Project Engineer (Delivery)

SP MANWEB PLC; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Healthcare benefits

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Share schemes

Job summary

SP Energy Networks is seeking a Project Engineer to deliver district outputs and coordinate maintenance across overhead lines, cables and substations. You will respond to faults, diagnose issues, and implement improvement plans to minimise interruptions.

The role requires experience in network operations, appropriate authorisations, and a proactive approach to safety and regulatory compliance. A strong ability to plan, coordinate and communicate with stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a network/operational role.
• Relevant operational authorisations.
• Experience in a project delivery role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver district outputs for system performance, maintenance and reliability.
• Plan, coordinate and execute maintenance across lines, cables and substations.
• Respond to faults, diagnose, isolate, restore and repair.
• Record and report activities for compliance and traceability.
• Deliver capital projects with safety, regulatory and cost targets.
• Coordinate with internal teams and contractors for maintenance and emergency works.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

Fault diagnosis

Stakeholder management

Regulatory awareness

Safety culture

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

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

• 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 £10 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 [e-mail].

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 September-29-2026

We are one of the main energy companies in the world, a leader in renewables, which champions the energy transition towards a low‑emissions economy. We supply energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries and develops its renewable, network and commercial activities in Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil and Australia and maintains markets such as Japan and Poland, among others, as growth platforms.