Asset Risk and Investment Engineer

Base

Location:

Flexible Scotland | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will, however, need your base 'home' location to be one of our SSEN offices or depots around Scotland, Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen or Inverness

Salary: £57,150 - £68,295 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

SSEN Transmission has a great opportunity for an Asset Risk & Investment Engineer to join our Asset Management team. This is a specialist role focused on analysing asset condition and risk data, maintaining high-quality asset datasets and providing the insights that underpin investment planning and regulatory reporting.

Working with engineers, asset specialists and data professionals, you'll help ensure that our asset information, risk models and reporting outputs are robust, transparent and fit for purpose. Your analysis will directly influence how we understand risk across the transmission network and support the development of future investment plans.

• Review asset condition, performance and network data to assess asset health and quantify risk across the transmission network.
• Develop and maintain asset risk datasets, ensuring the integrity, consistency and traceability of data used for investment planning and regulatory reporting.
• Use Excel, Power BI, Invest, Maximo and ArcGIS to transform complex data into meaningful insights, dashboards and recommendations.
• Support the development and application of risk methodologies, including Network Asset Risk Metric (NARM) assessments and other asset risk models.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including engineers, asset managers and regulatory bodies, to support investment planning, regulatory reporting and evidence-based asset choices.

• A degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience gained through a STEM-based career.
• Experience analysing asset, operational or infrastructure data to support risk-based decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data modelling and visualisation.
• Knowledge of asset management principles, risk assessment methodologies and data-driven decision making.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex technical information into clear and actionable insights.

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 sees 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 the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

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 entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. please contact Andy on  / to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

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