Assistant Engineering Manager

Base Location

For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations and you'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in the office – Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen

£59,800 - £89,800 + car /car allowance + performance related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

As part of SSEN Transmissions Offshore Portfolio of works, we have an opportunity for an Assistant Engineering Manager to join our newly formed Offshore HVAC Project Engineering team to help drive forward our Island and Offshore projects and successfully deliver a network for Net Zero. Our Island and Offshore projects facilitate the connection to our HVDC systems and include state‑of‑the‑art AC grid control and stabilisation technology.

• Work with the Project Engineering Manager, responsible for delivery of HVAC Engineering scope (Large Capital Projects Gate 1 to Gate
  4) for assigned project / package (typical value £100M - £1000M); ensuring that Engineering and Quality risks are identified and understood, and appropriate measures are put in place to deal with issues, and minimise risk to project/asset quality and programme.
• Have general Project Co‑ordination responsibilities, including chairing meetings with Contractors and other project stakeholders, organising design reviews and other technical sessions such as HAZID/HAZOP/HAZCON and Design Authority Reviews.
• Assume direct line management 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 (TA) 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 Principal Designer (PD) practice, with Project Manager, and review of construction methods (RAMS) and commissioning and operational safety requirements.
• Be responsible 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 Electrical and CEng) coupled with significant experience leading multi‑discipline teams.
• 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.
• In depth technical knowledge of relevant legislation and the implications for Transmission network management for both Assets and Projects, including CDM and ESQCR.
• Built strong 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’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan see s us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for…