Location: Enterprise House, Lincoln Contract: Permanent Full-Time Hours: Full Time / 37hrs (7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday, between 0700 and 1700) Salary: 28,850-£30,800 depending on experience and performance/skills pay progression in role.
What Will You Be Doing as a Planner?
As a Planner within the IMRDS Alliance, you will be responsible for managing and optimising both scheduled and unplanned work across our Water projects. Your role will involve creating and implementing day-to-day schedules, collaborating with multiple teams, and ensuring optimal resource usage. You will balance workloads, manage capacity, and help the business meet key performance targets related to service delivery, quality, and risk management. This role offers a dynamic environment where you will be contributing directly to the success of the business by improving operational efficiency and meeting the evolving needs of our teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimise work schedules, ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational capacity.
- Monitor and analyse performance data, adjusting plans as necessary to meet performance targets.
- Collaborate with operational teams to ensure tasks are prioritised and resources are effectively allocated.
- Manage and reduce downtime through efficient Gantt management and proactive coordination with Supervisors.
- Ensure compliance with planning processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Co-ordinating, monitoring and responding (where appropriate) to customer generated enquiries in line with our customer KPI’s.
A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience, and Behaviours…
- Experience in a planning or scheduling role within utilities, construction, or similar industries.
- Strong IT skills, particularly in scheduling tools and Gantt management systems.
- Proven ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing operational needs.
- Ability to collaborate across teams to ensure operational success.
- Clear communicator, able to share complex information with diverse stakeholders.
Why Anglian Water?
At Anglian Water, our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we make sure to reward and recognise their hard work.
Benefits
- Bonus scheme
- Private health care
- Competitive pension scheme
- Up to 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
- Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing
- Inclusion is for Everyone
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants, regardless of gender identity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We focus on merit and passion for creating better outcomes and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel they belong.
This role sits within our IMRDS Alliance and is hosted by Kier and Anglian Water. As part of the ‘Best for Task’ principle that allows roles to be filled across the IMRDS Alliance with the most appropriate skills, you are welcome to apply for this role regardless of your home organisation, If you are successful in your application for this role you will remain employed by your home organisation on your substantive terms and conditions but will fill a vacancy hosted by a different partner organisation.
Closing Date: 8th September 2026
We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.
More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.
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Operational Planner Enterprise House, Lincolnshire Posted 12 hours ago employer: Anglian Water Group Ltd.
Anglian Water is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where you can make a real impact on the lives of millions by ensuring the delivery of safe, clean drinking water. With a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, generous benefits including a double match pension scheme and extensive family-friendly policies, we foster a culture of inclusivity and continuous professional development. Join us in Rutland or surrounding areas, where your leadership will inspire a dedicated team and contribute to our mission of operational excellence and environmental responsibility.
