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Location: Lincoln
Contract: 6 months FTC
Salary: Depending on skills and experience
What Will You Be Doing as a Planner?
As a Planner within the IMRDS Alliance, you will be responsible for managing and optimising both scheduled and unplanned work across our Water projects. Your role will involve creating and implementing day‑to‑day schedules, collaborating with multiple teams, and ensuring optimal resource usage. You will balance workloads, manage capacity, and help the business meet key performance targets related to service delivery, quality, and risk management. This role offers a dynamic environment where you will be contributing directly to the success of the business by improving operational efficiency and meeting the evolving needs of our teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and optimise work schedules, ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational capacity.
* Monitor and analyse performance data, adjusting plans as necessary to meet performance targets.
* Collaborate with operational teams to ensure tasks are prioritised and resources are effectively allocated.
* Manage and reduce downtime through efficient Gantt management and proactive coordination with Supervisors.
* Ensure compliance with planning processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience, and Behaviours…
* Experience in a planning or scheduling role within utilities, construction, or similar industries.
* Strong IT skills, particularly in scheduling tools and Gantt management systems.
* Proven ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing operational needs.
* Ability to collaborate across teams to ensure operational success.
* Clear communicator, able to share complex information with diverse stakeholders.
Why Anglian Water?
Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we make sure to reward and recognise their hard work. Some of our benefits include:
* Bons scheme
* Private health care
* Competitive pension scheme
* Up to 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
* Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing
* Inclusion is for Everyone
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants, regardless of gender identity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We focus on merit and passion for creating better outcomes and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel they belong.
This role sits within our IMRDS Alliance and is hosted by Kier/Clancy and Anglian Water. As part of the 'Best for Task' principle that allows roles to be filled across the IMRDS Alliance with the most appropriate skills, you are welcome to apply for this role regardless of your home organisation; if you are successful, you will remain employed by your home organisation on your substantive terms and conditions but will fill a vacancy hosted by a different partner.
If you're ready to take the lead on industry-defining leakage innovation, apply today!
Closing Date: 21st November 2025
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Administrative
Industries
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
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