Project Manager

Our client Scottish Power are looking for a Project Manager for an initial 12 month contract role based in Edinburgh.

Job Purpose Statement

Responsible for delivering the safe provision of one of the following specific activities with strict adherence to the appropriate regulatory and license obligations for the electricity distribution network:
• Operations & Maintenance
• Investment Projects
• Customer Projects

Accountability Statements

• Deliver district business plan outputs in line with financial, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising return through incentive mechanisms.
• Through active customer and stakeholder engagement, support delivery of robust communication activities to facilitate the delivery of project plans and deliverables affecting local communities, customers and stakeholders.
• Deliver robust project plans to facilitate business deliverables in line with district and licence plans which are devised to minimise outages to customers.
• Ensure efficient and effective delivery of performance targets as appropriate, such as:
o Customer Minutes Lost, Customer Interruptions
o Broad Measure of Customer Satisfaction
o Guaranteed Standards
o Time to Connect
o Other Incentive mechanisms
• To effectively deliver the relevant elements of the business plan, undertake some or all of the following activities, as required:
o contract management
o project management
• To support continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
• Support integration of asset stewardship and ownership values through sound engineering principles and coordinated planning and delivery activities to improve integrity, safety and longevity of the electrical network.
• Demonstrate and promote exemplary safety behaviours and ensure that all safety legislation is implemented and delivered through all activities.
• Where appropriate:
o Deliver maintenance and reliability, system performance and network security business plan outputs in line with financial unit cost drivers, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising return through appropriate system performance and customer service incentive mechanisms.
o Deliver connections business plan outputs in line with financial, regulatory and business plan objectives whilst optimising profitability and return through incentive mechanisms.
o Deliver a portfolio of capital investment projects and associated regulatory outputs, integrating the priorities and requirements of customer service, capital delivery, incentive mechanisms

Dimensions

Deliver, or support the delivery of (as required), projects and programmes of work across the district area with an annual value of approximately £3m.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Project / programme coordination experience, to enable effective delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
• General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.
• Effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgement to determine optimal solutions
• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SPEN is operating
• Ability to devise solutions to problems/challenges.
• Technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering role.
• Where required, relevant operational authorisation
• Where required, working knowledge of:
o Construction and maintenance standards in accordance with regulatory requirements
o Engineering standards and specifications up to 33kV

Planning & Organising

• Plans own workload and daily activities to meet team objectives and ensuring completion of all projects, programmes and reactive activities within the relevant guaranteed standards and licence conditions.
• Contributes to the delivery plan to allow efficient delivery of investment, maintenance, and customer projects aligned with local community and stakeholder proposals.
• Contractor management enable project delivery without compromising on safety and quality.
• Able to make balanced decisions, taking into account all possible information available, able to consult with others when applicable and anticipate/recognise possible outcomes.
• Support delivery of robust short and medium plans to facilitate business deliverables in line with district outage plans which are devised to minimise outages to customers.


Minimum Criteria

• Either a crafts qualification, apprenticeship, S/NVQ, or equivalent experience
• Experience in a project delivery role
• Relevant network construction and operational experience
• Computer literacy