Operations Manager (HVDC/FACTS) - #193938

Base Location: For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations and you'll be expected to spend minimum 50% of your working week in the office or site – Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee or Perth

Salary: £68,100 - £102,100 + car allowance + operations disturbance allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

As Operations Manager (HVDC/FACTS), you will play a pivotal management role in overseeing the safe, reliable and efficient operation of SSEN Transmission’s HVDC and FACTS asset portfolio, including converter stations, submarine cables, and major reactive compensation systems.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will coordinate day-to-day operational delivery, fault response, and performance management across a rapidly expanding asset base. You will also act as a key interface with capital delivery programmes, ensuring new infrastructure is designed and handed over with operability, safety and long-term reliability at its core.

You will

• Guide the safe and effective operation of HVDC and FACTS assets, ensuring high levels of network availability, system security, and regulatory compliance
• Manage operational response to alarms, faults and major incidents, coordinating internal teams, OEMs and contractors to restore service quickly and safely
• Act as a key operational interface for major capital projects, influencing design, operability and commissioning through governance forums such as Operational Capital Delivery Units (OCDU’s)
• Drive performance improvement and outperformance of regulatory incentives (e.g. network availability and Energy Not Supplied), while managing OPEX/CAPEX budgets and forecasting requirements
• Support the delivery of maintenance, inspection and repair activities across HVDC and FACTS assets, enabling effective defect resolution and long-term asset reliability
  
  

You have

• Significant management experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams within a complex operational or utility environment
• Strong technical knowledge of HVDC, FACTS or large-scale transmission systems, including outage management and network operations
• Proven experience managing contractors, OEMs and large operational or project programmes, including safety and performance outcomes
• Sound knowledge of regulatory frameworks, safety legislation (e.g. CDM), and performance incentives within a regulated industry
• Degree-level qualification in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience), with strong analytical, commercial and decision-making capability
  
  

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life

Enjoy 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, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.