Operational Planning Engineer - Bourne End, Bedfordshire
2 days ago
Bedford
Contract: PermanentSalary: This role will be paid from from £47,680 up to £60,000 per annumAs an Operational Planning Engineer, you’ll play a central role in shaping the strategy and performance of Thames Water’s supply system. Your work will focus on the bigger picture — optimising system performance, coordinating outages, and ensuring long-term supply and demand resilience. You’ll take the lead on weekly, monthly, and annual planning, developing and maintaining strategies that keep the London water network running efficiently for millions of customers. Please note, internal title: Senior Control & Planning Engineer. What you’ll be doing as an Operational Planning Engineer • Working closely with water production and network teams to ensure overall optimum water supply system performance. You will also collaborate across asset management and capital delivery teams to ensure new assets meet performance requirements., • Maintaining and facilitating the outage plan for the London water supply to enable maintenance and statutory inspections without impacting water quality or supply to customers., • Assisting the London strategic control manager in maintaining weekly and annual production plans for optimal system operation., • Carrying out supply/demand mass balance studies to assess system resilience., • Water industry experience would be beneficial., • Degree in Science, Engineering or Environmental field., • Strong communication skills with an innovative approach to engaging with diverse stakeholders., • Competence in health and safety practices., • Competitive salary from £47,680 up to £60,000 per annum., • 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays), • Generous Pension Scheme through AON., • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.