HVDC Assistant Engineering Manager

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Location:

For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations – Inverness, Aberdeen or Perth

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

Work Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available.

As part of SSEN Transmission Pathway to 2030 programme of works, we are looking for Assistant Engineering Manager to help drive forward our projects and who can bring big ideas, new skills and innovative thinking to help us grow our teams to successfully deliver a network for Net Zero.

Many of the Pathway to 2030 projects are new HVDC projects. This role would sit in within the HVDC Engineering Team, and although direct HVDC experience would be desirable it is not necessary.

We encourage candidates with a strong multi discipline engineering / project management experience in either construction, consultancy, or client organisations within the Energy Industry to apply. A civil engineering bias to experience would be preferable for this role.

• Work with the Project Engineering Manager, with responsibility for delivery of HVDC Engineering scope (LCP Gate 1 to Gate
  4) for assigned project / package (typical value £700M - £2000M); working closely with Project Engineering Manager, Lead Project Managers and Project Managers (and Project Director as appropriate) to ensure that Engineering and Quality risks are identified and understood, and that appropriate measures are put in place to ensure that issues are dealt with pro-actively where practicable, and to minimise risk to project/asset quality and programme.
• Have direct Line Management responsibilities of project engineers and responsible for the co-ordination of all engineering activities, including the selection and management of engineering consultants, and the technical direction of contractors.
• Ensure that project technical requirements are clearly and robustly communicated to project teams, and that project teams understand the requirement to refer technical issues to engineering. Responsible for early identification of technology elements requiring Technical Authority approval, and preparing the plan for TA approval, in conjunction with the technical team.
• Promote and manage safety within project portfolio, including Safety in Design, implementation of CDM procedures and Principle designer (PD) practice, with Project Manager, and review of construction methods (RAMS) and commissioning and operational safety requirements.
• Have responsibility for Design Management Plans, Engineering Works Information, scheduling of Design Reviews and ensuring competent project technical leadership (in conjunction with Project Engineering Manager and the Technical Authority).

• A degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (preferably CEng) coupled with significant experience leading multi-discipline teams.
• Experience delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects, preferably with a civil bias.
• Preferably good technical knowledge of the Transmission network, with technical understanding of core elements, and high-level technical understanding of facilitating functions and an understanding of legal and regulatory obligations for Transmission.
• Preferably strong technical knowledge of relevant legislation and the implications for Transmission network management for both Assets and Projects, including CDM and ESQCR.
• Knowledge of industry standards and specifications, and technical specifications, and how to determine applicability of relevant standards to projects.
• Demonstrable ability to build relationships and understanding of consultants and external industry experts and the ability to communicate and challenge complex technical issues and recommendations in a clear and concise manner to facilitate decision making by senior management.

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future.

SSEN Transmission owns and operate the electricity transmission…