Authorisation Officer - Operational Safety

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Location:

For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations and you'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in the office - Inverness, Aberdeen, or Perth.

Salary: £50,964 - £60,899 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

At SSEN Transmission, safety is at the heart of everything we do. As we continue to develop our Operational Safety function, we are seeking experienced and credible Authorisation Officers to play a key role in ensuring only competent and capable individuals are authorised to operate safely on or near the transmission network.

This is a unique opportunity to become part of a specialist Operational Safety team that provides independent assurance, governance and leadership for operational safety across SSEN Transmission. Working within the Safety, Health and Wellbeing function, you will act as a critical control point within our operational safety framework, ensuring authorisation decisions are robust, objective and aligned to operational risk.

• Assess the competence and capability of individuals seeking Operational Authorisations, using evidence, structured assessment and professional judgement to make independent authorisation decisions.
• Conduct Authorisation Officer interviews and review operational portfolios, ensuring individuals understand their responsibilities, authority levels and associated operational risks.
• Approve, amend, suspend or remove Operational Authorisations where required, maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of the authorisation framework.
• Work closely with operational managers, training teams, contract partners and authorised persons to ensure compliance with the Transmission Operational Safety Rules (TOSR) and associated procedures.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Operational Authorisation framework by identifying trends, enhancing processes and promoting the highest standards of operational safety and competence.

We're seeking individuals with significant operational experience within electricity transmission, generation or a comparable high-hazard industry, together with an in-depth understanding of operational safety management and safe systems of work.

• A strong understanding of the Transmission Operational Safety Rules (TOSR), Operational Safety Manual and associated operational safety procedures.
• Experience working within or managing operational authorisation frameworks, with the ability to assess competence, capability and operational risk objectively.
• The confidence and professional judgement to make independent, safety-critical decisions in a complex operational environment.
• Excellent communication and interviewing skills, with the ability to challenge constructively, provide feedback and influence stakeholders effectively.
• High levels of integrity, credibility and personal accountability, with a passion for maintaining the highest standards of operational safety and competence.

Authorisation Officers are entrusted with one of the most important responsibilities within SSEN Transmission's operational safety framework: determining whether an individual is competent and suitable to undertake safety-critical activities on the network.

Your decisions will directly support the safe operation, maintenance and development of the transmission system, helping to protect our people, our contractors, our customers and the communities we serve.

This is an opportunity to be part of a modern Operational Safety function that is strengthening governance, raising standards and supporting the safe delivery of a critical national infrastructure programme