Planning Engineer

Job Title Planning Engineer 

Location Glasgow 

Salary  

From £59,200, up to 15% bonus and health cover 

Flexible Working Pattern 

Help us create a better future, quicker 

Working closely with Global Technical Services (Digital Planning), ScottishPower Renewables Onshore O&M Technical Operations, Commercial, Remote Control Centre (RCC) and Field Operations teams, to ensure that all generating assets are maintained and inspected as defined within Asset Management Plans to support delivery of the business objectives in line with acceptable standards of safety, technical quality and operational performance. 

What you’ll be doing 

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager in the Technical Operations and Projects team, the Planning Engineer will lead the development, establishment and coordination of a coherent work‑planning approach across the Onshore O&M group. 

As a key role in fulfilling the requirements of ISO55001 for Asset Management, the planning engineer will be required to lead and influence key stakeholders across all levels of the O&M organisation to ensure developed processes are fully established and embedded in daily activities. 

Responsible for the development, creation and management of high-quality workplans for the various activity groups across O&M. 

Work scope varies across differing generating technologies and OEMs, the Planning Engineer will be required to work with key stakeholders to develop and formulate effective planning strategies for workstreams impacting any O&M activity, seeking to optimise scheduling, and ensuring effective and efficient coordination of work. 

Make use of existing work management and planning tools to ensure activities are managed and controlled across O&M in a consistent and measurable way, allowing effective tracking of progress and management of challenge. 

Lead key stakeholders in Technical Operations, Projects, RCC and Field Operations teams to produce Planned Maintenance and inspection activity workplans that are readily integrated with work management and planning tools, seeking to comply with O&M Asset Management Objectives including the scope of business Asset Management Plans. 

Lead the development of processes with the O&M Maintenance Quality and Technical Risk functions to ensure that any audit findings and other improvement opportunities are integrated to future workplans in a sustainable and consistent manner. 

Work to formulate means of generating regular and automated KPI reporting functions to provide an overview of the planned activities performance and help manage any maintenance backlog. 

Work with and influence IT functions to develop and evolve effective software tools to facilitate and drive more efficient planning processes. 

Work with stakeholders in the RCC to understand planned network outages and update planned maintenance activities to ensure alignment between planned works and outages. 

Co-ordinating and liaising with business areas across SPR to understand implications of proposed works, driving to develop and implement contingency plans to appropriately mitigate risk to delivery of work activities 

What you’ll bring 

• Relevant engineering degree or equivalent technically orientated qualification.  Relevant experience will be considered in lieu of academic qualifications. 

• Experience of leading work planning function in an industrial setting. 

• Experience in renewables technologies is desirable but not essential. 

• Experience of working within an organisational Integrated Management System (IMS) and applying relevant policies, procedures, and working practices in day-to-day activities. 

• Working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation. 

• IT literate, with experience in using generally available software planning and work management tools. 

• Strong organisational skills, able to work with stakeholders across diverse functions, to deliver sustainable change and improvements to O&M activities by means of effective planning strategies. 

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence without line management responsibility. 

• Full UK driving license and own transport. 

What’s in it for you 

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include: 

• 36 days annual leave 

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave 

• Share Schemes 

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding 

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases 

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving 

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans 

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments 

• Life Assurance (4x salary) 

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support 

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more 

Why ScottishPower 

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. 

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. 

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].