Lead Project Manager

Lead Project Manager

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow. G2 5AD

Salary dependant on experience  

Flexible Working Pattern

Closing date:  Friday 23rd February 2024

Help us create a better future, quicker

As Lead Project Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of a programme of projects within the ScottishPower Renewables utility scale Solar PV portfolio and for the management of a project delivery team.

What you'll be doing

You will apply industry best practice to the management of your projects, ensuring each project is constructed in accordance with the high standards of safety and quality which ScottishPower Renewables require.

You shall establish a delivery strategy for each of your projects and provide technical and commercial oversight, governance and guidance to your team, ensuring each project is properly controlled and is being delivered in accordance with business's objectives.

You shall actively contribute to the continuous improvement of our business by developing and implementing processes, standards and good practice guidelines for Solar PV project management within ScottishPower Renewables.

You'll provide management and leadership to a diverse team of professionals and shall take responsibility for the daily management of their work, becoming actively involved in their ongoing professional development.

What you'll bring

We are looking for a proven professional with extensive experience of successfully delivering projects and with the capability to manage competing priorities to meet challenging targets and deadlines.

You must be comfortable managing a diverse team and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly related to multicultural relationships.

Educated in an engineering discipline or construction management, you will be able to display previous experience within an infrastructure project management environment, will possess highly developed contractual and commercial awareness and will be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of UK health and safety laws and regulations.

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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to nudge' financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. 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.

ScottishPower is 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 .