Senior Project Manager

Base Location: For this role, 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 - Lerwick, Perth, Aberdeen or Inverness.Salary: 58,100 - 87,100 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time Flexible First options availableThe roleSSEN Transmission's Offshore Delivery Team is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to deliver projects within the Shetland AC portfolio that shall directly facilitate Scotland's ambitions to meet Net Zero. Reporting to a Lead Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary project team and framework supply chain partners to ensure projects are delivered safely and in line with the business case.The scale of our portfolio of projects is already large and is likely to grow in the coming years, meaning there
will likely be opportunities for progression within the business.You will- Be accountable to the business for the safety, health, and wellbeing of all personnel, and for environmental aspects of those projects being managed.- Manage project teams and contract partners providing regular leadership on site. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory, and internal processes and governance.- Have Commercial responsibilities, including contract negotiation and management as well as budgetary responsibilities.- Provide guidance and demonstrate our core values. Manage teams, ensuring these are highly capable, well-motivated and organised to deliver consistent excellence.- Identify business process improvements and support colleagues and the business to develop and implement these.To be considered for the Senior Project Manager position we are looking for an experienced Manager with demonstrable experience in managing technically complex large capital projects.You
have- A proven track record of leading and safely delivering projects or programmes of work through the whole lifecycle to cost, schedule and quality in the Transmission, Construction, Energy, or other regulated industry / the wider utilities sector.- An engineering, construction, or project management qualification/degree or equivalent experience.- Commercially astute, with sound knowledge and experience of negotiating, administering, and managing Contracts (NEC/FIDIC), with the ability to forecast and control costs as well as developing and managing integrated project programmes.- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) and a strong understanding of project management systems and governance for the execution of large projects - including the ability to decipher industry legislation, health and safety legislation and company policies and procedures.About SSESSE'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.Flexible benefits to