Network Planning Project Engineer

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Network Planning Project Engineer</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">An exciting new Network Planning Project Engineer opportunity at DX!</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">All</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">About You</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will be friendly, hard-working and love the buzz of getting things done. We love team players and here at DX we are committed to providing our people the technical and personal skills to progress their careers.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">About us</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">We are a leading independent parcel, mail and logistics services company operating throughout the UK and Ireland delivering the important things in life. DX Freight provides next-day or scheduled delivery services for parcels and freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions, including warehouse management and the operation of customer-liveried vehicles. Our brand is what we do every day and our values set the tone for how we want our colleagues to go about their business of delivering the Delivered Exactly promise.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">What will it feel like to be part of our team?</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">At DX, we know our people are our foundation of success. We are passionate</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">about you developing your career with us; if you want to progress your career, DX will provide the training and the opportunities! Whatever you choose, you will work with passionate and supportive people who are focused on meeting the DX Delivered Exactly promise.</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Role summary:</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">As DX grow the business and develop new services, we aim to maximise the combined value of our Divisions and build a flexible operating model which supports interoperability to efficiently offer the best possible service to our customers while ensuring control and consistency and minimising overall cost.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis, Network Planning sets the direction for network operations including operating footprint, assets, routing, systems, automation, planning, tracking and reporting.</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key responsibilities</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Deliver specific design projects, trials and pieces of analysis as directed by the Network Planning Director</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Run localised trials to test, prove and refine concepts and designs</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Document elements of the current operating model and proposed options</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Collect and validate high-level and detailed cost and operational data</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Conduct quantitative analysis to compare options</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Engage with relevant stakeholders to support balanced qualitative assessment of options and ensure any recommendations are realistic</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Liaise with IT to ensure alignment of systems</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Prepare, document and present recommendations and implementation plans</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Maintain relevant benchmarks and best practices to guide and inform future design projects</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Contribute to blue-sky thinking and idea generation and prioritisation</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Knowledge, Skills and experience</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Must Have</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Numerate with strong analytical skills. Must be able to build basic excel models to evaluate financial and operational impact of options</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Familiar with end-to-end logistics processes and cost, capacity and productivity drivers, including Collection and Delivery, Transport and Under-the-roof activities</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience in managing operational trials and measuring operational impact</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Strong communication skills, able to focus on key messages and explain complex concepts in an understandable way</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Familiarity with operational reporting metrics and dashboards</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Nice to have</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience in operations research, time and motion, layout design and operational process design</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience in building business cases for operational improvements and investment cases</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Personal Specification</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Objective, analytical and data-driven</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Self-starter, motivated and driven to make meaningful improvements</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Creative, innovative, inquisitive and challenging</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Collaborative, able to engage with operational staff and other stakeholders to understand challenges, develop ideas and test possible solutions</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Thorough, diligent, honest and open</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Structured and able to break down complex deliverables into manageable steps</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Comfortable with ambiguity, able to use scenario analysis and estimates when reliable data is not available</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Clear communicator, willing to challenge the status quo and equally happy to receive challenge and feedback</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Benefits:</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Competitive Rates of Pay</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Holidays: 25 days increasing with length of service + bank holidays</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Long Service Recognition scheme</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Enhanced Maternity & Paternity</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Enhanced Company Pension Scheme</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Life Assurance</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">DX Discounts Portal</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Excellent opportunities for career progression and more!!</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">We look forward to hearing from you</p>