Asset Investment Planner

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We are looking for an Asset Investment Planner to join the Asset Management team at National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). This newly created role will support the delivery of optimised asset investment decisions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements. Working closely with the Asset Investment Planning Manager, you will help centralise decision‑making and translate business plans, regulatory commitments, and long‑term strategies into annual delivery plans for Field Operations.

These plans will ensure NGED effectively manages network risk associated with asset condition and criticality. You will also contribute to maintaining a central view of asset investment drivers, enabling better long‑term, coordinated whole‑system decisions. This includes identifying synergies between condition‑based asset replacement and refurbishment, load‑based reinforcement, connections, business commitments, and reopeners. In doing so, you will consider a range of metrics such as asset health and criticality, Network Asset Risk (NARM), whole‑life cost, customer interruptions and faults, as well as deliverability, resourcing constraints, and procurement opportunities.

• Support the development of condition‑based multi‑year and annual asset investment plans in line with long‑term asset strategy, policy, and regulatory commitments.
• Analyse and overlay load and non‑load network drivers to identify synergies and whole‑system opportunities, delivering network health improvements, financial efficiencies, and reduced outages.
• Assist in creating decision‑making frameworks to help operational teams make informed asset‑specific investment decisions.
• Understand deliverability constraints and test planning assumptions, such as unit costs, against actual delivery, ensuring that there is a consistent feedback loop from delivery vehicles into the planning cycle.
• Support and test IT and digital enhancements for the team.

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Business Economics, or Finance.
• Proven experience in programme or portfolio investment planning, with a good understanding of the benefits, risks, and strategic implications of decisions.
• Industry knowledge in electricity distribution is ideal; experience in a similar utility industry will be considered.
• Strong analytical skills, with proficiency in data analysis and the ability to interpret large datasets from multiple sources to generate actionable insights.
• Experience using relevant software tools for investment planning and analysis.
• Confidence working with financial and numerical data, demonstrating strong financial acumen.
• Professional membership of a relevant body (e.g., IAM or ICE) with a commitment to continuing professional development.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with a desire to deliver process enhancements and efficiencies.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to summarise complex information clearly and collaborate effectively across departments.
• Strong critical thinking and problem‑solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.
• Experience in optimising investment decisions across multiple drivers, such as asset replacement and reinforcement (desirable).
• Working knowledge of digital platforms and tools for investment decision‑making and optimisation (desirable).
• Familiarity with NGED internal systems (e.g., Electric Office, CROWN, ODI, E5) (desirable).
• Understanding of RIIO regulatory price control processes and associated funding mechanisms (desirable).

National Grid Electricity Distribution is committed to safeguarding the interests of the Company, colleagues and customers. This role is subject to a satisfactory Barring Service, (DBS) check, depending on the role different levels of screening and vetting are required. Some roles require a triannual check.

• 26 days Annual Leave plus 8 Bank Holidays.
• Competitive contributory pension scheme (we double match your contributions up to a maximum of 12%).
• Annual Share Save plan.
• Life insurance 4 x annual salary.
• Contributory healthcare…