Project Engineer (Delivery)

Iberdrola; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Share Schemes

Payroll Giving

Healthcare options

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work

Job summary

SP Energy Networks, part of the Iberdrola Group, seeks a Delivery Project Engineer to ensure safe, reliable operation of electricity distribution infrastructure in Middlewich. You will lead maintenance, fault response, and capital projects while upholding regulatory commitments.

You will coordinate with internal teams and external contractors, analyse faults, and promote a strong safety culture, delivering high-quality, cost-conscious solutions.

Qualifications

• Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering role.
• Relevant operational authorisations are required.
• Project management experience is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.

Responsibilities

• Deliver district outputs for system performance, maintenance and reliability.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute maintenance across assets including substations and cables.
• Respond promptly to network faults, diagnose, isolate, restore, and repair.
• Produce fault rectification plans to minimise interruptions during faults and capital works.
• Analyse fault data to drive improvements and ensure traceability in records.
• Deliver capital investment and fault-related projects with safety and cost controls.
• Coordinate with internal teams and contractors to enable planned maintenance and emergency works.
• Drive continual performance improvement through data analysis and feedback.

Skills

Technical experience

Operational authorisations

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree

Project Management qualification

Job description

Project Engineer

Salary from £45,400 per year - plus excellent benefits package and further career progression opportunities/support.

Middlewich

Permanent / Full Time

Help us create a better future, quicker

Role

The Delivery Project Engineer ensures the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of SP Energy Networks' electricity distribution infrastructure. This includes both planned maintenance and rapid response to faults to minimize customer impact.

What you'll be doing

• Deliver district business plan outputs-for system performance, maintenance, and reliability in line with regulatory commitments (e.g. Customer Minutes Lost, Customer Interruptions).
• Plan, coordinate, and execute maintenance activities (preventive and corrective) across overhead lines, underground cables, and substations.
• Respond promptly to network faults, carrying out diagnosis, isolation, restoration, and repair activities.
• Produce and implement fault rectification plans; minimise customer interruptions during fault resolution and capital works.
• Ensure continuous system performance by analysing fault data, extracting insights, and implementing improvement measures.
• Record and report maintenance/fault activities accurately into corporate systems to ensure compliance and traceability.
• Deliver capital investment and fault-related projects with strict adherence to safety, regulatory requirements, and cost targets.
• Lead and promote an exemplary safety culture; maintain high standards of health & safety compliance across all activities.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors to deliver planned maintenance and emergency fault repair works.
• Assist project planning to minimise planned and unplanned outages and align maintenance with business objectives.
• 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.

What you'll bring

• Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering role.
• Relevant operational authorisations are required.
• Project management experience is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.
• 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.
• General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating.
• Proactively engage with internal / external workforce to ensure project objectives are met.
• Provide district-based training to support internal / external operational growth

Minimum Criteria

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

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.

• 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