About The Role
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it is essential that it is continually evolving, advancing, and improving.
We’re passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network. The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is critical to the safe, secure, and economic operation of the England and Wales electricity transmission system.
Are you ready to take the lead in transforming our SCADA solutions? As the SCADA Change Manager, you’ll lead the Change team, managing the implementation of ET SCADA solution changes and taking full ownership of the overall change plan.
In this pivotal role, you will assess work packs and serve as the primary liaison with various project, connections, and Platform teams, as well as Asset operations and all interfaced system owners.
Your leadership will drive innovation and development within the SCADA value chain, ensuring system availability across all environments. You will manage the plan for SCADA application configuration and testing, making a significant impact on our operations.
Summary Of Additional Accountabilities
* Responsible for the initial change pack validations and planning.
* Oversee 3rd Party Liaison with project teams, suppliers and vendors for meeting ET policy and procedure compliance.
* Deliver Training for internal and external users of the ET SCADA solution in conjunction with internal training teams.
* Manage the Release Management Plan.
* Manage the ET SCADA Training team, ensuring development and authorisation of the team and end users.
This role is based at our office in Warwick and can be combined with hybrid working from home.
What You'll Need
An effective people manager, with a background in project and change management, you’ll have a STEM qualification at degree level, as well as a Project management qualification.
With strong stakeholder management skills, you’ll have experience of SCADA and RTU databases, displays and network modelling projects.
A working knowledge of cyber security risks, CNI systems and NIS Regulations, as well as a technical understanding of the electricity industry would be beneficial and you’ll also have experience of system & data handling, including testing in staging and production environments.
What's in it for you?
* A salary of £68,000 - £85,000 + Benefits package + Training and Development.
* Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 15%
* 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
* Option to buy/sell holiday days
* Generous contributory pension scheme – we’ll double-match your contribution to a max company contribution of 12%
* Financial support for study relevant to your role
* Flexible benefits: share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes
* Family benefits like back-up care service (six paid days yearly + option to purchase more)
More Information
This role closes at midnight on 15th December 2025, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you are excited about this role but your experience or qualifications do not match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.