Planner - Highways

Your New Role;

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Highways Planner to join our Area 12 Highways account in Doncaster or Leeds - Hybrid working.

Amey is working in partnership with Area 12 Highways England since June 2021. Area 12 is made up of 476km dual carriageway, 179km single carriageway and 1,963 structures. We provide routine, cyclic and winter maintenance and response across Yorkshire and Humberside, also overseeing traffic management during incidents and the operation of the ten maintenance depots in the region. Ensuring our roads are well- maintained and well- managed, through all-weather seasons we aim to help reduce traffic incidents and severity of road accidents as well as ensure road user of Yorkshire and Humberside feel safer.

Planner plays an important part in assisting the Customer and Community Representative and Senior Planner on a Highways England Maintenance and Response contract to develop, maintain and deliver the highway cyclic and reactive maintenance programme in Area 12.

The standard hours of work are full time 37.5 hours per week.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Receiving, planning and programming of reactive work orders from National Highways Confirm System
• Utilising Amey Works Management System carry out pre-works coordination of works required.
• Manage and monitor progress of works from creation to completion and develop an appropriate action plan where works are falling behind programme
• Liaise with the Operations Managers to ensure that decisions/directions are consistent with the achievement of quality, safety, programme and financial objectives
• Understand the Road Space Booking Requirements and converse with Chapter 8.
• Load Network Occupancy Event numbers into the programme numbers
• Forecast and monitor the financial performance of the projects portfolio, providing regular (minimum monthly) detailed reports, comparing actual and forecast performance to plan expectations and explaining variations
• Work with the Area Managers to ensure resources have been allocated to deliver the programme
• Accept and validate works orders and allocate to the delivery team
• Maintain and develop key client contacts to maximise future business opportunities
• Arrange and chair meetings between Amey, the Client and their contractors to enable the benefits to be maximized with the sharing of Road Space during Maintenance and scheme works.

We want to hear from you if you have/are:

currently working in a similar position and will have experience of reactive and planned maintenance planning. Traffic management experience and planning.

Ideally you will have the following competencies:

• Problem Solving
• Commercial Awareness
• Managing Projects
• Planning and Organizing
• Risk Management
• Managing Change
• Client Service
• Environmental Awareness for Managers
• Personal Highways Safety

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have knowledge of the Area 12 network to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

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Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!