Senior Project Manager

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Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Development

Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh

Salary from £61,600 to £77,000 + 15% + Private Medical Care

Help us create a better future, quicker

At ScottishPower we know that our people are our strongest asset, so we’re always looking for people whose energy, intelligence and passion can help us reach our goals.

At the heart of all business visions and activities are the people whose efforts and performance make it happen. We encourage our people to be proud of where they work, to share their ideas and to own their careers. We promote a safe working environment and push people to shape and progress their careers so that we grow our talent within the company.

A Senior Project Manager is the owner for a portfolio of SP Transmission Projects from project initiation, through the development phase and manage the handover to delivery team. To provide leadership and co-ordination across internal & external stakeholder groups to ensure that projects are delivered within agreed timescales with strict adherence to regulatory and licence obligations, including guiding & developing large multi-disciplinary teams. To coordinate & lead all areas of project management associated with the development of the allocated project portfolio.

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage the development of a portfolio of capital projects, ensuring that they are developed safely, without adverse impact to the environment, to customer expectations, within budget, to a high-quality standard and within the required timescales.

Project portfolios will mainly be high-value, new build network reinforcements. Most projects are expected to have a development phase with a 4-7 year duration.

Within this position you will be:

• Responsible for the project management of identified project(s) from development through handover to delivery and providing project management controls across all areas of the project.

• Accountable for the delivery of outputs, incentive metrics, milestones in line with business targets and effectively manage project risk and mitigate the impact of issues that may emerge.

• Identify and understand the potential interactions between the various proposed projects and develop initiatives which minimise the impact on deliverability.

• Manage interfaces with network outage planning to ensure the outage programme is fully informed by the requirements of the projects’ investment programme.

• Creation of project plans and development of accurate capital expenditure forecasts and output projections on assigned projects, with full accountability for project, contractual and financial governance.

• Provide input to the management of the relevant regulatory processes along with identifying, promoting, and implementing innovation, efficiencies and value engineering.

• Promote and implement external and internal stakeholder engagement and community liaison for projects, including compliance with the SPEN Landowners Agreement and Code of Conduct.

• Ensure development issues which are not able to be reconciled with the requirements of the overall investment programme is highlighted to management with recommendations for mitigating actions.

What you’ll bring

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience with expert project management incl. but not limited to; planning skills, risk & opportunity management, leading high performing teams, investment approval processes, financial forecasting. 

• Significant experience of developing/managing infrastructure or transmission projects coupled with exposure to working and leading multi-disciplined teams at a professional level. 

• Experience with working in multi-disciplined teams at a professional level. 

• Experienced in planning activities for complex and interactive technical projects which have a timeframe lasting many years. 

• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems within large expenditure projects delivering on a timeline with commercial implications. 

• Experienced in making balanced decisions, identifying and taking into account all relevant information recognising the benefit of consultation with stakeholders or peers to ensure effective implementation of necessary change – whilst utilising developed negotiation and communication skills. 

• Excellent organisation and time management skills. 

• Working knowledge of procurement process requirements. 

• Working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation. 

• Experienced in the use of project planning techniques and tools. 

• Well-developed consultation and negotiation skills. 

• Awareness of regulatory impact upon business revenues. 

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 SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. 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.

We are 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].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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