M&E Power & Infrastructure Planner

Job Title:

M&E Power & Infrastructure Planner

Req

Job Function:
Engineering

Posting

Start Date:

20/10/2026

Posting End Date: 03/11/2026

Division:
Networks

Job Location:

G  Barry ATE, G  Bridgend ATE, G  Bristol
- Assembly, G  Cardiff
- Park Gate, G  Cwmbran - BTLB Newport, G  Newport TEC

Advertised Salary:
Competitive with excellent benefits

Career Grade: TMNE4

Our Power & Infrastructure Planners are experts who utilise their electrical qualifications and knowledge to support BT’s M&E programmes. You will be the gateway for customer requests and ensure we have the space, power & infrastructure within our exchanges to meet ours and our customer’s needs. You will be supporting all M&E delivery programmes, completing a range of activities- capacity management, compiling SOR’s (Statement of Requirements), holding site meetings, matrix management of engineering teams and contractors, issuing Job Packs, supporting project delivery, asset registration and finance management.

• Execute Work with Autonomy – Execute all required work (allocated and self-identified), considering H&S, despite the challenges and environment. Supporting a team of engineers / planners to prioritises work as required, entering accurate codes and quality notes on appropriate systems (e.g. SIM, SNAP, and other inventory systems), that are meaningful, and which can be used onward by colleagues and customers.
• Planning Expertise – Utilise extensive expertise in planning, surveying, and clerk of works activities, occasionally supervising and leading a small team during operations and activities. In addition to this the individual will demonstrate an extensive understanding of a variety of systems alongside H&S considerations when planning. Skill use will be dependent on patch requirements.
• Contractor Support – Support and challenge contractors to ensure that BT is receiving value for money in all activities.
• Power / Electrical Knowledge – Utilises their extensive power and electrical knowledge to support colleagues and customers with advice, guidance, and assistance as required. Additionally manage A56 for designated locations ensuring faults and repaired and that the site is always safe.

• Self-Starting:
  The ability to work autonomously without supervision to proactively achieve the desired outcomes, often using their own initiative to drive the actions required from both themselves and wider team.
• Ownership:
  Ability to take ownership of and effectively manage tasks, activities and resources
• Team Leadership:
  Hold the ability to drive and lead small teams during technical activities.
• Coaching:
  
  Ability to coach and support individuals in a variety of situations including both technical and commercial.
• Communication:
  Able to communicate clearly and precisely through a variety of methods in any given circumstance or location.
• Problem Solving:
  The ability to deal with a variety of issues and effectively implement solutions as required.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.