Senior Engineer (m/w/d)

Job Description

Help us create a better future, quicker!

At SP Energy Networks our focus is on harnessing technology and innovation to create the networks of the future. Our team is building a dynamic network to meet the changing demands for electricity and increasingly, renewable electricity – safely, securely and sustainably in the communities we serve.

At SP Energy Networks, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

What you’ll be doing

As the Senior Engineer of an operational telecoms function, your primary goal is to take a proactive approach to the status of projects, tracking and managing milestones against time, cost and quality. Stakeholder management and communication are key. Operating from Scotland, you will play a critical role in the successful reporting of projects from inception through to completion for both regulatory and customer projects.

• Promotes an exemplary safety culture and ensures that all safety legislation is implemented and delivered through all activities.
• Analyse and coordinate programmes and balanced workbooks to enable effective delivery within each licence area whilst driving optimised value from the regulatory contract.
• Develop licence area business plan outputs in line with CI/CML, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising return through incentive mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain robust stakeholder and customer relationships on behalf of ScottishPower to facilitate delivery of customer and stakeholder strategic objectives.
• Where milestone completion is at risk of not achieving the commitment dates, escalate this with the appropriate partner management chain to prevent missing the Milestone or reduces the impact of missing the milestone.
• To drive continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
• Act as a point of contact for the customer during in-life projects and interface with Delivery teams to aid and guide.
• Interrogate micro data and present insightful, value add, Exec. Level data to a senior audience.
• Proactively identify areas for process improvement and implement enhancements to optimise the front door process and prevent workaround channels for change/project requests.
• Bring a “can do” attitude to problem solving, presenting solutions to problems identified.

What you’ll bring

• Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels.
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgement to determine optimal solutions.
• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which ScottishPower is operating.
• Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering leading role within a utility environment.
• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.
• Developed skills with network analysis modelling tools.

As a minimum, you will demonstrate

• Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in a project development role.
• Computer literacy.
• SAP proficiency.
• Commercial Awareness.

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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme.
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding.
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes.
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving.
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.
• Options to purchase 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].