Senior Project Manager

Salary: £59,800 - £89,800 depending on skills and experience + car / allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

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.

We are looking for Senior Project Managers to join the SSEN Transmission Capital Delivery team and play a pivotal role in delivering the infrastructure that will support Scotland's transition to Net Zero.

Joining our Onshore Delivery team, you'll lead the civils package for a major substation project on the East Coast, with a primary focus on large-scale earthworks and primary equipment installation. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a significant package of work within a growing portfolio of nationally important transmission infrastructure.

Reporting to the Lead Project Manager, you'll take ownership of the civils package through procurement, construction, testing and handover, working collaboratively with internal teams, contractors and key stakeholders.

With significant growth across our project portfolio, the role also offers strong opportunities for future development and career progression within SSEN Transmission.

• Be accountable for the safety, health and wellbeing of all personnel and for environmental performance across the package, ensuring full compliance with SSEN Safety Management Systems, behavioural charters, CDM Regulations and Large Capital Project (LCP) governance.
• Lead the planning and delivery of the package in line with approved Project Execution Plans and commercial strategies, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, including effective contract and supplier management.
• Support regulatory submissions to secure project funding and maintain clear oversight of scope, cost, programme and performance throughout delivery.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships, leading coordination with consents, land, local authorities, contractors and affected stakeholders to ensure compliance with planning conditions, permits, wayleaves, traffic management and environmental controls.
• Lead, develop and motivate a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining oversight of package risks and opportunities, proactively managing delivery challenges and promoting collaboration, continuous improvement and lessons learned across the project.

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 - Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen.

Working Pattern: Permanent and Fixed Term Contracts | Full Time | Flexible First options available

SSE's purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.

We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses and other customers.

Our investment plan will see SSE invest £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure to 2030.

SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport electricity 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 power for the future and building the infrastructure needed for a cleaner electricity system to create secure power for generations to come.

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. 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.