Senior Development Project Manager (Marine)

SSEN Transmission; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discount

Gym memberships

Cycle to Work scheme

Maternity and adoption pay

Paternity leave

Job summary

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Senior Marine Development Project Manager to shape Scotland’s offshore transmission strategy. You will lead surveys, route development and environmental workstreams, coordinating across regulators, industry and supply chains to enable secure, timely delivery of major offshore projects.

You will manage multi-contract delivery with governance rigor, ensuring safety, compliance and effective stakeholder engagement across Scotland’s north as part of the energy

Qualifications

• Experience in the early development phase of large offshore projects and managing multi-stakeholder interfaces.
• Knowledge of governance processes for large capital projects.
• Experience with multiple-contract delivery models and NEC contracts is advantageous.
• CDM 2015 regulations familiarity would be beneficial.
• Strong written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead marine survey, route development and supporting outputs for design, consenting and construction planning.
• Manage offshore cable route development from optioneering to landfall assessment and constructability reviews.
• Deliver marine consenting and environmental workstreams, including licences, EIAs and habitats assessments.
• Build and manage relationships with regulators, authorities, fisheries, ports, landowners and other stakeholders.
• Drive risk reduction and project delivery through stakeholder engagement, procurement support, schedules, costs and governance reporting.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project leadership

NEC contracts experience

CDM 2015 knowledge

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Professional body membership

Project Management certification

Job description

Base Location: For these roles, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations and you'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in the office – Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen or Inverness

Salary: Salary: £59,800 - £89,800 per annum + car / car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

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

The role

As a Senior Marine Development Project Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of the high-voltage electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland, helping to deliver the infrastructure needed to support the transition to net zero.

Joining SSEN Transmission at a time of significant growth and investment, you'll lead the development of major offshore transmission projects, managing activities from early-stage site selection and stakeholder engagement through to planning, consenting and project definition. Depending on your level, you'll take responsibility for complex workstreams or provide leadership across large-scale capital projects, with a particular focus on offshore cable systems, marine environmental assessment, marine surveys, cable route development and offshore platform site selection.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you'll help de-risk and refine projects ahead of delivery, overseeing activities such as fisheries engagement, public consultation, supply chain engagement, planning and marine consenting to ensure projects are successfully developed and ready for construction.

You will

• Lead marine survey, investigation and route development activities, including geophysical, geotechnical, UXO, environmental and met ocean surveys, ensuring outputs support route design, consenting and construction planning.
• Manage offshore cable route development from optioneering and constraint mapping through to landfall assessment, crossing strategy, burial risk assessment and constructability reviews.
• Deliver key marine consenting and environmental workstreams, including marine licence applications, environmental impact assessment inputs, Habitats Regulations Appraisals, fisheries assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Build and manage relationships with a wide range of marine stakeholders, including regulators, Crown Estate Scotland, fisheries, ports and harbours, statutory consultees, landowners, offshore operators and other developers.
• Drive risk reduction and successful project delivery through effective stakeholder engagement, supply chain management, procurement support, and the management of schedules, costs, risks and governance reporting across marine workstreams.

You have

• A strong appreciation and focus on health and safety, and awareness of how to influence this at the design stage.
• Extensive experience in the early development phase of large, capital, offshore projects (preferably in the Electrical generation/transmission sectors) and ideally managing projects through the consenting and regulatory approval stages.
• Strong and demonstrable experience leading and managing key project interfaces across multiple stakeholder groups and external supply chain partners, particularly in a multi-contract delivery model and NEC contracts.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of project management systems, risk management and large capital project governance. Experience of managing and implementing CDM 2015 regulations would be beneficial.
• Excellent effective communication skills both written and verbal with experience of communication with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including members of the public.
• A degree qualification, membership of a recognised professional body, and a recognised Project Management qualification would be advantageous.

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 Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

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. As well as 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 Stephanie at [e-mail] / 01738 342963 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.

We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.