Planner

Job Introduction

Job Description for Planner:

This is where your skills play a critical role in keeping everyone safe. Working in Safety, Security & Safeguards gives you the chance to make your mark on some hugely interesting projects. NNL does work that nobody else in the sector is doing, and this means we need experts like you to make it possible, whilst keeping everyone safe. We’re committed to using nuclear science to benefit society for years to come. This means that you can build a long and successful career here whilst playing a meaningful role in delivering cleaner energy, reducing waste and keeping colleagues and the public out of harm’s way.

12 Week planner is accountable for development of work delivery plan for the facility at strategic, tactical and operational levels, ensuring all work across a facility is delivered to time and quality standards.  The role requires a confident person with experience of delivering work across complex capabilities as they will be responsible for dealing with multiple stakeholders at all levels to resolve scheduling conflicts.

Main Responsibilities for Planner:

• Responsible to the Ops Manager for providing schedule performance information and supporting the Facility work integration managers in developing schedules for the facility.
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to ensure understanding of programme requirements and dependencies.
• Responsible for engaging with plant operations and maintenance teams to support and direct the implementation of the work schedule.
• Responsible for engaging with Project Management community to ensure and advise on inclusion of project planned activities in the integrated planning process.
• Responsible for identify schedule conflicts, movement in schedule and escalation to the Facility Work Integration Managers. 
• Support the Integration Lead on driving improvements across the business relating to Integrated Planning and Outage Management.
• Responsible for providing scheduling analysis to the Integration Lead, Plant Manager, Maintenance Manager, Operations Manager, Capability leads, to enable reporting on performance.
• Preparation of reporting for KPI’s.

Essential Criteria for Planner:

• Experience and understanding of Planning and Outage Management.
• Experience of working with Planning Software (Primavera P6 / MSP).
• Experience of dealing with stakeholders at all levels to resolve conflict.
• Experience of identification of risks.
• Evidence of problem-solving skills at an operational level.
• Ability to understand business needs and their influence on programme delivery.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Packages (Word / Excel / PowerPoint).
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Capable of working without supervision to ensure correct decision making.
• Drive, determination, confidence, enthusiasm and a willingness to propose alternatives to established approaches.
• Ability to take on responsibility and use initiative to prioritize and work effectively under pressure.
• Customer centricity – strong customer focus both internal and external.
• Strong team working, able to work with various internal teams to achieve objectives.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, willing to proactively make suggestions on potential developments.
• Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency).

Why join us?

NNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance. 
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory