Design Engineer
Location – Kilmarnock
Salary up to £52,500 per annum plus excellent benefits
Closing Date: 26th of February 2025
Help us create a better future, quicker
As a Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the planning and design of the district distribution network ensuring system stewardship network security and integrity at all times. Undertaking system analysis to determine load/generation connections, network alterations, reinforcement requirements and to derive solutions in line with Asset Management policies and customer requirements.
Within this position you will:
- Design and develop deliverable projects up to 33kV, typically to the value of circa £5m per project, along with associated unit volumes to support the annual delivery outputs of the district.
- Be responsible for the regulatory aspects of managing connection requests and providing quotations by ensuring that processes and reporting arrangements are in place to meet the regulatory and licence requirements.
- Agree the scope, volumes and unit costs to exploit best value from the regulatory contract
- Integrate asset stewardship values through sound engineering principles, coordinated planning, design and ownership to improve integrity, safety and longevity of the electrical network whilst providing minimum scheme costs for customer connections.
- Manage 3rd party “Point Of Connection” and design approvals activities within the SPM and SPD licence areas.
- Drive continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
- Consider the application of innovative solutions to all designs whether this be technological, procedural or commercial.
- Produce designs in accordance with unit or authorised prime costs to enable efficient delivery of outputs.
- Develop and maintain robust stakeholder and customer relationships on behalf of Scottish Power to facilitate delivery of customer and stakeholder strategic objectives.
- Promote an exemplary safety culture and ensures that all safety legislation is implemented and delivered through all activities and incorporated into project designs.
- Plan own workload and daily activities to meet team objectives and ensuring completion of all designs within the relevant guaranteed standards and licence conditions.
- Contribute to the district medium and long term network plan (3 months to 3 years) to allow efficient delivery of investment and customer projects aligned with local community and stakeholder proposals.
What you’ll bring
- Expert knowledge of design standards up to 33kV.
- Expert 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.
- 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 ScottishPower is operating
- Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering role.
- Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.
- Developed skills with network analysis modelling tools.
- Able to make balanced decisions, taking into account all possible information available, able to consult with others when applicable and anticipate/recognise possible outcomes.
To be successful, as a minimum you will have
- Engineering/Professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Experience in a Network design role
- Relevant network construction and 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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
- Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
- Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to ‘nudge’ 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 [email protected].
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.
IMPORTANT
Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below
February-26-2025
