Planning Assistant

About the role

The way we power our lives is changing. As the UK moves away from fossil fuels and increases clean energy generation, we’ll need significant new infrastructure in order to connect this renewable energy from where it’s generated to where it’s needed.

The Strategic Infrastructure (SI) business unit has been established to initially deliver 17 new major projects in the UK, as well as other strategic projects to help us deliver on our net zero ambitions and help the UK Government meet its target of 50GW of renewable energy by 2030.

Join us as a Planning Assistant to support the SI Offshore Engineering team. You'll assist the Planning Engineers in optimising system access and managing critical resource requirements across the SI portfolio of projects (Onshore and Offshore), delivered under the ASTI framework.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to regular travel throughout England and Scotland, depending on the project.

• Support the prioritisation, sequencing and interface management of project works within geographical regions.
• Assist in validating and governing requests for system access and critical resources prior to submission into core planning systems.
• Work collaboratively with all National Grid delivery units to co‑ordinate and manage conflicts in the SI portfolio across all planning timescales.
• Ensure planning decisions are accurately documented and communicated with clear reasoning, to all relevant stakeholders.
• Escalate unresolved issues to the Planning Engineers.

• Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across the NGET business and all Delivery Vehicles.
• An understanding of the electricity industry planning processes.
• Knowledge of the Planning Processes across all work types.
• Appreciation for system access planning and ability to bundle work across all planning timescales.
• Experience managing resource plans and constraints in operational and strategic time frames.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise conflicts in real‑time.
• Effective communication of complex issues and solutions.
• Preferred experience in ENAMS, OPPM, P6 and Digital Planning Tool.
• Minimum ONC (NVQ Level 3 qualification) in an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering discipline or relevant experience.

A competitive salary between £43,000 - £48,000 - dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home‑grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

This role closes on 15 February 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held 27 February, 2 March or 6 March in‑person in Warwick.

In most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points‑based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points‑based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship.

All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.