Senior Project Manager – LV Network Inspection Programmes
Location: Prenton (SPM Licence Area)
Salary: £53,280 - £66,600 + excellent benefits & career development opportunities
Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date: 20th October
Help us create a better future, quicker!
At SP Energy Networks, we keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through our vast network of overhead lines and underground cables. We’re investing in our network to support the transition to net zero, and we’re looking for talented people to help us deliver a smarter, more resilient energy system.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to lead the development and delivery of structured inspection programmes for our Low Voltage (LV) assets across the SPM Licence Area. This includes a focus on Service Terminations, Rising Lateral Mains (RLM), and Link Boxes. You’ll play a key role in ensuring asset condition, safety, and compliance are proactively assessed and maintained through a systematic inspection regime.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of LV Inspection Programmes across the SPM Licence Area.
- Ensure all works comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations, promoting a zero-accident culture.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, and resources, addressing risks and variances proactively.
- Engage with internal teams, field operations, contractors, and customers to ensure successful programme delivery.
- Provide accurate and timely reporting to senior leadership, regulatory bodies, and commercial partners.
- Drive continuous improvement across project delivery functions.
- Ensure all KPIs and SLA targets are achieved across the programmes of work.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience managing infrastructure or utility-based projects, ideally within the power distribution or energy sector.
- Strong technical knowledge of LV networks and assets, including Service Terminations, RLMs, and Link Boxes.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement programmes of work within a regulated environment.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making.
- Degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, APM PMQ, or PMP are desirable.
What’s in it for you
You’ll be joining a team that’s at the forefront of delivering a safe, reliable, and resilient electricity network. In return, we offer a competitive salary, a generous benefits package, and opportunities for professional development and career progression.
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.
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]
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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.
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October-20-2025
