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Location
Reading, Cardiff or Perth

Hours
Full Time | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract | Flexible First options available

Salary
£61,620 - £72,592 per annum plus a range of benefits to support your finances and wellbeing

About the Role
You will be responsible for the delivery of one or more projects simultaneously, ensuring they meet the required quality, success criteria, timelines, and budgets. You will establish and maintain highly effective relationships across the business to ensure smooth interfaces and appropriate information dissemination. Proactively managing and taking ownership of all project elements and governance is key, including risks, issues, dependencies, reporting, documentation, and adherence to the delivery framework. The role also involves stakeholder and third-party management, including interfacing with industry where required. You will analyze problems and follow them through to resolution, ensuring outcomes progress issues appropriately.

About SSE
SSE has a bold ambition to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. Investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy, SSE is building the world's largest offshore wind farm and transforming the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions. SSE Energy Solutions supports UK organisations by delivering energy and low-carbon solutions such as EV hubs, solar systems, smart technologies, and heating and cooling networks. SSE powers the net zero transition by helping customers cut carbon and costs and by building and investing in flexible energy infrastructure.

Benefits
Enjoy flexible benefits including discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships, wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service, interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, and a Cycle to Work scheme. Generous family entitlements such as maternity, adoption pay, and paternity leave are also provided.

Equal Opportunity Employer
SSE is dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Reasonable adjustments will be made to ensure a positive application experience. SSE creates equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

Requirements

Experience
- Experience working in a complex regulated environment in a project or programme delivery role within the energy sector or a similarly regulated industry is advantageous.
- Extensive demonstrable experience managing and delivering projects successfully from end to end across the whole project lifecycle.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work at all levels of the organisation.
- Experience managing complex projects with budgets up to £5M and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

About you
- Proactive and accountable with strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
- Able to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications
- Relevant practitioner level project management qualification such as PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum Master.

Benefits
Employee discount, Gym membership, Private medical insurance, Cycle to work scheme, Discounted gym membership
Expiry date: 03/07/2026
Project Manager
Company:
SSE
Salary:
£72,592.0
Job Type:
Job
Location:
Reading