisors in the delivery of works and maintaining strong team communication
• Planning works within service lead times and ensuring permits are submitted accurately
• Managing backlog works and collaborating with clients to resolve any delays

What are we looking for?

This role of Reactive Planning Coordinator is ideal if you:

• Have knowledge of NRSWA, LANTRA and Street Manager, with an understanding of industry regulations and compliance requirements
• Understand works management systems and enjoy coordinating resources to keep projects running smoothly and efficiently
• Are confident managing application processes, including TMAN, TTROs, road closures and suspensions
• Have experience within the highways, utilities, infrastructure or construction sector, or are keen to build your career in a fast-paced operational environment
• Thrive in a collaborative team setting and enjoy building strong relationships with colleagues, clients, supply chain partners and local authorities

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.