Head of Delivery

Head of Delivery (SPM Wirral District)

Office base Prenton - with hybrid working model

£69,200 - £86,500 + annual bonus (up to 20%), car allowance + family health cover

Full time / Permanent

Closing Date: 16th January 2026

Help us shape the future of energy!

At SP Energy Networks (SPEN), we're driving the transition to Net Zero and building the networks of the future. Our mission is to deliver safe, secure, and sustainable electricity to the communities we serve, while embracing innovation and technology to meet changing demands.

This role sits within SP Manweb (SPM), which covers Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, and parts of Shropshire. As part of this business, you'll play a critical role in delivering safe and reliable electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers while supporting our £3.3 billion RIIO-ED2 Business Plan to prepare the UK for an electric future.

As Head of Delivery (SPM Wirral District), you'll lead a multi-disciplined team and ensure the safe and efficient delivery of connections projects across the Wirral district.

This is a leadership role with real impact. You'll:

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver business outputs, ensuring each individual's potential is fully developed.
• Analyse business performance to ensure compliance with costs and output deliverables, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Implement robust stakeholder and customer interfaces, ensuring effective communication of short, medium, and long-term plans that affect local communities.
• Deliver short-term (6-12 weeks) and medium-term (3-12 months) plans aligned with district objectives, minimising outages and maintaining network security.
• Ensure compliance with SPEN processes and procedures in line with regulatory and licence obligations.
• Collaborate with other District management teams to achieve wider SPEN Licence objectives.
• Drive performance against key targets, including:
  • Customer Minutes Lost
  • Customer Interruptions
  • Broad Measure of Customer Satisfaction
  • Guaranteed Standards
  • Time to Connect and other incentive mechanisms
• Promote exemplary health and safety culture, ensuring safe and efficient delivery of all works.
• Manage depot activities and responsibilities to ensure effective local operations.
• Deliver outputs, optimising system performance and customer service incentives while meeting financial and regulatory objectives.

• Expert knowledge of construction and maintenance standards within a regulated environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing contracts and SLAs.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop teams.
• Project/programme management experience and a track record of delivering complex initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering leadership role within utilities.

Essential criteria:

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience in managing both minor and major projects
• Operational experience on electrical networks up to 33kV (advantageous).
• Full UK driving licence.

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 Scottish Power, 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.

That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle…