Planner, Engineering, Civil Engineering

Planner

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

We offer a salary from £27,789 - £34,392 per annum depending on experience

• Annual performance related bonus
• Structured development opportunities in line with the Planner progression plan
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day!
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

This role will initially be based in Bradford but we're moving our office to Leeds Valley Park in Summer 2026, so you'll be based there in the future, with a hybrid working arrangement in place, a mix of office and home working. We work 3 x days in the office per week.

This is a permanent role, working full time, 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday between a working window of 8:00am-6:00pm.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Planner join the Central Control team in Yorkshire Water. You will play a key role in the coordination and management of work in line with service level targets, creating work plans (weekly, monthly, etc) to achieve completion within set timeframe, in line with available resource.

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away.

But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

As our Planner you will be responsible for the coordination and management of work in line with service level targets, creating work plans (weekly, monthly, etc) to achieve completion within set timeframe in line with available resource. You will pre-plan work schedules to achieve an optimum balance between field resource productivity and adherence to service level targets, as well as looking ahead at profiling of work to ensure achievable workload within a set area.

You will plan and prepare work activities coordinating resources, equipment, materials in order to deliver a right first time experience for our customers. You will be responsible for planning preventative planned maintenance, complex planning (as defined by Engineering), reactive and predictive workload.

You will be responsible for using Yorkshire Water's IT systems to prepare work plans (weekly, monthly, etc) to be handed over to a Scheduler in line with service level targets. You will engage with field management to ascertain individual needs and priorities to be considered when constructing plans. You will also work with the Demand and Capacity team to review frequencies and workload of work orders to ensure smooth profiling throughout the year.

You will also work with Field Performance Managers, Technical Planners (Maintenance Project Engineers), Foxbridge Logistics and Schedulers, ensuring achievable and logical plans to meet work completion and productivity targets.

• Develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships with a range of key stakeholders
• Effectively problem solve under pressure and find innovative ways to overcome complex business challenges
• Strong IT skills as you will be using a range of IT systems
• Able to influence and negotiate
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Ri…