Strategic Projects General Manager

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Job Title: Strategic Project General Manager

Location: St Vincent Cresent

Salary from £96,000 to £120,000 + 40% Bonus + Family Medical + Car allowance

Help us create a better future, quicker

As a prominent member of the SP Distribution Licence senior management team, the job holder provides strategic direction, assurance and performance leadership across the allocated Strategic Projects portfolio and associated teams.

The role has accountability for governance, prioritisation, integration and performance assurance across key projects ensuring regulatory (RIIO), customer, safety and commercial requirements are met.

The job holder is ultimately accountable for portfolio performance through governance, setting direction, agreeing priorities and holding programme delivery leaders to account for delivery of scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality and customer commitments, escalating material risks and trade-offs through the Licence governance

The role is established to strengthen senior oversight during ED2 and to support the development and implementation of the ED3 Target Operating Model for Capital Delivery. The role therefore operates in a period of organisational transition, where delivery accountabilities, interfaces, span of control and governance arrangements may evolve as the future operating model is implemented.

What you’ll be doing

Ultimate responsibility for portfolio governance and performance leadership across the allocated Strategic Projects portfolio, with accountability for achieving portfolio safety, quality, cost, schedule and customer outcomes through clear direction, assurance and escalation (while operating within evolving organisational and governance arrangements during transition to the ED3 Capital Delivery model)

Strategic oversight of SPEN’s investments… and assurance they are designed efficiently and effectively, consistent with objectives, with delivery assured to specifications, policies, budgets and timetables

Champion excellent customer service across the portfolio, setting portfolio standards and escalation routes to ensure customer/stakeholder commitments are met and material issues are owned to resolution through appropriate internal and external interfaces (including NP&R and Transmission).

Provide portfolio-level leadership of key internal and external interfaces (Customers, Landowners, Developers, Local Authorities; and Procurement, Estates, Land & Planning, Legal and Operations), ensuring dependencies, consents, access and governance decisions are secured to enable efficient delivery of projects and programmes.

Assure the portfolio has the engineering design capability and integrated design support required, agreeing accountabilities and resolving cross-functional constraints to enable delivery

Provide strong commercial leadership across the portfolio, setting expectations for value, productivity and risk-managed decisions, and escalating/approving key commercial trade-offs

Set the portfolio resource strategy and allocation, aligning capacity and capability to investment level, geography, complexity and risk, and resolving cross-programme resourcing conflict

Championing a demonstrable Health & Safety culture across the portfolio, ensuring appropriate governance, assurance and intervention are in place, so delivery teams comply with relevant H&S procedures throughout design, development and delivery.

Provide senior-level reporting and governance communication on portfolio performance, risks, issues and decisions, enabling timely escalation, arbitration and alignment across delivery leadership.

What you’ll bring

Degree qualified in Engineering or a related discipline, preferably with a supplementary project management qualification.
Highly developed line management capabilities given the dimensions and responsibilities of the role coupled with the number of staff being managed.
As the senior portfolio authority for a range of high complexity projects, the job holder must have a developed understanding of the technical aspects of electricity distribution, and specifically power systems design
Expert level project manager, with a track record of involvement in successful large scale, complex investment programmes and a comprehensive knowledge of programme and project management processes.
High literacy and numeracy skills, capable of working effectively in a data rich environment.
Extensive commercial knowledge relating to engineering construction in the UK.
Strong interpersonal skills given requirement to interface with many influential customers and stakeholders.
Highly developed knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly relating to engineering construction activities (including the Construction, Design and Management Regulations) and associated management system standards.
Detailed knowledge and experience of formal planning and consenting processes for major infrastructure developments.

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 Schemes
Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
Life Assurance (4x salary)
Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Due to the level of this position, successful candidates will be required to complete additional background checks and any offer is subject to passing such checks.

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 2045. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£10 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 careers@scottishpower.com.

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.

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July-16-2026