Project Manager

ScottishPower; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Share schemes

Private medical insurance

Pension with 10% company match

Cycle to work

Job summary

ScottishPower is seeking a Project Manager to lead the development of major transmission projects in Scotland, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient progression from concept to handover. The role focuses on governance, cost control and programme delivery within RIIO-T3 commitments.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, engage stakeholders, and drive improvements while ensuring alignment with Net Zero goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large capital infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and procedures.
• Expertise in contract management (NEC, SPT D&C, JCT & FIDIC).
• Knowledge of financial control and forecasting.
• Familiarity with quality assurance processes.
• Extensive knowledge in risk management and project governance.
• CDM Regulations 2015 and health & safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of transmission infrastructure projects from concept to handover.
• Deliver outputs, metrics and milestones in line with targets.
• Manage project risk, cost and programme safely.
• Administer contracts and ITTs.
• Forecast capital expenditure and projections with governance accountability.
• Create and monitor project programmes.
• Engage stakeholders and build community liaison in line with SPEN Charter.
• Drive continual improvement and share lessons across the portfolio.
• Promote safety culture and CDM compliance.
• Support planning and consenting activities including EIA processes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Contract management

Financial forecasting

CDM regulations 2015

Education

Engineering/I&C/PM degree or equivalent

Tools

NEC contracts

SPT D&C

JCT

FIDIC

Job description

Project Manager

Salary up to £68,750 per year – plus excellent benefits package and further career progression opportunities/support.

Location: Aspect House

Permanent / Full Time

Closing Date: 22/09/26

Help us create a better future, quicker. ScottishPower’s RIIO-T3 Business Plan is a £12 billion investment to upgrade and expand the electricity transmission network across Central and Southern Scotland from 2026 to 2031. This exciting investment plan aims to connect up to 19GW of clean energy, support over 11,000 jobs, and accelerate the UK’s journey to Net Zero by 2035.

Role

The Project Manager is responsible for leading the development of strategically important transmission infrastructure projects within the development phase, including handover to delivery. The role will ensure projects are developed safely, efficiently and in compliance with regulatory, environmental and planning requirements, whilst maintaining alignment with SPEN's Net Zero ambitions, RIIO-T3 commitments and strategic business objectives. They will be accountable for delivering high-quality, investable projects that are ready to progress into construction, managing programme, cost, risk, stakeholders and governance throughout the project lifecycle.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the Lead Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Management of identified projects during the conceptual, developmental and handover to construction phases.
• Delivery of outputs, incentive metrics and milestones in line with business targets
• Effectively manage project risk and mitigation while delivering scope safely to cost and programme.
• Management and administration of contracts and ITT’s
• Development of accurate capital expenditure forecasts and output projections on assigned projects, with full accountability for project, contractual and financial governance.
• Creation, management and monitoring of project programmes
• Promotion and implementation of external and internal stakeholder engagement and community liaison for projects, including compliance with the SPEN Grantors Charter
• Driving continual improvement by completing project and contract reviews, identifying lessons learned and sharing these with the wider business. Make proposals and introduce changes for best project management practice and behaviour across the wider project portfolio.
• Promote a strong safety culture, ensuring projects are developed in compliance with CDM Regulations 2015 and all relevant health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Support planning and consenting activities including Section 37, Section 36, Town & Country Planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessment processes.

What You’ll Bring

• Significant experience managing the Development of Large Capital Projects.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and procedures.
• Expertise in contract management (NEC, SPT D&C, JCT & FIDIC).
• Knowledge of financial control and forecasting.
• Familiarity with quality assurance processes
• Extensive knowledge and experience in risk management, project management, contract management.
• Thorough understanding of CDM Regulations 2015 and relevant health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Demonstrable experience in change management.
• Ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams and influence outcomes across complex organisational structures.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or related discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Financial acumen - forecasting, cost control, and capital efficiency planning.
• Excellent organisational and planning capability, managing long-term, multi-year projects and multi-disciplinary resources.
• Full UK driving licence.

Minimum Criteria

• Extensive project management experience within large-scale infrastructure, utilities, energy or construction environments.
• Proven experience leading projects through concept, development and pre-construction phases.
• Strong understanding of planning, consenting and stakeholder management processes.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex NEC4 contracts and consultant frameworks.
• Strong financial and commercial management capability.
• Comprehensive knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation, including CDM 2015.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities within a strategic portfolio environment.

Desirable

• Professional qualification such as APM PMQ, APM Chartered Project Professional, PMP or equivalent.
• Experience in electricity transmission, utilities, renewable energy or major infrastructure sectors.
• Knowledge of Ofgem regulatory frameworks and RIIO business planning.
• Experience supporting Section 37, Section 36, EIA and planning consent applications.
• Understanding of transmission network development and asset investment planning.

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%.

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 £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-22-2026