Senior Substation Project Engineer

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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 - Perth, Glasgow, Inverness or Aberdeen

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + car/allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances, and wellbeing.

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

As part of our Net Zero journey, the Onshore AC Project Engineering team is seeking a Senior Cable Project Engineer to join our new Customer Connections team. You’ll support the rapid delivery of a large volume of cable connection projects, applying standardised designs, innovative routing techniques and efficient construction methodologies to accelerate customer connections across the high‑voltage network.

• Undertake the design and drafting of primary plant scopes, at voltages up to 400kV, including Single Line Diagrams, Stage by Stage Diagrams, Electrical layouts, and Scope of Work documentation. Design both AIS and GIS solutions.
• Review designs by Project Engineers during feasibility and conduct formal reviews of contractor submissions during development, refinement, and detailed design stages. Challenge non‑compliant designs, ensuring a balanced focus on quality, cost, and programme.
• Support the project life cycle, including design development, risk sessions (HAZID/HAZCON/HAZOP), construction, installation, commissioning, and completion of complex projects. Collaborate with engineers and managers to identify and mitigate engineering and quality risks, support informed decision‑making, and conduct peer reviews of key issues.
• Mentor pipelines engineers to enhance their capabilities within the business. Provide senior technical guidance to ensure successful delivery of engineering outputs and leadership in defining scope and resolving key risks.
• Assist site and operational teams in ensuring installation quality and network security, witness factory acceptance testing, and drive design maturity and delivery of scope to required quality and programme.

• Demonstrable experience in transmission development, design, and specification up to 400kV (both GIS and AIS), with a focus on full life cycle design from feasibility through to detailed design and commissioning. Ability to assess and evaluate a range of technical solutions.
• Degree qualified in Electrical or a relevant engineering discipline, ideally Chartered or working towards chartered status.
• Excellent understanding of relevant legislation, including CDM and ESQCR, and its implications for assets and projects.
• Effective communication skills to clearly convey complex technical issues for senior management decision‑making. Experience in mentoring and guiding less experienced engineers.
• Ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, building strong and lasting relationships.

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. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

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. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. please contact shirley-anne.o’ / to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

We will be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.