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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 – Aberdeen, Inverness or Perth
Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + car /car 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 role
You will
The key duties and responsibilities of this role will be:
- Accountable for the delivery of the Marine cables package as part of the wider HVDC project including a focus on safety, health and wellbeing of all personnel, environmental aspects of activities being managed as well as compliance with our framework behaviour charters and the CDM regulations.
- Planning, Monitoring, and Control of projects or packages in line with Project Execution Plans to ensure that these are executed to cost, schedule and quality.
- Responsible for all commercial aspects of delivering your package including NEC contract management, ensuring that any disputes are escalated as appropriate for resolution. Accountability to the business for the budget, forecasting and delivery of the project / package within this. Packages will be more than £100m in value.
- Ensuring the use of recognised project management processes, reporting, methods, techniques and tools, in particular the application of our Large Capital Projects (LCP) Governance Framework Manual.
- Providing on and offsite leadership to demonstrate our core values. Leading large multidisciplinary teams, ensuring these are highly competent, well-motivated, and organised to deliver consistent excellence. Take line management and mentoring responsibility for your direct reports to ensure they perform to their required duties and are given all available opportunity to develop.
You have
To be considered for this role, we’d love you to have:
- A proven track record of leading and safely delivering projects or programmes of work to cost, schedule and quality in the Transmission, Subsea construction, Energy, or other relevant industry.
- An engineering or project management qualification/degree or equivalent experience within subsea construction or electricity transmission fields is essential.
- Thorough engineering or construction knowledge and understanding, including the associated environmental and safety legislation e.g. the CDM 2015 regulations.
- Commercially astute, with sound knowledge and experience of administering, and managing NEC Contracts is critical.
- Experience of the governance, forecasting, reporting, and management requirements for project and/or programmes of work in a regulated environment, with prior delivery budget responsibilities of over £20m.
- Effective Safety Leadership and People Management skills to manage a team
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
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 Hannah.E.Cutajar@sse.com / 01738 341147 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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