Lead Network Performance Engineer

Lead Network Performance Engineer

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary starting from £56,160 per annum plus excellent benefits

Flexible Hybrid Working

Closing Date: 19 September 2024

Help us create a better future, quicker

With plans to see SP Energy Networks (SPEN), part of the ScottishPower Group, look to invest over £5bn in transmission projects across our transmission network in central and southern Scotland by 2030, the Transmission Network team will play a key role in supporting SPEN to work at pace to deliver the transmission network that is required to support ambitions Scottish and UK Government 2030 targets.

As Lead Network Performance Engineer within Network Planning and Regulation, you will play a pivotal role in conducting specialist power system studies and analysis to assess various aspects of existing and emerging network operability risks, including risks posed by new technologies and wider changes in the electricity network. You will help to ensure that new equipment connected to the network is integrated efficiently and in a manner that minimises wider network operability risks.

What you’ll be doing

As a Lead Network Performance Engineer, you will:

• Analyse existing and emerging network operability and stability risks related to e.g. reducing system strength, harmonics, sub-synchronous oscillation and interaction, wider interaction between connected plant and the response of the network to disturbances, to ensure that the network continues to perform within license requirements.
• Identify, design, develop solutions/mitigation to manage and minimise operational/operability risks or network performance problems.
• Develop, implement and maintain processes, policies and standards to manage network operability risks.
• Monitor the performance of the network to identify and manage emerging risks/issues.
• Assist with the successful connection and integration of equipment that may pose a wider operability risk, such as HVDC links, static and dynamic reactive compensation equipment, by providing project support during the design, specification, tendering and delivery of such projects.
• Support other teams in Transmission and Engineering Design on operability and interaction issues.
• Work with academic institutions, industry bodies/forums, Ofgem, the ESO, other TOs and stakeholders with the aim of understanding and minimising network risks.

What you’ll bring

• A degree in Electrical Engineering with a higher degree in a relevant subject area and/or relevant industrial design experience.

• Experience in power systems, power system analysis and design.

• A good understanding of the response of power systems to disturbances and interaction mechanisms such as SSTI, control system interactions or other resonant conditions.

• Experience in the design, development or delivery of transmission network projects.

• Working knowledge of the GB SQSS, Grid Code and STC.

• Good communication skills with the ability to write clear reports and present complex technical matters to a non-technical audience.

• Chartered membership of the IET or working towards this.

• Knowledge of the regulatory environment.

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

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 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 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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September-20-2024