Area Manager - Main Plant Design

Area Manager – Main Plant (Central Region)

Bengal:
Cambuslang – Salary £70,800 to £88,500 per annum, up to 20% annual bonus, car allowance £450 pcm, family healthcare, flexible hybrid working.

As Area Manager you will deliver the Main Plant Design programme for the Central region, managing Main Plant Engineering deliverables worth £200m to over £500m annually, and lead a team of professional engineers.

• Overall responsibility for ensuring Main Plant Engineering deliverables are delivered on time and in line with SPT Standards and Policies.
• Lead and manage a group of professional engineers to deliver cost‑effective end‑to‑end design solutions and ensure regulatory and financial allowances.
• Liaise with other team leaders to coordinate and collaborate across regions and functions to deliver satisfactory change outcomes.
• Ensure all HSEQ policies are applied and compliance with all Engineering policies, standards and procedures.
• Support standardised design solutions to drive efficiency and design consistency across the SPT business.
• People‑lead a group of professional engineers, ensuring adequate training, coaching and mentoring to advance knowledge, skills and experience.
• Deliver performance management for a team of professional engineers.

• A degree in Electrical or another appropriate Engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards).
• Technical oversight and management skills.
• Experience designing Main Plant engineering for large electrical infrastructure projects.
• People and communication skills to form effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Ability to implement and promote CDM and Health & Safety best practice in a design environment.
• Experience implementing new technologies and engineering solutions to achieve cost and carbon reductions.
• Broad thinking skills and understanding of plant and equipment deployed for transmission networks.
• Experience using BIM for designing Transmission substations.

• Competitive salary reviewed annually.
• Pension scheme – double match up to 10% company contribution.
• 36 days annual leave.
• Holiday Purchase – additional annual leave.
• Share Schemes.
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding.
• Technology Vouchers.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Public Transport Season Ticket.
• Loans.
• Healthcare benefit options including Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments.
• Life Assurance (4× salary).
• Financial wellbeing support.
• Discounts on shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long‑term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy‑related support.