ICP Engineering Manager - Fixed-Term Contract in London

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations - Reading, Cardiff, London, Glasgow or Perth.

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + Bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract | Full Time | Flexible First options available.

The role:

• Accountable for the engineering and design of ICP electrical networks.
• Ensuring the management of resources is effectively deployed with the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience.
• Design risk is managed through robust design principles and hazard identification, including management and oversight of NERS design processes.
• Provide design assurance, guiding projects through Enterprise Governance, and having the appropriate level of competence to review and approve designs through the development lifecycle.
• Providing robust and comprehensive support to tendering activity in order to secure the ICP pipeline.
• Coordinate resource and expertise in supporting technical bid submissions, and techno-economic reviews of contractor proposals.
• Support the successful growth of the ICP business.

You will:

• Hold the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to act as a delegated design authority for projects.
• Ensure that the basis of design, specification and scope is developed in an appropriate manner in line with the expectations of clients and internal governance.
• Inclusively manage a diverse engineering and design team ensuring that good engineering principles, process and procedures are developed and managed within the team.
• Have a good understanding of project programmes and attentiveness in managing key risks on projects through your direct reports.
• Accountable for setting and/or approving project design development budgets and ensuring they are managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build relationships with key senior stakeholders and confidently report on projects with effective communication.
• Identify hazards and work methodically to mitigate risk through design, continually monitoring and reducing risk throughout the project development.
• Ensure that training and development is identified to develop the whole team's understanding and skills in safety through design.
• Ensure appropriate resources are secured for projects either internally or externally through our design framework and delivery contractors.
• Monitor and manage resourcing across projects continually, making changes where needed in a proactive manner.
• Responsible for engineering standards and quality of designs, ensuring that industry standards, internal standards and any regulatory standards are interpreted correctly and reflected with compliant design outputs.
• Create an inclusive and psychologically safe environment for your team to develop as engineering professionals.

You have:

• Extensive experience in power distribution and electrical infrastructure at HV and EHV in the UK, particularly regulated and licensed networks including NERS processes and ideally in an ICP environment.
• Experience in working with regulated transmission and distribution operators for large connections.
• Significant experience in the management of engineering projects, developing and delivering designs for major electrical infrastructure projects.
• Chartered Engineer or Incorporated status (or can demonstrate working towards professional registration).
• Strong technical skills and a detailed understanding of technical/commercial interactions.
• Experience in identifying, procuring and managing specific engineering disciplines required for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.
• The ability to work well in a team and demonstrate inclusive behaviours to build a proud and diverse team.

About SSE:

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition.

Flexible benefits to fit your life:

• Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships.
• Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service.
• Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme.
• Generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer:

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive.