HVDC Project Interfaces Engineer | Scotland

SSEN Transmission; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Family entitlements

Job summary

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Project Engineer – Interfaces to join the HVDC Engineering Team in a hybrid role based in Scotland. The role focuses on managing design interfaces across HVDC, AC, Civils and Cables, maintaining interface registers, and controlling design submittals via ACC.

The successful candidate will drive early issue resolution, liaise with contractors and SSEN teams, and champion safety and CDM compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent experience; professional registration desirable.
• Proven experience in project engineering, design coordination or interface management.
• Experience managing interfaces across multi-disciplinary teams and contractors.
• Strong understanding of design-construction interdependencies and risk mitigation.
• Excellent communication to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience using ACC or similar digital collaboration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering design interfaces across multi-contract delivery (HVDC, AC, Civils, Cables).
• Maintain Design Interface Registers and align inputs with contractors.
• Oversee design submittals via ACC for timely, traceable submissions.
• Act as linkage between SSEN teams and external partners, flagging risks and decisions.
• Promote safety culture and ensure CDM compliance and engineering standards.
• Help develop interface management best practices across the project.

Skills

Interface management

Engineering design coordination

HVDC engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Education

Engineering degree (electrical, mechanical or civil)

Chartered status desirable

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Job description

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Project Engineer – Interfaces to join the HVDC Engineering Team in a hybrid role based in Scotland. The role focuses on managing design interfaces across HVDC, AC, Civils and Cables, maintaining interface registers, and controlling design submittals via ACC.

The successful candidate will drive early issue resolution, liaise with contractors and SSEN teams, and champion safety and CDM compliance throughout the project lifecycle.