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Location: Edinburgh (Occasional travel to Glasgow)
Salary: From £53,280
Closing Date: 11/12/2025
Help us create a better future, quicker.
Maintain strong commercial control of term contractors on allocated contracts, to manage the cost and performance against their contract targets, ensuring compliance with the commercial contract management regime, Health, Safety, Environmental and Technical Standards of Energy Networks.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Control external contract expenditure through appropriate scope control, change management, technical and financial verification processes in geographic area.
* Audit contract administration in the delivery functions to ensure the business is complying with processes.
* Measure supplier delivery performance against contract KPIs, prepare associated reports and implement improvements as required.
* Provide contract benchmark, cost, budget, financial forecast and performance data for business improvement processes including preparation and presentation of reports.
* Audit and provide timely and constructive challenge of contractor costs, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Contract that seem excessive compared with the benchmark data and output(s) being delivered.
* Manage the contractual relationships to resolve disputes promptly and directly interface with senior contractor delivery staff.
* Develop the scope, identify risks and prepare budgets and Risk Registers for Target Cost works, evaluating tender returns including agreement of value and allocation of risk between Energy Networks and the contractor.
* Agree value of works done for interim and progress payments with contractors.
* Represent the Energy Networks at negotiation meetings.
* Take responsibility for your personal development.
* Involve the team in finding solutions to areas where performance is not on target.
* Management of Disciplinary and Grievance issues.
* Carry out site and operational audits on your team.
* Ensure assigned resources are deployed to maximum effectiveness.
* Contribute to the development & delivery of the departmental Operating Plans.
* Contribute as a member of the Network Connections Business.
What You’ll Bring
* Able to provide strong commercial leadership for staff within all areas of Energy Networks.
* Build and maintain relationships with both internal customers and external suppliers.
* Communicate effectively to all levels within the business.
* Solve complex problems and introduce practical solutions by utilisation of strong numeracy and financial management skills.
* Write clear and precise reports and relate complex information to a diverse range of people.
* Lead negotiation of Target Price and associated Risk allocation with contractors, measuring out-turn costs and apply the contract incentive mechanism.
* Mitigate Commercial risk to Energy Networks through development and use of Risk Registers.
* Measure performance against KPIs and milestones in relation to the successful achievement of contractual and business goals and propose associated improvement initiatives which generate additional value for the business.
* Awareness of statutory and licence obligations, HR procedures, Electrical and Civil Engineering procedures, Electricity supply industry, including generation and other wires businesses, Commercial, financial and operational risks.
* Working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and policies, financial control procedures, financial control and management of projects.
* Commercial management in relation to framework, partnership, term and service level agreement contracts.
* SP Group Red Book policies & procedures.
* Operations and investment processes/practices.
* Traffic Management Act 2004 and Traffic Scotland Act 2005.
* IT systems, particularly the Microsoft Office suite.
* Expert knowledge of analytical techniques and quantity surveying technique.
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%.
Benefits
* 36 days annual leave
* Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
* Share Schemes
* Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
* Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
* Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
* Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
* Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
* Life Assurance (4x salary)
* Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
* Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
EEO Statement
We are 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
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.
Important
Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below
December-11-2025
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Utilities
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