Senior Project Engineer — Substation Maintenance & Ops

Iberdrola; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Holiday Purchase

Share Schemes

Payroll Giving and Charity Matched

Technology Vouchers

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Healthcare benefit options

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Job summary

SP Energy Networks, part of the Iberdrola Group, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer (Maintenance) to drive and implement maintenance programs for Transmission Operations. The role covers substation assets and supports Year-ahead planning, regulatory submissions, and process improvements.

You will deliver maintenance programs, interact with Substation Delivery teams and engineers, and ensure safe, compliant operations while seeking cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Working towards membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Enhanced knowledge of Energy Networks policies, procedures and working practices.
• Awareness of network development policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of network and business data and network management systems.
• Ability to devise solutions to problems/challenges.
• Operational knowledge of Transmission Substation assets
• Operational site experience/authorisations

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the Transmission Operations maintenance program.
• Including all substation assets – Transformers, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors, Earth switches etc.
• Provide and develop maintenance programs in accordance with associated policies and compliance documents.
• Support the delivery of the maintenance programs with the Substation Delivery areas and Operational Engineers
• Support management and submission of Year ahead maintenance plans and in year optimisation of scheduled outages
• Provide support and development of improvements in processes and technologies associated with maintenance.
• Support maintenance reporting, tracking and regulatory submissions.
• Contributes as an effective member and identifies way to enhance the Team’s ability to deliver its requirements
• Deliver consistent approach in project delivery and maintenance.
• Focus on continuous improvement through quality processes
• Identify solutions to problems and the areas where performance is not on target
• Take a lead in the management of interfaces with external partners and contractors to deliver value in an efficient and a cost-effective manner
• Deliver excellent customer service to all aspects of the operation and actively promote customer service standards within area of responsibility

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Working towards professional institution membership

Job description

SP Energy Networks, part of the Iberdrola Group, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer (Maintenance) to drive and implement maintenance programs for Transmission Operations. The role covers substation assets and supports Year-ahead planning, regulatory submissions, and process improvements.

You will deliver maintenance programs, interact with Substation Delivery teams and engineers, and ensure safe, compliant operations while seeking cost-effective solutions.