Risk Analyst

ScottishPower; Blantyre; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Share Incentive Plan

Job summary

ScottishPower, via SP Energy Networks, is seeking a Risk Manager to oversee risk management across major transmission projects in Scotland. You will report to the Risk Manager and help maintain standards, produce risk dashboards, and support OFGEM compliance.

You will engage with project teams, manage risk registers, and coordinate with NEC3/NEC4 contracts. This role offers a permanent hybrid model and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Degree in Risk Management or Project Management or equivalent qualifications (MoR or PMI-RMP).
• Experience with MS Office Suite and risk management software.
• Familiarity with risk identification, assessment and reporting for projects.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Risk Management standards across assigned project(s) and support project teams.
• Undertake QRAs (QSRA/QCRA) and integrate results into planning and cost forecasts.
• Generate data to define risk contingencies and schedules.
• Explain risk related data and provide advice on risk management processes to project teams.
• Onboard contractors and third parties into the Risk Management tool as required.
• Support risk participation in Lessons Learned activities and OFGEM compliance.

Skills

Risk management

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in Risk/PM

Tools

Safran Risk

Primavera Risk Analysis

Riskonnect/ARM

NEC3/NEC4

Job description

Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre. G72 0HT

Salary from £45,400

Permanent/Hybrid Working

Closing Date: 2nd September 2026

Purpose

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) are working to achieve 2030 Transmission network targets set by the Scottish and UK Government. SPEN will invest over £5bn in Transmission projects across our Transmission network in Central and Southern Scotland by 2030.

As a vital part of SPEN, you will be exposed to a wide range of new and emerging responsibilities, and at a pivotal time as ScottishPower leads the fight against climate change and strives to deliver our ambitious growth and investment plans. You can expect to be working with and learning from a broad range of stakeholders from across SPEN, the Iberdrola Group and relevant external bodies.

Reporting to the Risk Manager, you will support activities which includes risk workshops, risk register maintenance, risk reviews and reporting on risk profiles.

Providing updates to the Risk Manager, you will implement best practice risk management standards and continuous improvement across assigned projects.

Responsibilities

Supporting projects, under the direction of the Risk Manager to maintain Risk Management standards and ways of working across assigned project(s), you will work with project teams to ensure that risks are material to their respective critical objectives.

Supporting the Risk Manager to undertake QRAs (QSRA/QCRA) integrating results into planning and cost forecasts, you will also generate data in support of defining risk contingencies and schedules.

Working with the Planning and Cost teams to validate risk assessment assumptions and answer queries on risk being applied within their respective baselines, you will provides insights to risk registers, explains risk related data and offer advice on the risk management process to project teams, utilising project risk management dashboards to present risk KPIs to help projects make risk-informed critical decisions.

Using risk libraries to ensure projects consider common risks to their scope, you will also assist projects to onboard contractors and third parties into the Risk Management tool as required.

Gathering data relevant for the Risk Manager to undertake Contractor risk reporting, you will be required to support the Risk Manager in facilitating risk participation in Project Lessons Learned activities whilst also supporting the Risk Management Lead to ensure that Programme or Projects can meet external OFGEM requirements.

What You’ll Bring

Degree qualified in a relevant field (Risk Management or Project Management) or equivalent qualifications (MoR or PMI-RMP) experience, you will possess awareness of risk management within NEC3/NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) frameworks, ideally in large-scale Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects.

With experience in IT systems including MS Office Suite and an awareness of advanced risk management software (Safran Risk, Nodes & Links, Primavera Risk Analysis, Riskonnect/ARM or equivalent), you will be familiar in supporting Risk Managers with delivery of risk management within projects including Risk Identification and Assessment.

As a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, you will be able to engage effectively with Project stakeholders, demonstrating your ability to work independently and collaboratively with project and programme teams.

Whats 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. That’s why our benefits include:

• 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 purchases
• 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.