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Project Engineer

ScottishPower
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United Kingdom
£56.8KEngineering & Development
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Project Engineer (Delivery)

From £45,400 up to £56,750 per year (DOE) – plus a competitive benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities

Location: Llandudno, Wales

Permanent / Full Time

Hybrid/Flexible

Closing Date: 05/10/26

At SP Energy Networks our focus is on harnessing technology and innovation to create the networks of the future. Our team is building a dynamic network to meet the changing demands for electricity and increasingly, renewable electricity – safely, securely, and sustainably in the communities we serve.

At SP Energy Networks, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

Help us create a better future, quicker

Role

Join us in delivering a safe, reliable, and sustainable electricity network. In this role, you will lead the delivery of Operations & Maintenance, Investment Projects, or Customer Projects, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with regulatory and licence requirements, while providing excellent service to our customers and stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

Deliver district business plan outputs in line with financial, regulatory, licence and customer service objectives, maximising value through performance and incentive mechanisms.

Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, communities, contractors and stakeholders to support successful project delivery and positive customer outcomes.

Develop and deliver robust project plans that support district and licence objectives while minimising customer interruptions and disruption to the network.

Ensure efficient and effective delivery of performance targets as appropriate, such as:

  • Customer Minutes Lost, Customer Interruptions
  • Broad Measure of Customer Satisfaction
  • Guaranteed Standards
  • Other Incentive mechanisms


Manage project risks, issues and dependencies, ensuring appropriate mitigation actions are implemented to support successful delivery.

Undertake project and contract management activities to ensure works are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

To drive continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.

Integrate asset stewardship and ownership values through sound engineering principles and coordinated planning and delivery activities to improve integrity, safety and longevity of the electrical network.

Promote an exemplary safety culture and ensure that all safety legislation, policies, and procedures are implemented and adhered to across all activities.

Depending on business requirements, you may support the delivery of:

  • Maintenance and reliability programmes
  • Customer connections activities
  • Capital investment projects
  • Network security and system performance initiatives


Ensure the accurate and timely recording of operational, project, asset and customer information within corporate systems to support business, regulatory and customer service requirements.

What you’ll bring

Project/programme management experience, with a strong performance ethos and a track record of driving and delivering projects and initiatives.

Knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.

General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.

Effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.

Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels.

Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgement to determine optimal solutions.

Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating.

Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.

Where Required, Expert Knowledge Of

    • Construction and maintenance standards
    • Engineering standards and specifications up to 33kV
Minimum Criteria

  • Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience
  • Experience in a project delivery role
  • Relevant network construction and operational experience
  • Computer literacy


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 £10 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 careers@scottishpower.com.

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.

IMPORTANT

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

October-6-2026

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