Resilience Crisis Lead

SP POWER SYSTEMS LTD; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Holiday purchase (extra annual leave)

Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave

Job summary

SP Energy Networks in Glasgow seeks a Resilience Crisis Lead to strengthen crisis management and resilience across IT and OT. Hybrid role, 3 days in office weekly, with salary £59-74K plus up to 15% bonus and private healthcare & double-matched pension.

You will shape and deliver crisis management, exercising and resilience programmes, coordinating activities across cyber security, risk and leadership teams, and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security, resilience or crisis management.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and leaders.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and incident response frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, training, exercises and continuous improvement for crisis management.
• Coordinate crisis response activities and support major incidents across IT/OT.

Skills

Cyber security

Operational resilience

Crisis management

Emergency planning

Incident response

Stakeholder coordination

Regulatory awareness

Job description

Resilience Crisis Lead

Location: Glasgow Salary: £59-74K (plus up to 15% bonus, private healthcare & double-matched pension). Permanent, Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

Help us create a better future, quicker Join SP Energy Networks and play a key role in strengthening our ability to respond to cyber incidents, operational disruptions and emerging threats. As Cyber & Resilience Crisis Management Lead, you will help shape and deliver our crisis management, exercising and resilience programmes across IT, Operational Technology and critical business services.

What you'll be doing

This is an opportunity to influence how a major Critical National Infrastructure organisation prepares for and responds to disruptive events. Working with teams across cyber security, operational technology, risk, business continuity and senior leadership, you will drive resilience through planning, training, exercises and continuous improvement. You will support the development of SPEN's crisis management framework, ensuring plans, playbooks and response processes remain effective, tested and aligned with regulatory requirements and industry best practice. The role will also involve coordinating crisis response activities, supporting major incidents, facilitating exercises and workshops, and helping the organisation learn and improve from real-world events and simulations.

What you’ll bring

We're looking for someone with experience in cyber security, operational resilience, crisis management, emergency planning or a related field. You will have a strong understanding of cyber threats, incident response and resilience principles, along with experience coordinating activities across multiple teams and stakeholders. Confidence in facilitating exercises, engaging senior leaders and producing clear reports and briefing materials is essential. Knowledge of the NIS Regulations, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and operational resilience practices will be highly valued. Experience within energy, utilities or other Critical National Infrastructure environments would be beneficial, as would exposure to cyber incident response, crisis communications or working with regulators and industry bodies. This role requires a proactive and organised individual who can remain calm under pressure, build strong relationships and help embed a culture of resilience across the organisation. In return, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the security and reliability of critical energy infrastructure while working with a diverse network of internal and external partners. If you're passionate about resilience, preparedness and helping organisations navigate complex challenges, we'd love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ 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 >£5.5 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.

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