Project Engineer (Delivery)
Location: Kilmarnock
Salary from £44,000
Closing Date 03/04/2026
Help us create a better future, quicker
As Project Engineer (Delivery), you will be responsible for the safe provision of Investment & Customer Connection Projects with strict adherence to the appropriate regulatory and license obligations for the electricity distribution network. You will also deliver district business plan outputs in line with financial, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising return through incentive mechanisms.
Through active customer and stakeholder engagement, you will support the delivery of robust communication activities to facilitate the delivery of project plans and deliverables affecting local communities, customers and stakeholders
What you’ll be doing
Ensure the efficient and effective delivery of performance targets.
Effectively deliver the relevant elements of the business plan.
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, ensuring that safety legislation is implemented in all activities and that Operational Excellence principles are integrated in all undertakings.
Ensure the accurate and timely capture and recording of data within corporate systems, including customer records.
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.
Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges
Minimum Requirements
Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience.
Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating.
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 >£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
April-3-2026
