Safety and Compliance Engineer

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks; Elgin; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Online GP access

Counselling service

Cycle to Work scheme

Family entitlements

Job summary

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is seeking an experienced Safety and Compliance Engineer to join the Embedded Generation Team. You will help drive a positive safety culture and ensure compliance for eight power stations located across the Scottish Islands.

Base location prefers Perth, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen or other Scottish depots with 50% travel to sites and a valid driving license. This permanent full-time role supports governance under PPC and ISO 14001, with a range of

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Safety or Environmental Management or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation and regulatory reporting.
• Experience in safety-critical asset management within regulated infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Drive a strong safety culture across Embedded Generation to ensure consistency.
• Coordinate regulatory reporting for PPC permits and environmental conditions.
• Review procedures to align with corporate safety standards and perform audits.
• Support incident investigations and share learnings across the business.
• Develop Bowtie and risk assessments to manage hazards and ALARP controls.

Skills

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Safety culture

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Engineering, Safety or Environmental Management degree

Job description

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations - Perth, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen or any of our Scottish Depots, including Island Offices.

Salary: £57,150 - £68,295 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Safety and Compliance Engineer to join our Embedded Generation Team and play a key role in driving a positive safety culture and ensure compliance for our 8 power stations, located across the Scottish Islands.

Working alongside the operations and project teams, you’ll provide expert guidance and support, helping to ensure risks are effectively managed, governance standards are met, and everyone goes home safe every day. This is an exciting opportunity to provide direct safety and environmental support, aligned to the corporate standards of the safety management system and manage external stakeholder reporting, to ensure compliance with statutory regulations / licence conditions such as Pollution Control and Prevention (PPC), and ISO 14001.

You will

• Work closely with Embedded Generation managers and other Occupational Safety Advisors to drive a strong safety culture, ensuring consistency, collaboration and the sharing of best practice across the business.
• Support the Embedded Generation team by being a consistent point of contact for stakeholder engagement with regulators, manage regulatory reporting for environmental conditions within the PPC permits, and provide safety input to future projects to deliver site improvements.
• Review existing operational, safety, regulatory and Embedded Generation procedures to align with corporate standards and complete audits to ensure compliance.
• Support incident investigations, ensuring learnings are identified, shared and embedded across the business.
• Support the development and review of process safety bowties and risk assessments, helping identify credible hazards, prevention and mitigation controls, and demonstrate risks are managed ALARP.

You have

• A degree in Engineering, Safety or Environmental Management or equivalent industry experience, ideally progressing towards Chartered Engineer status or professional accreditation.
• A sound understanding of current UK health and safety legislation and its application within a Networks business, including regulatory reporting requirements.
• Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with a diverse range of internal and external regulatory stakeholders across teams.
• Ideally, experience in electricity generation, utilities, or regulated infrastructure sectors, with exposure to safety-critical asset management, barrier management, or condition monitoring.
• Practical experience contributing to risk assessments, including Bowtie, Process Hazard Reviews, HAZID, or HAZOP methodologies.

This role involves travel across various locations to support business needs. To enable you to fulfil these responsibilities, as a role requirement, the company will provide access to a vehicle for work-related travel.

The requirement will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and if the company car policy criteria are met, there will be an opportunity to join the company car scheme. Provision of a company car or cash allowance does not form part of the contractual terms and conditions of employment for this role.

A valid driving licence is essential.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of electricity while investing in and developing the flexible networks needed for our low carbon future.

Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life

• Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships.
• Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service.
• Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme.
• Generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact [e-mail] / 01738 340954 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.