At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead planning and scheduling for Wastewater Services, ensuring efficient operations across the South West.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to safe and reliable wastewater management.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, company car, pension scheme, and access to discounts.
- Other info: Enjoy training opportunities and a dynamic work culture with room for growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a vital industry while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Management experience in planning or operations, ideally in asset-intensive industries.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As Regional Planning & Scheduling Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end planning and scheduling function for Wastewater Services, aligning people, resources and systems to deliver safe, efficient and reliable operations. The role is based in Exeter with regular travel across the South West.
What you'll be doing:
- Set and continuously refine the strategic framework for Planning & Scheduling, ensuring consistent, compliant and customer-focused activity across WWS.
- Establish and maintain standards, policies and governance, with accountability for the overall effectiveness and maturity of the function.
- Design and oversee end-to-end systems and processes that align people, resources and workflows across all planning horizons.
- Balance demand, capacity and risk to enable safe, efficient and reliable operational delivery.
- Champion data‑led planning through forecasting and insight, ensuring decisions are evidence‑based and aligned to organisational priorities.
- Drive improvements in productivity, asset reliability, resilience and service performance through actionable insight.
- Collaborate across operations, maintenance, asset, customer, digital and transformation teams to align priorities and enable delivery.
- Support the integration of new initiatives, systems and ways of working into business‑as‑usual operations.
- Identify inefficiencies and systemic barriers, leading continuous improvement to enhance planning capability, responsiveness and customer outcomes.
What we are looking for:
- Significant management experience in planning, scheduling, operations, or resource management, ideally within wastewater, water, utilities, infrastructure, or other asset‑intensive industries.
- Proven track record of leading teams in complex, high‑pressure operational environments with competing priorities.
- Experience operating at both strategic and operational levels, with the ability to shift between long‑term improvement and real‑time decision‑making.
- Demonstrated success in implementing or maturing planning and scheduling models, systems, or operating rhythms.
- Experience working across multiple functions to support service delivery, transformation initiatives, and business change.
What's in it for you:
- Generous holiday allowance with the ability to buy and sell annual leave for added flexibility.
- Company Car.
- Competitive company pension scheme.
- Training and development within the role.
- Access to thousands of discounts and vouchers through Pennon Perks.
- 24/7 support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discretionary bonus.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- And more!
Closing Date: 1st July 2026. Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.
Regional Planning and Scheduling Manager in Exeter employer: South West Water Limited
As a Regional Planning and Scheduling Manager with us, you'll be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to delivering safe and efficient wastewater services in the beautiful South West. We pride ourselves on our supportive work culture that fosters employee growth through continuous training and development opportunities, alongside a generous benefits package including flexible holiday options and a competitive pension scheme. Join us to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the unique advantages of working in Exeter, where collaboration and innovation drive our success.
