About the Role
Base Location: Reading, Slough, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Aldershot or Basingstoke
Salary: £55,573 - £63,643 + car/cash allowance and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Full Time | Permanent | Flexible First options available
We're on the hunt for a Design Team Manager to become part of our team!
The Team Manager (CMI Design) leads the design team to ensure safe project designs, customer service excellence, and compliance with design standards and governance. They manage the design phase, preparing for construction by meeting all consenting requirements like access, site acquisitions, and surveys.
Youll be responsible for Principal Designers who create cost-effective designs meeting SSEN standards and overseeing engineering productivity and quality, ready for execution.
Your projects will cover network improvements, customer service enhancements, wayleave terminations and infrastructure upgrades, coordinating with investment and construction teams for timely, viable delivery.
Other roles & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Promote a strong safety culture in line with SSEN Influencing Behaviours by ensuring staff and partners challenge, praise, understand, and follow safety rules to meet performance targets.
- Responsible for the design phase of all construction projects within their portfolio of works.
- Ensure that all schemes passed into the construction phase are fully designed and constructible in line with SSENs policies and procedures.
- Carry out the day-to-day line management of the design team focussing on performance and productivity by encouraging their development, setting clear objectives, and developing their sense of ownership for achieving them.
- Address present and future customer needs, ensuring staff and contractors apply them throughout the customer journey including active involvement with all customers.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:
- Great coaching, mentoring and performance management skills.
- Good knowledge of the design of Distribution Networks and Power Distribution operations up to 33kV on both overhead line and underground networks.
- Excellent understanding of statutory, regulatory & license requirements, industry wide codes, network, and engineering standards. Knowledge of the design, operation, protection and safety of HV/EHV electricity networks.
- A minimum of an HNC or equivalent in electrical and electronic engineering and a good understanding of CDM roles and responsibilities.
- Good understanding of Supplier Relationship Management to source, deploy and manage external suppliers including developing and managing contracts.
It is an essential requirement for this role that you have a full, current driving licence.
About our Business
SSEN Distribution powers 3.9 million homes and businesses in communities across central southern England and the north of Scotland. Our team of more than 4,200 highly skilled people keep customers connected to a safe and reliable supply of electricity whilst developing the flexible networks that are vital for the future. We power communities to thrive today and create a net zero tomorrow. Why not join us and help power change, we're looking for great people who love working with others to achieve great results. You'll be empowered to make the right decisions for our customers and have the space to take accountability for the work you do. Youll be working as part of a bigger team, enabling net zero, so teamwork will be essential. As a part of our business, you become part of something bigger - an established company with a reputation for looking after our people, offering secure and rewarding roles where safety is our number one priority.
What's in it for you?
We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
What happens now?
All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Kim on 01738 344051.
Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.
