Work Planning Administrator

Job Introduction

The role has accountability for overall administrative support for Laboratory Operations (LO) activities in designated Laboratories.

Main Responsibilities

• To support the LO Team Manager to produce, maintain and communicate the 12 week and weekly work schedule for the designated Laboratory
• Liaise with the facility integrated planner and assist in ensuring that the facility integrated plan remains up to date.
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of briefings on plan changes to stakeholders
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of work packs to support delivery of required work
• Facilitate the weekly sentencing meeting for all work requests.
• To work closely with NNL Engineering Team to understand their facility EIMT requirements and integrate them into the 12 week plan.
• To work closely with PMA and NNL Engineering Team to understand requirements to deliver customer funded work.
• To administer the NNL Helpdesk function
• Assist the Team Manager and Senior Supervisors in allocation of resources ensuring all work on the plan is covered.
• Production of facility KPI data to support POCC delivery.
• Act as secretary for various meetings, preparing agenda’s/minutes/action trackers.
• Maintain leave and absence trackers on behalf of the Team Manager.
• Carry out general administrative support for the Lab Ops team at designated site.
• Provide cover to other sites as may be required from time to time.
• Any other reasonable duties requested by Lab Ops management

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills/Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Drive and energy with a strong aptitude for problem solving
• Conversant with IT Microsoft office work packages and must be excel proficient

Desirable Skills/Qualifications

• Experience of NNL Work permissioning procedures desirable
• Working knowledge of Laboratory Operations desirable

About The Company

Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.

Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.

Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.

We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials