Head of Project Services, Offshore

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £12.5 billion in low carbon projects over the next 5 years, our SSE Renewables (SSER) business continues to be at the forefront of our growth plans, and our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come. We are proud to be playing a critical role in the net zero transition, as we aim to more than treble the net capacity in operation to 13GW and grow renewable energy output five-fold to over 50TWh over the next 10 years.

About the Role

Base Location : Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK or Ireland sites, which includes but is not limited to:

• Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness, Reading, Havant, Belfast or Dublin.

Salary : £72,500 - £108,700 + car / allowance + Performance-related bonus + Private Medical Cover and a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

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

The key duties and responsibilities of the Head of Project Services is to:

• Define, establish, and manage the Project Services function across SSE Renewables global Offshore Wind business, including leading a multi-disciplinary team across GB, Ireland and other jurisdictions as the business grows internationally.
• Follow Governance, Project Planning, Portfolio Planning, Business Planning, Managing the Pipeline, Management Reporting, Change Control, Risk Management, Project Controls, Workforce Planning, and Document Management for our Capital Projects investment portfolio of around 10GW development and construction projects with an annual CAPEX/DEVEX spend of greater than £1Bn. Key projects in the portfolio currently include Dogger Bank, Seagreen, Arklow and Berwick Bank.
• Be responsible for Business Planning including Workforce/Resource planning, budget preparation and Headcount management for all projects and project related activities.
• The Head of Project Services will coordinate the technical due diligence activities for the offshore M&A opportunities.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Demonstrably significant project and portfolio management experience and expertise and an understanding of major projects delivery including project definition and set up, planning, cost, risk, quality, and commercial management.
• Strong leadership skills, ability to make decisions and experience leading and managing a multi-disciplinary team is essential.
• Significant understanding and experience of programme and financial planning for capital projects is essential along with experience in change management, resource planning and management.
• Adapt at working to tight deadlines, with a flexible nature to respond to changing priorities you will be able to react to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently. You will have strong stakeholder engagement and relationship skills to ensure you can work with senior business Directors and large multi-disciplinary teams.
• You will be results-oriented, flexible, able to meet tight deadlines, able to build strong relationships with people at all levels of the business, and able to distil complex data into concise information and options to inform risk-based decision making with senior business directors.

What's in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

Next Steps

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.