Transmission Quantity Surveying Graduate Programme

Duration: 2-year programme, commencing September 2026

Location: Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow or Perth

Salary: £34,000 per annum + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances, and wellbeing.

Degree Disciplines: Quantity Surveying or Construction in the Built Environment

About the role:

As a quantity surveying graduate joining SSEN Transmission, you will follow a specialist pathway. Specialists will work with experts in their specialism, gaining exposure within a business area for the duration of their graduate programme, with the aim of providing experience that will lead to a substantive post. 

Working as part of our multi-disciplined Procurement and Commercial team, we have the opportunity for a recent or upcoming graduate to join our graduate programme and gain the knowledge and experience needed to work towards a Junior Contract Manager role. 

At SSEN Transmission, we are currently working on a number of high-profile transmission projects which are ensuring our transmission network is able to transmit clean renewable energy whilst being safe, efficient, and structurally sound, therefore providing sustainable and reliable energy to all. 

Our strategy is to deliver sustained growth in the dividend payable to shareholders through the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of regulated and non-regulated businesses. 

Our Procurement and Commercial team are responsible for helping the business to procure services and materials in a timely and cost-effective way. We work across the SSE Group, ensuring our businesses get the best possible service and value from our supplier network, as well as ensuring all service providers are compliant and continue to meet contractual obligations and business need. You will have learning opportunities across various types of projects to develop your procurement and commercial management skills. 

You will be supported in your role with a placement plan, regular meetings with your line manager and networking with key business leaders through quarterly placement reviews. Your placements may include but are not limited to the following teams; Finance, Regulation, Development, Assurance with experience in our engineering and operations teams to give you the knowledge to develop into a Junior Contract Manager role. 

What do I need to join?  

You’ll have a minimum of a 2:2 bachelor's degree in one of the disciplines listed above. 

We'd love you to have some practical work experience that reflects your passion for the energy sector, as well as demonstrable experience of working in a team. You'll also be comfortable working to and setting stretching individual targets and using your own initiative to overcome challenges and should have a genuine interest in SSEN Transmission and the prospect of a long-term future with us. 

We want you to feel confident about what happens next in our recruitment process, which has three stages: Online Testing, Video Interview, and an In-Person Assessment Centre.

• If your application meets the minimum criteria, we’ll invite you to complete an online test.
• If you’re successful, we’ll be in touch by Monday 10 November 2025 with an invitation to complete an online video interview. 
• Our Hiring Managers will carefully review all video interviews, and if you make it through, we’ll contact you by Wednesday 10 December 2025 with an invite to attend our Assessment Day expected to take place January/February 2026. We’ll need you to confirm your attendance by Sunday 4 January 2026.

We’ll keep you updated at every stage, and if you need any support, whether it’s technical help or adjustments to the process, please get in touch. 

You can find out more about what to expect during the recruitment process here.