Asset Risk & Investment Engineer - Data-Driven Insights

SSE plc; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Family entitlements and parental leave

Job summary

SSE plc is seeking an Asset Risk & Investment Engineer to join the Asset Management team in Scotland. The role focuses on analysing asset condition and risk data, maintaining high-quality datasets, and providing insights that underpin investment planning and regulatory reporting.

You will transform data into insights using Excel, Power BI, Invest, Maximo and ArcGIS, supporting risk methodologies like NARM, and collaborating with engineers, asset managers and regulators to inform investment

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience gained through a STEM-based career.
• Experience analysing asset, operational or infrastructure data to support risk-based decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data modelling and visualisation.
• Knowledge of asset management principles, risk assessment methodologies and data-driven decision making.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex technical information into clear and actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Review asset condition, performance and network data to assess asset health and quantify risk across the transmission network.
• Develop and maintain asset risk datasets, ensuring the integrity, consistency and traceability of data used for investment planning and regulatory reporting.
• Use Excel, Power BI, Invest, Maximo and ArcGIS to transform complex data into meaningful insights, dashboards and recommendations.
• Support the development and application of risk methodologies, including Network Asset Risk Metric (NARM) assessments and other asset risk models.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including engineers, asset managers and regulatory bodies, to support investment planning, regulatory reporting and evidence-based asset choices.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree or STEM discipline

Tools

Power BI

Invest

Maximo

ArcGIS

Job description

SSE plc is seeking an Asset Risk & Investment Engineer to join the Asset Management team in Scotland. The role focuses on analysing asset condition and risk data, maintaining high-quality datasets, and providing insights that underpin investment planning and regulatory reporting.

You will transform data into insights using Excel, Power BI, Invest, Maximo and ArcGIS, supporting risk methodologies like NARM, and collaborating with engineers, asset managers and regulators to inform investment