Project Manager (Network Distribution)

Job Description

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) plays a vital role in ensuring we keep up with the evolving way our customers and communities generate, consume, and interact with energy through the provision of services that are crucial to the delivery of the Government's ambitious Net Zero and Low Carbon targets.

Know within Scottish Power as the Lead Energy System Specialist, you will join our diverse and high performing Flexibility team which is a core part of the Distribution System Operation function. Flexibility is about changing how our customers use energy, turning up or down at the right times to help manage an increasingly dynamic network. To incentivise this we operate Flexibility Service Markets, engaging with a broad range of market participants from aggregators acting on behalf of domestic customers through to large generators.

It will be your responsibility to lead, support, develop and embed the processes and systems that enable us to procure Flexibility Services. Flexibility will help unlock cleaner generation, faster electrification, and consumer‑driven energy. To do this we procure Flexibility Services to support:

• Network Investment - Deferring the need for network investment or supporting the deliverability of investment to ensure that customers can connect to our network and reduce overall costs for consumers.
• Network Operability - Customers providing support during planned or unplanned outages driven by planned outages or severe weather events.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the expansion of Flexibility Services into the operational businesses of SPEN though operational experience and analysis.
• Leading on technical and policy solutions to meet Licence obligations, business requirements that represent a benefit for our customers, wider society and our shareholders.
• Leading on the commercial and systems analysis that supports decision making, policy development and the delivery of flexible alternatives to manage network challenges.
• Providing industry leadership through attendance at Working Groups and Industry Forums to influence the direction of key developments within the sector.
• Active customer and stakeholder engagement, support delivery of industry changes to impacted SPEN business units ensuring best practise is adopted and implemented.
• Supporting major business changes across impacted teams and or areas of SPEN
• Supporting continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
• Fulfilling operational duties in relation to storm role as required

What you'll bring

• Engineering/Operational and/or regulatory knowledge of the energy industry, including code, licences, standards and incentive mechanisms.
• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels.
• Project/programme co-ordination experience.
• Ability to devise solutions to problems/challenges.

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously. We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.