Senior Project Controls and Assurance Manager

Base Location: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness or Perth

Salary: Competitive + 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

The Senior Project Controls and Assurance Manager will be part of the new Project Services Centre of Excellence within SSEN Transmission; an exciting new function setup to drive and support the delivery of project services across our Transmission business. You'll play a key role in setting project control standards across SSEN Transmission's portfolio of Large Capital Projects and will be critical in ensuring that relevant project services controls are in place, aligning the Onshore, Offshore and Development directorates to ensure standards compliance and implementing a robust assurance programme across the Transmission portfolio.

You will

- Set the standards for change management, scheduling, governance and document control, ensuring the sharing of best practice and knowledge management throughout the Transmission business and drive continuous improvement in Project Services.

- Support Project Assessment submissions to Ofgem including sharing best practice, undertaking schedule risk analysis, reviewing submissions, and ensuring high quality submissions are provided alongside the project team, finance, P&C, legal, and regulation colleagues.

- Conduct project assurance/peer reviews to validate compliance with Centre of Excellence standards and processes and identification of any non-conformance issues, and the implementation of any associated action plans to ensure future compliance.

- Work cross functionally specifically with the relevant Head of Project Services, Delivery and the wider Centre of Excellence team to ensure the elements of assurance, change and document control are being successfully delivered in the Transmission business.

- Define and embed fit for purpose SSENT governance forums and proactively analyse, identify and raise any trends in project data, or risks that may impact successful project and programme delivery, offering key insights and recommendations to senior leadership for informed decision making.

You have

- Demonstrable ability as an SME in Project Controls coupled with experience of working in a high profile or risk-based organisation and understand the structure of risk management, reporting, and effective use of lessons learnt. 

- Clear experience and knowledge of key project processes, including status reporting, budgeting, estimating, planning, dependency management, risk and issue management, quality gates, risk management and change management.

- Excellent stakeholder and relationship management, ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels (internal and external), gaining the collaboration and support from stakeholders in a matrix environment.

- An understanding of challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector paired with a drive to deliver continuous improvement ideally gained within the Utilities industry.

- Demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and develop your project controls team to ensure they deliver and perform to their full potential.

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people and investing over £20 billion in homegrown energy, with £20 billion more in the pipeline.

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.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

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.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact Laura on laura.morrison@sse.com / 01738 341814 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.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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