Planning Coordinator
If you’re a detail-driven planner who thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and join a business shaping the future of UK infrastructure.
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Planning Coordinator – Power Division (Office-Based, Ruislip)
Location: Ruislip
Employment Type: Full-time, PAYE
We’re growing – and we’re looking for an experienced Planning Coordinator with Street works experience to join our Power Division in Ruislip.
In this role, you’ll support our Project Management team on major infrastructure projects, taking ownership of programme planning, permit coordination and ensuring our works run smoothly and compliantly. If you’re organised, proactive and confident working in a fast-moving environment, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Working with Project Managers to build programmes of work, plotting activity via KMZ drawings
- Keeping planning schedules updated and accurate
- Submitting and managing permits via the OCU Streetworks team
- Liaising with local authorities to ensure full compliance with permit requirements
- Organising bus stop and parking bay suspensions where needed
- Booking Traffic Management in line with permit stipulations
- Updating SharePoint, issuing permit start/stop details and submitting R1s based on reinstatement updates
- Attending project team progress meetings
Daily Responsibilities
- Amending and updating live programmes of work
- Maintaining trackers and adding activity to the civils schedule
- Receiving site updates to confirm completion and readiness for reinstatement
- Liaising with civils supervisors on variations, work stoppages and R1 submissions
- Scheduling TM removal
- Ensuring utility stats are current ahead of upcoming works
- Raising purchase orders with procurement for planned works
What You’ll Bring
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Street Manager
- Proven experience managing Streetworks permits
- Understanding of NRSWA requirements and permit conditions
- Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills
- Experience planning major works schemes is highly desirable
Why Join OCU?
Founded in 1994, OCU Group is one of the UK’s fastest growing utility engineering contractors, delivering major projects across power, water, telecoms and rail.
We’re proud of our culture – one that supports growth, recognises talent and empowers people to drive their own career progression.
We choose to succeed.
We are OCU – One Company United.
We value diversity and inclusion, and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to bring their true selves to work.
Ready to Apply?
If you’re a detail-driven planner who thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and join a business shaping the future of UK infrastructure.
- Division
- OCU Services
- Locations
- Ruislip
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment Status
- PAYE/Staff
Ruislip
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
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