Head of Environmental Delivery and Operations

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, Aberdeen, Glasgow or Inverness.

Salary: 80, + car /car allowance - if applicable + 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

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead environmental delivery and operations across SSEN Transmission, ensuring environmental and consenting commitments are met through construction, commissioning, handover and the long-term management of our network assets. You will shape environmental strategy, lead a multi-disciplinary team and strengthen compliance and performance across the business, helping projects and operations deliver responsibly and successfully.

You will

Set and lead our environmental strategy for project delivery and operations, ensuring statutory obligations, environmental commitments and business priorities are understood and met.

Lead, support and develop a multi-disciplinary team, coordinating resources across construction and operational activities and creating a positive, solutions-focused culture with high standards.

Oversee environmental delivery from construction through commissioning and handover, including the discharge of consent conditions, site establishment, contractor mobilisation and the resolution of complex issues.

Own and continually improve the Environmental Management System, compliance arrangements and performance measures, providing clear reporting to internal committees, regulators and other external bodies.

Plan and deliver effective reporting and improvement initiatives across the business focused on environmental performance, informed by data driven analysis of key risks and trends.

Manage environmental consultancy and contractor performance, while building trusted relationships across the business and with regulators, planning authorities, statutory consultees and industry groups.

You have

In-depth knowledge of environmental management, assessment, legislation and consenting requirements relevant to major infrastructure construction and operational asset management.

Proven experience of leading and developing multi-disciplinary teams working on major capital project portfolios, with an inclusive and collaborative approach that can build relationships, resolve conflict and maintain a strong focus on delivery.

Experience of developing or managing environmental systems, compliance processes, performance measures and reporting, including responding to changing legislative requirements.

Strong commercial and organisational skills, including experience of contract, consultancy, contractor and financial management across complex programmes or projects.

A degree in an environmental or planning discipline, together with membership of an appropriate professional institution such as IEMA or RTPI.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…