Technical Project Manager

Base

Location:

You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations:
Lowestoft, Perth, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Montrose or Inverness Salary: 59,800 - 89,800 depending on skills and experience + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

The role

As Technical Project Manager within our Electrical & SCADA Team, you’ll lead a varied portfolio of short, medium and long-term asset integrity projects. You’ll provide engineering oversight across project scope, resources, budgets, reporting, documentation and quality assurance, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard. Working closely with colleagues across Asset Integrity and Operations, you’ll communicate technical and project information clearly and confidently to a wide range of stakeholders.

You will

Lead asset integrity projects across the full lifecycle, improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of operational assets.

Define project scope, priorities, plans and budgets, managing commercial performance and communicating progress to stakeholders.

Coordinate effective responses to site failures, working with Electrical Integrity and SCADA Engineers to minimise downtime and optimise production.

Ensure projects meet electrical and SCADA safety standards, regulatory requirements, quality assurance expectations and applicable SSER rules.

Collaborate with operational teams, OEMs, contractors and internal stakeholders, sharing lessons learned, driving continuous improvement and mentoring junior colleagues.

Actively collaborating on the delivery of multidiscipline scopes of work.

You haveA minimum of an HND or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.

Practical experience in electrical and/or control systems engineering, including HV operations within an operations and maintenance environment.

Experience working in a project engineering environment and building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.

Strong technical capability, with a clear understanding of the commercial impact of engineering activities and decisions.

Experience of asset management frameworks, asset integrity management systems and a range of maintenance principles.

Working knowledge of relevant engineering standards and regulatory requirements.

Strong communication skills, with stakeholder management and report writing skills.

About SSESSE’s purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.

We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses and other customers.

Our investment plan will see SSE invest 33bn in critical electricity infrastructure to 2030.SSE Renewables delivers the clean power needed to support the clean energy transition. We lead the way in the development, build, and operation of renewable power assets, including windfarms, hydro power stations, and solar and battery projects. Join a global team of 1,800 experts helping lead the transition to a clean, reliable electricity system.

Flexible benefits to fit your life 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…