Senior Project Engineer in Motherwell

Location: Motherwell, Eurocentral

Salary from £53,280 to £66,600 + excellent Benefits and Pension Plan

Help us create a better future, quicker. You will manage personal objectives to ensure the safe and timely delivery of the department work programme including Construction, Maintenance, Fault investigation/repair and Defect Management and the support functions of these tasks. These projects are connected to the Major projects happening across the Transmission and Distribution networks supporting the UK Net Zero Target.

What you’ll be doing:

• Identify personal resource requirements and feedback into the resource capacity planning.
• Proactively manage interfaces with others to ensure effective time management and availability.
• Continually maximise productivity through monitoring of work processes and output.
• Continuously strive to gain knowledge and experience in all areas of business procedures and system operation.
• Take a lead in the statutory obligations of the department by developing solutions and work programmes to carry out repairs and improvements in relation to environmental regulations.
• Contribute as an effective member and identify ways to enhance the Team’s ability to deliver its requirements.
• Comply with Company Health and Safety requirements to deliver a zero-accident culture and promote good safety behaviours.
• Comply with Company Environmental requirements to deliver a sustainable future on the path to Net Zero.
• Deliver a consistent approach to project delivery, fault management and maintenance.
• Comply with BETTA requirements to ensure key objectives are delivered.
• Take a lead in the management of interfaces with external partners and contractors to deliver value in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Deliver excellent customer service to all aspects of the operation and actively promote customer service standards within area of responsibility.
• Develop assigned trainees in accordance with business targets.
• Develop enhanced operational skills to become multi-disciplined.
• Proactively manage the control of costs.
• Able to make balanced decisions, considering information available and able to consult with others to anticipate/recognise possible outcomes.
• Although confident to make own decisions, will refer to immediate supervisor or peers for either ratification of own view, or assistance in decision making.
• Take a lead in the development and delivery of the Operations Substation Capital Delivery programmes.
• Ensure that replacement items of plant are procured and delivered on time to deliver RIIO-T2 refurbishment/replacement programmes.
• Liaise with procurement to ensure items of plant and resources are procured and frameworks established to deliver the capital works.
• Liaise with OCC and operations planning team to schedule and plan outages to deliver the capital works.
• Update SAP/NAMS as required to ensure that any future stock purchased as spares can be apportioned to the correct assets.

What you’ll bring:

• Relevant Engineering qualification HNC and above.
• Computer literacy – e.g. Microsoft Office suite, SAP/NAMS.
• Enhanced knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation.
• Customer service skills.
• Knowledge of network and business data and network management systems.
• General awareness of commercial & regulatory requirements.
• A degree of negotiation, communication, and people management skills.
• Ability to devise solutions to problems/challenges.

Desirable experience includes:

• Relevant experience in a role within a utility business or postgraduate with appropriate engineering knowledge.
• Knowledge of transmission plant standards, specifications, and commissioning procedures.
• Awareness of network development policies and procedures.

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.

• 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 over £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.