Job Description

Detectronic is a UK specialist in Wastewater Network monitoring, providing the most cost effective and technologically advanced flow and level monitoring systems in use today, enabling customers across the water sector to prevent pollutions through the provision of asset intelligence.

Detectronic designs and manufactures its own range of patented products and provides data management services through its dedicated data centre. It does this via the installation, repair and maintenance of its product lines which include a range of flow and level monitoring devices.

Detectronic is an Adler & Allan group company. From its headquarters in Colne, Burnley, Detectronic now serves a significant proportion of the UK’s water industry and has thousands of asset installations at various stages within the asset lifecycle across the UK. The businesses reach continues to expand, and the senior leadership team have exciting growth plans for domestic and international markets.

Planning Administrator

Nelson

Permanent, full-time

Competitive salary plus benefits

The role of the Planning Administrator is to effectively and efficiently organise the crews weekly work to ensure that our clients project roll out is delivered on time, ensuring maximum on-site productivity, and to effectively track visits completed and outstanding to feed into project progress reporting. This role requires excellent organisation and communication skills, strong IT skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

More about the role:

Desktop Surveys:

• Review each proposed location using a variety of online tools to ascertain access requirements.
• Collate additional information for each location for the crews visiting sites.

Scheduling/Routing:

• Plan out each crews work for the week taking into account all information captured at the desktop survey stage.
• Identify stock requirements and ensure it is requested in good time.
• Communicate planned work and arrange joint visits with the client where necessary.
• Making contact with customers on private properties to arrange appointments.
• Liaising with Traffic Management providers where necessary to request quotes, plans and permits.
• Opening and closing Traffic Management permits with the Statutory Undertaker to avoid Fixed Penalty Notices.

Data Collection and Reporting:

• Track visit outcomes and replan any aborted visits.
• Report visit success rate, planned vs actual and overall project status to the PMO manager accurately and on time each week.
• Attend contract performance meetings

Personal attributes:

• Ability to priorities workload based on project status.
• Be adaptable and solution focussed.
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal.
• Organisational skills to deal with multiple routes, job types and access arrangements.

Qualifications

About you:

• Tenacity, durability and able to demonstrate resilience with a positive attitude to change.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• PC based IT skills - Word, Excel, Outlook
• Strong planning skills
• High level of organisational skills
• Right to Work in the UK
• A Criminal Record Check will be required due to the environments in which the postholder will operate.

Additional Information

What's in it for you:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave.
• Company pension.
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary).
• Medicash plan (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependants.
• Refer a friend scheme.
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Training and career progression opportunities.

Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.