E&M Specialist - High Voltage

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. We’re looking for two high voltage specialists to take ownership of our high voltage maintenance program. This is a key role where you will plan and coordinate maintenance activities, work closely with contractors and stakeholders, and ensure issues are resolved quickly and effectively.

You will play a key role in elevating our HV substations to high standards by supporting capital investment projects, overseeing and executing both planned and reactive activities, and providing cross-functional support for our essential, statutory, and scheduled maintenance programs. Your contributions will ensure ongoing compliance and reliability throughout our assets and high voltage network. You will also contribute to fault finding, process improvement, and technical reporting ensuring best practice and compliance with statutory requirements.

What you’ll do

• You’ll be responsible for planning and scheduling HV maintenance across the network up to 33kV, making sure both planned and reactive tasks are managed smoothly.
• You’ll work closely with contractors, internal teams, and stakeholders to keep everything on track, always ensuring safety standards and regulatory requirements are met.
• You’ll confidently diagnose and resolve issues during maintenance, capturing any follow-on work and keeping records accurate and up to date.
• You’ll also play a key role in supporting essential, statutory, and planned maintenance activities, working with procurement and standards teams to make sure best practice is followed across the board.
• You’ll bring a supportive approach to coaching and developing wider team members, and you’ll carry out safety and quality audits across our HV supply chain and partners.

Your commitment to doing things safely, efficiently, and to a high standard will help keep our network running reliably.

What you’ll need

• You’ll be safety-conscious with a strong commitment to doing things the right way, following compliance and safe working practices at all times.
• You’ll bring clear and confident communication skills, along with the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• You’ll be highly organised, able to plan and prioritise effectively, and confident tackling technical challenges with solid problem-solving and diagnostic skills.
• A strong understanding of safe isolation, lock-off, proving dead and permit-to-work processes is essential in this role.
• You’ll also bring an HNC in electrical engineering or an equivalent qualification, giving you the technical foundation needed to work safely and competently in an electrical environment.

It would be desirable to have senior authorised person experience, working in a water or utility environment, proficiency at using Salesforce and Maximo. Also, knowledge of H&S regulations in HV operations, good knowledge of 18th edition wiring regulations. It would also be beneficial to have City & Guilds HV operating safely/HV awareness, 6037 HV systems operations or HVSO4 senior authorised person.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance. You’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year. And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working. For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), as well as life assurance. As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 7. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £44,030. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £55,000. This role will require participation in a standby rota. Although mostly based in central belt the role may require some pan Scotland travel.

If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on the 11th February 2026. We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, licence checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Don’t worry - we’ll only start these checks once you’ve accepted an offer.

A few final things worth knowing… Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We’re also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.

Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

We’re here to help. Ask us anything at SWRecruitment@ScottishWater.co.uk