Overview

Join us to apply for the Protection & Control Senior Engineer role at ScottishPower.

Salary from £57,600 with up to 15% Annual Bonus and Single Healthcare

Permanent

Closing Date: 21st October 2025

Purpose: Join us in shaping the future of renewable energy. As a Senior Protection & Control Engineer, you will lead the design and integration of advanced Protection, Control and Metering systems for large-scale Offshore wind farms, ensuring technical excellence and compliance with international and industry standards. Your work will directly contribute to delivering clean energy to millions of homes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Protection, Control and Metering (PCM) systems are designed and delivered in accordance with regulations, industry standards and best practices.
• Manage and technically lead PCM systems from tendering through all execution processes.
• Collaborate with Contract Managers on terms and specifications to secure best value and minimise costs/risks.
• Ensure designs developed by Contractors are consistent, technically safe, and coordinated with the overall windfarm design.
• Manage interfaces with Contractors, Consultants and internal teams; provide professional advice on engineering technical aspects and risk levels.
• Justify technical decisions, ensure all assessments, recommendations and decisions are fully documented with due technical and commercial due diligence.
• Lead and coordinate Project Engineers, Consultants and Contractors to deliver project packages; ensure adequate testing and witness inspections and FAT at Contractor facilities.
• Support commissioning activities for key engineering design items to ensure assets are effectively commissioned for transfer into O&M; ensure Health & Safety and Environmental requirements are considered in design.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in Protection, Control and Metering system design and specification (protection philosophy, control architecture, I/O lists); proven track record in managing PCM contracts including cost, risk and stakeholder coordination.
• Degree level education in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; flexibility to travel within the UK and overseas when required.

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 purchases
• 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.

Mobility Information

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.