Engineering Management

Base

Location:

For these roles, 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 – Inverness, Perth, Aberdeen, Glasgow Salary: 59, + car/cash allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family

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

The rolesSSEN Transmission Onshore AC have exciting opportunities for talented engineering leaders to join our growing business as either an Assistant Engineering Manager or Engineering Manager.

These roles are critical to the successful delivery of our major transmission infrastructure projects, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams through the development, design, construction, commissioning and handover of assets that will help deliver a Network for Net Zero.

Whether you're an experienced Engineering Manager or looking to take the next step into engineering leadership, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative, value-adding engineering solutions across a diverse and technically complex portfolio of projects.

You will

Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensuring the right capability and resources are in place to deliver safe, high-quality engineering solutions.

Drive engineering excellence, innovation and sound engineering practice throughout the project lifecycle, identifying and managing technical risks and opportunities.

Promote a positive safety culture through Safety by Design principles and compliance with relevant legislation, standards and CDM responsibilities.

Ensure engineering specifications, standards and deliverables are implemented efficiently and effectively to meet project, operational and network requirements.

Build strong relationships with project teams and key stakeholders, influencing decisions and ensuring engineering remains central to successful project delivery.

You haveA degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, with Chartered Engineer status or progression towards professional registration desirable.

Experience delivering engineering solutions within the electrical transmission sector or a comparable infrastructure, utilities or regulated environment.

Proven experience leading, mentoring or developing engineering teams and supporting the growth of engineering capability.

Strong technical judgement, risk management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to assess complex engineering challenges and identify practical solutions.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

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.SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport electricity 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 power for the future and building the infrastructure needed for a cleaner electricity system to create secure power for generations to come.

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