Stakeholder Integration Officer (Utilities)

ASSYSTEM; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Scotland is seeking a Stakeholder Integration Officer to manage utility stakeholder engagement and ensure project alignment. This role involves leading stakeholder analysis, facilitating communication, and coordinating engagement efforts within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must have experience in project management, possess relevant qualifications, and be flexible for on-site work 2+ days a week. The position also requires UK National Citizenship with SC clearance due to the nature of the role and access to restricted information.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder analysis and communication for major projects.
• Ability to coordinate engagement effectively across teams.
• Knowledge of industry standards in project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility stakeholder analysis for major projects.
• Coordinate site engagement and ensure compliance.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder profiles.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Risk management

Utility knowledge

Project management

Education

APM Project Management Qualification

PMI Project Management Professional

Job description

Stakeholder Integration Officer (Utilities)

• Full-time
• ASSYSTEM Job: Project Management
• Type of contract ASSYSTEM: Contracting
• ASSYSTEM Sector: Defence

The UK’s nuclear sector has entered a renaissance, with Nuclear Energy now a vital component as the country moves towards a target of Net Zero.

Assystem provides critical support to this mission, accelerating the decommissioning and remediation of our legacy assets with a view to enabling a swifter energy transition, in parallel overcoming some of the largest engineering and environmental challenges of our generation.

As a Global top 3 independent nuclear engineering organisation, Assystem is active across the full decommissioning lifecycle. In the UK, we work across the Civil and Defence nuclear estates, pioneering agile and fit‑for‑purpose, customer‑focused solutions, drawing on our established pedigree for delivery engineering excellence. Assystem has a proud heritage gained over decades both in the UK and overseas, (delivering, supporting, managing) some of the most complex engineering projects in decommissioning, repurposing legacy assets and key new build projects such as Hinkley Point C.

About the Role

The Utilities Integration role is based in Helensburgh and will lead on utility (power, water and communication services) stakeholder engagement and management to ensure integration between Programme and site stakeholders through systematic identification and analysis of stakeholders, the planning and conduct of interactions to engage and communicate with them, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests, ensuring their involvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• 🔍 Lead utility stakeholder analysis for our clients major project and define effective communication channels
• 🤝 Coordinate engagement between site leads and Project Managers, ensuring compliance and base processes are met
• 📊 Develop and maintain utility stakeholder profiles, mapping evolving project needs and influence
• 🗓️ Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities (workshops, forums, meetings), acting as the single point of contact
• 📢 Ensure timely communication of surveys, outages, diversions, and new connections across all project phases
• ⚠️ Identify and manage risks to the client site, including mitigation actions
• 📝 Support capture of stakeholder needs and development of user requirements
• ⚡ Working knowledge of utilities or utility stakeholder management in a project delivery environment
• 📐 Familiarity with relevant industry standards and best practices
• 🗣️ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• 👥 Ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary teams
• ⭐ Experience managing stakeholders at project management level
• 🏗️ Exposure to government or public‑sector project delivery (advantageous but not essential)

Qualifications and professional memberships

• APM Project Management Qualification
• PMI Project Management Professional

This role will be based on our client site in Helensburgh. Due to the nature of the role it will have access to restricted information which will require a sole UK National Citizen with SC clearance to meet the necessary security criteria.

There is a requirement to be on‑site to facilitate workshops, routine meetings and site visits and to engage with the wider team, this currently is a minimum of 2 days per week but could require more at specific times of the programme and should be flexible to facilitate this.

There will also be some travel to central Glasgow and potentially external offices of contractors if necessary.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.