Planning Coordinator

April 12, 2023 | Comments Off on Planning Coordinator

We're looking for a Planning Coordinator to join our Utilities, South West Water team. Within this role, you can enjoy the flexibility of Hybrid working. You will be part of a collaborative team environment, where training is provided.

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and businesses connected. In this role, you will be working on our South West Water contract, where we work on repairs and maintenance services to provide reliable, efficient, and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services.

In the role of Planning Coordinator, you will work closely with our site teams and Supervisor's based in Cornwall to obtain their ground works reinstatement requirements, ensuring we repair the roads and pavements after work has been carried out. You will be responsible for end-to-end planning, and liaising with our suppliers (i.e., tarmac, concrete, and footways) to ensure we have the required tools and equipment.



Location: St Austell

Contract: Permanent - Full Time



Responsibilities

Your day-to-day will include:

  • Liaising with customers, clients and depots to achieve and maintain excellence in delivering planned works.
  • Accurate data input into bespoke systems of Kier and SWW.
  • Undertake all planning of the role to a competent level without errors.
  • Confident and experienced telephone manner.
  • Ability to resolve problems, think outside the box and be proactive.


Who are we looking for?

  • Previous admin experience
  • Excellence in Customer Service
  • Calm under pressure/strong personality/multitasking
You do not need to have previous Utilities planning experience, we will provide you with the required training.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.



Closing date: 12 May 2023



Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity, leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
  • A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits



Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Please note, that interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.











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