Operations and Maintenance Regional Planner
Join to apply for the Operations and Maintenance Regional Planner role at Lightsource bp
Based in our Bath Office, the O&M Regional Planner plays a crucial role in efficiently scheduling and coordinating maintenance activities, ensuring alignment with available resources, planning strategies, and operational requirements while meeting client contractual expectations. A significant aspect of the role involves fostering and maintaining strong client relations and positive business-to-business connections with stakeholders, including asset management and the regional O&M managers.
Responsibilities of the Role
* Plan work initiated through O&M contractual planned maintenance requirements, ensure resources are available, and work is carried out in line with maintenance plans, asset criticalities and any contract response times (where applicable).
* Determine and monitor labour capacity to develop future-looking work plans to maximise resource utilisation.
* Provide dynamic decision making on reactive issues arising in the region(s).
* Schedule corrective and preventative maintenance through the company’s systems.
* Respond to client queries within the assigned regions.
* Own the region\'s scheduling daily, track the monthly plan, and ensure adherence.
* Communicate with internal and external stakeholders (written and verbal).
* Travel periodically to aligned regions to meet teams and participate in regional meetings; present data on region performance for planned and corrective maintenance activities.
* Produce the annual Preventative Maintenance plan for all solar farms within the aligned region to meet contractual obligations.
* Manage, control, and fulfil the O&M maintenance plans.
* Manage the CMMS for activities such as creating work orders, quotations, and purchase orders.
* Organise contractor works within the region and update clients on progress.
* Use and support the development of operation management systems and planning tools.
* Drive profitability on work orders.
Experience & Knowledge Required
* Proven experience in a similar role.
* Demonstrable experience in O&M business, including planning and quarterly planning.
Skills Required
* Maintenance Planning & Scheduling: plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance activities aligned to contractual and operational requirements.
* Labour Capacity Management: determine and monitor labour capacity for future work plans.
* Experience with EAMS/CMMS: using Enterprise Asset Management Systems or similar for creating work orders, quotations, purchase orders, maintenance scheduling, and reporting.
* Procurement Knowledge: experience with procurement processes related to maintenance activities.
* Data Analysis: strong analytical and numerical skills for planning, decision-making, and performance tracking.
* Use of Planning Tools & Systems: proficiency with operation management and planning systems to develop and support maintenance plans.
* Microsoft Office Proficiency: comfortable using Excel, Word, Outlook, and possibly PowerPoint for reporting and communication.
Education Required
* Planning background advantageous or similar electrical background.
* Planning-related qualifications.
* Degree level or equivalent would be advantageous.
Why you’ll want to work for us
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.
Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer benefits including annual bonus, retention bonus, health insurance, pension, and other local benefits.
Be inspired: Our initiatives contribute to personal development, including charitable causes, volunteering, and other programs.
Our core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive guide everything we do.
For more information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Renewable Energy
* Semiconductor Manufacturing
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lightsource bp. Get notified about new Maintenance Planner jobs in Bath, England, United Kingdom.
#J-18808-Ljbffr