Senior Engineer (Development)

ScottishPower; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy provider in Scotland is seeking a Senior Engineer (Development) to design and develop network projects. The role involves creating efficient business plans, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and ensuring safety compliance. Key qualifications include an engineering degree and experience in project development. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including 36 days annual leave and pension contribution matching.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Holiday Purchase

Share Schemes

Healthcare benefit options

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Technology Vouchers

Cycle to Work scheme

Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a project development role.
• Relevant network construction/operational experience.
• Computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Develop programmes of work for effective delivery of network projects.
• Build robust business plans aligned with financial objectives.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships for strategic delivery.
• Promote safety culture and comply with safety legislation.
• Drive continual performance improvement through analysis.

Skills

Experienced knowledge of design standards up to 33kV

General commercial awareness

Effective stakeholder engagement and management

Ability to devise solutions to complex problems

Developed skills with network analysis modelling tools

Education

Relevant Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Senior Engineer (Development)

Location: St Vincent Crescent

Salary from £53,280

Closing Date - 29/12/25

Help us create a better future, quicker

Responsible for designing and developing network projects to enable the compilation of robust and coordinated substation projects, programmes of work, and balanced workbooks to facilitate their effective delivery within a licence area, whilst driving optimised value form the regulatory contract.

What you'll be doing

• Develop programmes of work with efficient solutions and build robust, cohesive and coordinated plans and balanced workbooks to enable effective delivery within each licence area whilst driving optimised value from the regulatory contract.
• Develop licence area business plan outputs in line with financial, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising return through incentive mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain robust stakeholder and customer relationships on behalf of SP Energy Networks to facilitate delivery of customer and stakeholder strategic objectives.
• Promotes an exemplary safety culture and ensures that all safety legislation is implemented and delivered through all activities.
• Consider the application of innovative solutions to all designs whether this be technological, procedural or commercial.
• To drive continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
• Integrate asset stewardship values through effective network management incorporating sound engineering principles, coordinated planning, design, delivery and ownership to improve integrity, safety and longevity of the electrical network.
• To develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours amongst the team through the mentoring and training of less experienced team members, graduates and trainees

What you'll bring

• Experienced knowledge of design standards up to 33kV.
• Experienced knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
• General commercial awareness with the ability to balance customer service, efficient network design ensuring maximum return on investment.
• Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgement to determine optimal solutions
• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SP Energy Networks is operating
• Technical / operational experience in a relevant engineering leading role within a utility environment.
• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.
• Developed skills with network analysis modelling tools

Minimum Criteria

• Relevant Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in a project development role
• Relevant network construction /operational experience
• Computer literacy

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%.

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 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 £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 careers scottishpower.com .