Location
Milnethorpe, Cumbria
Employment type
Full Time
Working Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- Career development and progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
- 24/7 access to a virtual GP and mental health support & counselling services
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discount club – supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more
- Life assurance cover
- Long service recognition
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Paid volunteering opportunities in your community
About the role
Project Manager/Planner is a process role, responsible for providing strategic planning and programming. Client driven within the Power Division, the role ensures the planning of works, booking of dates, resource allocation, and management of the Distribution Network (HV or LV). It also covers supply interruptions, traffic management, full job packs (work instructions, relevant RAMs, safe digs), generation where required, all materials, and all relevant safety information. Financial and operational targets are maintained or exceeded, while exceptional customer service levels are upheld across all projects.
Responsibilities
- Day‑to‑day planning of projects (mainly a given work stream)
- Day‑to‑day client liaison
- Actively configure network requirements (HV / LV) to enable works
- Monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements
- Arrange surveys and carry out quoting of individual projects based on a contract schedule of rates
- Ensure resources are adequate for the workload
- Ensure plant and materials are adequate for the works
- Ensure Ipsum Power policies are implemented, monitored, and audited
- Operate in full compliance with Ipsum Power Policies, procedures, and instructions
- Post commercial and asset paperwork / forms after work
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a Project Planning / Project Management position, preferably in power distribution/transmission
- Preferably C&G electrical qualification (or willingness to work towards one)
- Knowledge of Process Implementation, Planning Works / Projects
- Proven experience working in a client‑focused environment with performance management responsibility
- Understanding of a distribution network
- Professional, customer‑focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning
- Ability to communicate both up and down within Ipsum and the Client Organisation
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills, with ability to deliver tasks to deadline
Equal Opportunities
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