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Job Title: 3 x Engineering Project Design Managers (West, Central OR South)
Location Cambuslang
Salary from £69,200 to £86,500 + up to 20% bonus + Car Allowance + Family Medical Cover + Double Match Pension
Help us create a better future, quicker
You will Manage & Lead your Region (West, Central OR South) of the Engineering Project Managers team formed of highly professional engineers responsible for developing, assessing, coordinating and providing detailed engineering designs, while balancing innovation and value driven engineering to reduce overall asset lifecycle costs.
You will be a key influencer in investment planning decisions as part of the development & delivery of the Transmission capital project program centred around supporting the UK reach its Net Zero Target
What you’ll be doing
Technical Accountabilities
Overall accountability for the performance, governance, and quality of all engineering deliverables across their regional portfolio ensuring of civil, main plant, protection and control, OHL and cables Engineering deliverables in the region (West, Central OR South) being managed are delivered on time and in line with the required SPT Standards and Policies.
Provide leadership and direction to the regional team of Engineering Project Managers, ensuring clear accountability for the quality and completeness of cost effective solutions at a project/programme timescales as measured by the key dates in the Masterplan while ensuring regulatory financial allowances are achieved in respect of designs.
Establish and maintain regional engineering governance processes, including technical assurance reviews, design verification plans, and deliverable progress tracking.
Chair key design milestone reviews (basic, tender and VFC) to ensure technical adequacy and compliance with business standards.
Ensure that lessons learned, best practices, and design standards are consistently applied across all projects.
Support the Head of Project Design Services in maintaining company-wide engineering assurance frameworks.
Ensure your regions plans are suitably resourced with Engineering and changes managed for the benefit of delivering business targets. Coordination and collaboration will be required across different regions and functions to deliver satisfactory change outcomes.
Ensure that all HSEQ policies are embedded within the engineering solutions delivered
Lead engineering audits and implement corrective or preventive actions as required.
Promote a proactive safety and quality culture within regional teams.
Ensure compliance with all Engineering policies, standards and procedures
Support the engineering requirements of the end-to-end project design process through to construction completion and final record submission
Assist with required engineering aspects of tender preparation and assessment of contracts and frameworks. Develop, implement and monitor a regional scorecard to track engineering deliverables against business targets and make decisions in collaboration with others departments/regions/areas to maintain targets
Act as senior engineering representative for regional clients and stakeholders.
Support bid development, tender reviews, and engineering scope definition for new opportunities.
Manage escalation of complex technical or project issues, ensuring prompt resolution and communication.
Identify, delineate and resolve Engineering problems using Engineering methodology where appropriate. Situations will arise where complex problems cannot be resolved by process and a creative and innovative approach will be required to resolve
Take a proactive approach to continuous improvement by proposing and implementing improvement initiatives that are not obvious to others and will address difficult situations
Make decisions for and/or proposals to Engineering Services with respect to defining Engineering Scope in the Pre Engineering phase of project.
Advise the business on, and supports the identification of, new requirements which the business has been previously unaware of
People accountabilities
People lead of a group of professional engineers to deliver and coordinate projects.
Deliver performance management for a team of professional engineers in line with HR policy
Ensure adequate training, coaching and mentoring is in place to further advance the knowledge, skills and experience of the team.
What you’ll bring
Degree in Engineering with relevant experience.
Chartered Engineer Status (or working towards)
Technical oversight and management, Building and applying knowledge skills. Experience with designing in either civil, main plant, protection and control, OHL OR cables engineering, for large electrical infrastructure projects.
People and communication skills and the ability to form effective working relationships with other individuals, departments and businesses.
Ability to implement, apply and promote CDM and Health & Safety best practice in a design environment
Experience in the implementation of new technologies and engineering solutions to achieve reductions in project lifetime costs
Experience in the implementation of new technologies and engineering solutions to achieve reductions in Carbon to produce a more sustainable substation design solution
Proven experience and knowledge of CDM regulations and Designer risk assessment
Experience in the use of BIM for designing Transmission substations.
Having the ability and understanding of the plant and equipment deployed for transmission networks and how it is operated / maintained.
Have the ability to understand technical characteristics of Transmission Substation Protection and Control equipment/schemes
An understanding in terms of the Protection equipment deployed for transmission networks and how it is operated / maintained
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 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
January-6-2026
