Regional Planning Manager
About the role
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) owns and operates the high voltage electricity transmission system in England and Wales. Our role is key in enabling the net zero transition by providing the electricity infrastructure needed to meet the UK’s ambitious targets. This requires us to ensure we optimise across the requirements of a broad range of customers and stakeholders while also considering the socio-economic and environmental implications of everything we do.
As Regional Planning Manager you’ll be part of our Network Operations and Intelligence (NOI) function. NOI is at the heart of the NGET business, providing end-to-end strategic, engineering and planning leadership to deliver strong business performance while meeting the needs of our customers and our sustainability commitments.
Leading a high performing team in operational timescales to tight deadlines, you’ll prioritise and plan outages within the current operational year through your team of outage planners.
Ensuring the work plans enable the successful delivery of our regulatory outputs and commitments, you’ll manage the plan through effective liaison and negotiation with customers, internal stakeholders and the Electricity System Operator. Maintaining safety critical and compliance work across the plan, you’ll be accountable for managing the demand at risk process with direct accountability of risk and for our customer satisfaction incentives.
This role is based out of our Warwick office, with the expectation of 3 days per week in the office combined with hybrid working from home.
What you'll need
We are looking for someone with the ability to make critical decisions under pressure, remaining calm and considering a range of factors and risks, whilst maintaining effective communication and effectively leading the team.
Ideally, you’ll have an operational understanding of the Electricity Transmission network, coupled with an understanding of the regulatory environment in which NGET operates, enabling you to support the planning of legal, engineering, commercial and financial obligations in real time.
With strong leadership capability, a proven track record demonstrating consultative, facilitation and decision-making skills, you’ll have the ability to build positive relationships at a senior level both within National Grid and with key external stakeholders and customers.
A degree in Engineering or other numerate discipline or a HNC combined with an understanding of electrical theory, would be an advantage.
You’ll be a proactive self-starter able to balance the needs of the business with the competing demands of your team. We’re looking for someone who is passionate in ensuring the outage plan is optimised and delivered to achieve business outcomes.
What's in it for you?
A competitive salary between £61,000 to £77,000 dependent on capability and experience
- Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 15%
- 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
- Option to buy/sell holiday days
- Generous contributory pension scheme – we’ll double-match your contribution to a max company contribution of 12%
- Financial support for study relevant to your role
- Flexible benefits: share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes
- Family benefits like back-up care service (six paid days yearly + option to purchase more)
More Information
This role closes at midnight on 22nd October 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.
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