Location
Glasgow HQ, 320 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5AD

Hours
Hybrid working available

Salary
£53,280 - £66,600 per annum

About the Role
Join our Outage Planning Department as a Planning Engineer, playing a vital role in ensuring the safe and secure operation of SPEN’s Distribution network. This high-impact role focuses on technical excellence, strategic planning, and collaboration across system users. You will be responsible for coordinating all system users and network outages impacting the distribution network from two years ahead to day-ahead timescales to a high technical standard. You will establish an optimum level of pre-arranged IIS penalties against the need to carry out works on the distribution and transmission networks, providing workable recovery plans to the control room to minimise potential IIS penalties. You will coordinate and liaise with business areas across Energy Networks to understand implications of proposed works, driving the development and implementation of contingency works to appropriately mitigate risk from distribution and transmission projects. Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with major customers is key, as is intervening when necessary to ensure planning, safety, and customer service standards are not compromised.

What’s in it for you
Alongside a competitive salary reviewed annually, you will benefit from a pension scheme with double matching contributions up to 10%, 36 days annual leave, holiday purchase options, share schemes, payroll giving and charity matched funding, technology vouchers, electric vehicle schemes, cycle to work scheme, public transport season ticket loans, healthcare benefits including dental, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments, life assurance (4x salary), access to financial wellbeing support, plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more. At ScottishPower, we support your wellbeing, future planning, and climate action efforts to help you take care of your world today and tomorrow.

About SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, a global leader in wind energy and one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines across Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales, and the North West of England, connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. We are committed to Scotland’s Net Zero ambition by 2044, investing over £5.5 billion into our transmission network to support renewable energy growth. With diverse opportunities and a commitment to internal talent development, ScottishPower offers real career opportunities within a global organisation driven by strong values and social purpose. We are dedicated to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruitment process for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, neurodivergence, or other support needs.

Experience
Engineering qualification at degree level or HNC with significant relevant experience. Relevant operational experience in a similar role. Broad operational experience spanning Distribution and Transmission is advantageous. Expert user of PowerOn and PI systems. Working knowledge of power system analysis tools and techniques, including load flow and contingency analysis.

About you
Committed to achieving the highest standards of customer service. Developed customer service skills with the ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships with major customers. Ability to devise solutions to complex problems and challenges. Strong collaboration and coordination skills across business areas. Good understanding of Company Safety Rules and procedures for working on HV electrical equipment.

Qualifications
Working knowledge of Energy Networks policies, procedures, and working practices. Knowledge of network and business data and network management systems. Working knowledge of relevant regulatory documentation. Awareness of network development policies and procedures. Expert knowledge of the application of System Security Standards and their interplay with system capability elements. Working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation.