Senior Systems Engineer - Real Time Systems

ScottishPower; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Equity Plans

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to Work

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Job summary

ScottishPower is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Real Time Systems within the AEMS team in Scotland. The role focuses on defining technical standards and delivering architectures for Smart Grid applications as we move toward DSO/TSO operations and renewables integration.

You will collaborate across Planning, Regulation, Cybersecurity and Operations, ensuring designs meet technical and operational needs while managing supplier relationships and travel requirements with a valid driving

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in electrical/electronic/telecommunications engineering or HND/HNC with 5+ years in engineering or project management within utilities.
• Experience with Smart Grid applications or real-time control system development.
• Knowledge of ADMS/SCADA technologies or Power Systems Engineering; ability to balance technical and commercial considerations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for AEMS projects, define standards and validate solutions.
• Collaborate with networks, cybersecurity and operations teams to ensure compliant, fully operable designs.
• Support systems design activities and develop business cases with cost/benefit analysis for system refresh initiatives.
• Manage supplier relationships and oversee on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Smart Grid applications

Real-time control systems

ADMS/SCADA

Power systems engineering

Numerical accuracy

Communication

Project management

Education

Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunications engineering degree

HND/HNC + 5 years experience in engineering or project management

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer - Real Time Systems

Location - Glasgow SPHQ or Edinburgh Park

Salary + benefits - From £55,000 to £68,750, plus comprehensive benefits package

Help us create a better future, quicker

Join SP Energy Networks as a Senior Systems Engineer within our Advanced Energy Management Systems (AEMS) team, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Scotland's electrical grid. The AEMS team drives the strategic development of Smart Grid applications and systems that enhance electrical network capabilities through sophisticated control systems. As we evolve towards Distribution System Operator (DSO) and Transmission System Operator (TSO) Smart Grid Applications, you'll define technical solutions and standards for transformative projects including Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS), REPOWER, and overarching Orchestration systems. This is your opportunity to be at the forefront of renewable energy integration and help deliver Scotland's Net Zero goals by 2044.

What you'll be doing

• As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll serve as the technical authority for one or more AEMS projects, defining technical standards and validating solutions deployed by our delivery team. You'll produce comprehensive solution designs that balance technical excellence with operational requirements.
• Your role involves working closely across the wider business, partnering with teams including Network Planning & Regulation, SPT, SPD, and SPM to ensure solutions meet both technical and operational needs. You'll engage with our Cybersecurity team to maintain compliance with security architecture standards, and work alongside the Smart Grid Operations team covering Telecoms, Infrastructure, and Real Time Systems to deliver fully operational designs that meet organizational standards.
• You'll assist with systems design activities, ensuring compliance with Group standards while defining streamlined processes for efficient project delivery. Your expertise will inform business case development, outlining costs, benefits, and delivery approaches for system development or refresh initiatives. Throughout project delivery, you'll provide technical assistance to ensure successful completion with clear stakeholder communication.
• Building and maintaining relationships with suppliers is key, as you'll oversee service delivery to ensure on-time, on-budget performance. You'll contribute expert technical input to architectural planning, ensuring plans and budgets reflect the investment required to achieve our desired state. Your role includes evaluating and recommending new system solutions and technologies, planning for emerging customer needs and new infrastructure from an electrical applications perspective.

What you'll bring

• You'll have a degree in electrical, electronic, or telecommunication engineering, or relevant equivalent experience. Alternatively, an HND/HNC qualification with at least five years of post-training experience in an engineering or project management role within a utility business is required.
• Your technical expertise includes in-depth experience with Smart Grid applications or real‑time control system development. You'll bring working knowledge of Smart Grid Electrical Control Systems and ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management System) or SCADA technologies, or Power Systems Engineering. A proven track record of design and delivery that balances technical and commercial considerations is essential.
• You're numerically articulate with exceptional attention to detail, capable of devising solutions to complex technical problems. Your communication skills enable you to explain sophisticated technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, whether verbally or in writing. You excel at consulting with colleagues across the business, resolving differences, and presenting unified perspectives.
• You work effectively with external vendors, customers, and stakeholders. You're skilled at prioritizing work effectively and managing technical, financial, and project delivery risks. Experience gained through operational, technical, and commercial engineering roles is valuable.
• Project management skills are desirable, as is experience managing teams. You'll need to be comfortable reviewing and evaluating proposals from third parties, influencing stakeholders at business and technical levels, and working with colleagues across Iberdrola globally. A valid driving licence is essential, as the role requires travel to fulfill duties and obligations.

What's in it for you

As well as an attractive 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%.

Benefits

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
• Equity Plans
• 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 assistance
• 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 presence 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 goal to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously. We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly enabling the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a focus on investing 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. These values bring us into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all backgrounds and experiences to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable 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 adjustments, 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.