Field Planning Administrator
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Position Overview & Specifications
Title: Field Planning Administrator
Department: Customer Services
Location: Chandlers Ford / Remote
Salary: £25,105
Hours: Monday – Friday. 1in 6 Weekend requirement.
We have a great opportunity for you to join our Customer Service department as a Field Planning Administrator.
What can we offer you?
We offer you all the benefits you’d expect from one of the nation’s biggest and best energy challengers, including: competitive salary, contributory pension scheme, bonus up to 5% of salary and a health care scheme. You’ll also get the chance to work for one of the top CEOs in the UK, as voted for by Glassdoor’s 2022 Employee’s Choice Awards
We aim to provide you with a uniquely inclusive and diverse workplace, which showcases the extraordinary in all of us, by enabling you to be the best you can be.
What does this role involve?
The Customer Service department is responsible for ensuring that we have the right level of engineer resource, in the right place, at the right time.
Our engineers carry out all meter installations and fault checks, so ensuring their schedule is kept up to date is key in maintaining our customer’s supply.
Day to day, you will;
- analyse, prepare, and publish engineer schedules;
- liaise with customers who require an engineer visit;
- work with sub-contractors to ensure planning is consistent across all different workstreams.
Recording of accurate information is key, therefore you will have good written and verbal communication skills and have a great eye for detail.
You will have great organisational skills to prioritise workload and provide effective scheduling, to maximise on work being carried out by our engineers.
Additional benefits available on your first day!
- Utilita Bonus Scheme, made up of personal and company elements.
- Career progression, 32% of our vacancies in 2022 were filled internally.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- The opportunity to win tickets to major outdoor events with Utilita Extra –including, gigs and shows at the Utilita Newcastle, Sheffield and Birmingham arenas.
- Discounted employee energy tariffs.
- Access for you and one other to our partnered Unmind App, where you can watch or listen to videos and podcasts or get hints and tips to understand and improve on your mental wellbeing.
- We are in the process of setting up our own charitable foundation and offer all our staff a paid volunteering day every year. Plus, the chance to be involved in various fund-raising opportunities.
- A health care scheme that includes dental, eye care, treatments, and diagnostics health consultations.
- Death in service, twice your annual salary.
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling support, legal and financial advice 24/7 365 days a year, as well as a GP line and Your Care.
About us
Founded in 2003, Utilita is the first – and still only - energy company created to help households use less energy, by giving them better control via digital technology. Which is why we were voted Sustainable Tech Company of the Year 2022 in the Southern Tech 100 companies and our industry-leading smartphone app (USwitch Awards won best app 2018, 2020 and 2022).
Utilita is Britain’s leading Smart Pay as You Go energy provider, with over 800,000 customers, and thanks to having better control, its customers use around 11% less energy than the average bill paying household.
Utilita is committed to becoming a net zero business by 2030 and was named Green Energy Disruptor of the Year at the Better Society Energy Awards in October 2021.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,105.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Work Location: In person
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Energy & Utilities
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Field Planning Administrator roles across Utilita's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Energy & Utilities.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £25,105 - £25,105 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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