Elevate Group
Fibre Planner
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Fibre Planner
Application Deadline: 3 September 2026
Department: Fibre Planning
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Manchester Hybrid
Reporting To: Luke Scrivens
Compensation: £34,000 - £38,000 / year
Description
As a Fibre Planner, you'll play a key role in designing and delivering high-quality fibre networks that connect homes and businesses across the UK. Working as part of our Infrastructure Operations team, you'll create innovative, cost-effective network designs, support live deployments and work closely with engineers and stakeholders to overcome challenges and deliver exceptional results.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced planner who enjoys solving technical problems, takes pride in producing high-quality designs and wants to contribute to the continued growth of a fast-paced telecoms business.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce high-level and low-level fibre and civils network designs.
- Create detailed construction packs, design documentation and network records.
- Design Passive Optical Network (PON) solutions that are practical, scalable and cost-effective.
- Forecast project CAPEX and OPEX requirements.
- Support engineers during network builds by providing technical planning assistance, rerouting solutions and rapid responses to on-site issues.
- Maintain accurate data within systems including Vetro and Openreach portals.
- Generate build reports and monitor project progress.
- Ensure designs meet quality, commercial and industry standards.
- Work collaboratively with planners, engineers and operational teams to successfully deliver projects.
- Contribute ideas that improve planning processes, methodologies and network design standards.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent problem-solving skills and enjoys working in a collaborative environment.
You'll ideally have:
- Experience producing fibre network designs from concept through to detailed build.
- A strong understanding of passive and active fibre network infrastructure.
- Experience designing Passive Optical Networks (PON).
- Experience producing surveys, construction packs and wayleave documentation.
- The ability to prioritise multiple projects and work effectively in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical information clearly.
- A proactive approach with the confidence to work independently whilst supporting the wider team.
- Experience using GIS software such as QGIS.
- Experience with Vetro or similar fibre planning platforms.
- Knowledge of Openreach processes and standards.
- Relevant telecommunications or engineering qualifications.
- Experience working within FTTx network environments.
Why Join Us?
It's all about you - We believe that taking care of yourself is truly important and allows you to perform at your very best. Joining the Elevate Group, we will award you with your very own birthday off, day off to move house, £500 Wedding bonus + day off and £500 Baby bonus for those special life events! Roll on the good times!
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Perks at work - Whether it be our Manchester (Northern Quarter) or any other locations, we hold free monthly breakfasts and team socials to celebrate and bring our people together!
Holidays - 25 days annual leave, along with Bank Holidays. If that’s not enough, you also have the option to purchase 5 additional days per year!
Healthcare - Free Private Healthcare for yourself and you can add your family at a discounted rate! Keeping everyone healthy and happy!
Gift Day - Christmas has come early as we award every colleague an Elevate Gift Day giving you the chance to get your last minute prep done or to kick back and relax!
Pension/Life Assurance - We have a contributory pension scheme which is a salary sacrificed along with life assurance which is 4x your basic salary.
Wellbeing - You will have a paid leave day that is completely for you. The aim of the day is to look after your well-being. This day can be spent doing anything that makes you happy and relaxed, whether this is a duvet day, a spa day, walking in the fresh air, shopping, watching a box set or spending time with family - this is completely your choice.
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