Assistant Project Manager; Development

Our client Scottish Power Renewables seeks an Assistant Project Manager for an initial 1‑year contract role based in Glasgow, offering hybrid working.

As a key member of the Onshore Renewables Development Team, the Assistant Project Manager will play a vital role in advancing renewable energy projects (onshore wind). This position involves taking a proactive lead on various aspects of project development, while providing comprehensive technical, strategic and operational support to the Project Manager. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high‑impact renewable energy projects, helping to drive the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

You will take on and manage tasks allocated by the Project Manager to help develop Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) pipeline of renewable projects, particularly repowering. This includes the project management of feasibility assessments, design stages, securing grid and land agreements, stakeholder consultation, and the commercial development of project business cases.

You will also provide input to the environmental impact assessment process, including preparation of environmental statements and planning applications for our projects. We will look to you to liaise and coordinate with external suppliers and contractors to ensure delivery specifications are met, providing inputs on tender assessments and liaising with stakeholders to ensure development activities are progressed in a timely manner.

You will also provide your input to all commercial agreements and contracts to ensure risks are mitigated and assist the Project Manager in the preparation and presentation of investment cases.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate at minimum your previous experience in a development role or within the Renewables or Power Generation industry, with the ability to translate technical detail into commercial impact.

You will have experience in commercial negotiations and be able to analyse development issues, providing creative solutions when required, utilising your ability to identify and source external resources and skills to help deliver our Renewables projects on time and on budget.

Scottish Power is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6 m every working day to make this happen.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, Scottish Power can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.