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 SP Energy Networks’ 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 the 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 and private medical insurance, health cash plans 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 savings, and climate action 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 renewable 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 and are investing over £5.5 billion into our transmission network to support renewable energy growth. We offer diverse career opportunities within a global organisation that values social purpose, sustainability, and community connection. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments during recruitment 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 networks 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. Ability to devise solutions to complex problems and challenges. Developed customer service skills. Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain excellent relationships with customers and 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 health, safety, and environmental legislation. Awareness of network development policies and procedures. Working knowledge of relevant regulatory documentation. Expert knowledge of System Security Standards and their application in relation to system capability elements.