Head of Telecoms

Head of Telecoms

Location: ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary: £72-90K (plus up to 30% bonus, family healthcare cover & car allowance)

Flexible & Hybrid Working

Help us create a better future, quicker

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) is transforming its Telecoms business! Telecoms are a key part of the network’s business and a cornerstone in the evolution towards net zero. We’re implementing a new Telecom operating model, allowing us to bring our Telecoms in-house, from inception, to design, and delivery. This role will lead the centre of excellence and drive the change within this new structure.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Head of Smart Grid Operations, the Head of Telecoms will be responsible for SPEN Telecoms Network including Design, Strategy, Capital Delivery and Operations. You’ll line manage Telecoms Sub-Team Leads and multiple 3rd party sub-contractors, to deliver the major telecoms transformation, in line with DESNZ, Ofgem compliant with Critical National Infrastructure Obligations.

Within this role, you’ll review and set the Telecoms Strategy for the team, reporting on SLA, CAPEX, OPEX delivery to Head of SGO, being the point of escalation for the SPEN business. You’ll be responsible for effectively manage Telecoms contractors (around 150-200 contractor workforce) and deal with multi-million contracts This is a senior role, working at a global level. You’ll carry out reviews, and be responsible for ensuring 24×7 operational integrity, cybersecurity resilience, reliable performance and high availability of Telecoms services and assets.

A key part of this role will be to create and implement a road map, continuously monitoring progress, including tracking financial commitments to Ofgem and Iberdrola group.

You’ll implement an asset management system, to harmonise multiple legacy, proprietary systems, consistently horizon scanning for new innovative solutions, and planning the evolution of both the technical solutions delivered and for the future evolution of the team.

Driving safety culture, ensuring all legislation and company rules, policies and procedures are adhered to, leading and coaching a team of people (including staff who are Operationally Authorised) to deliver agreed results and provide services and solutions in line with company safety, customer service and engineering standards.

Ensuring innovation is applied across the whole team, including collaborating with external parties and translating these developments into policies and plans to manage risk and maximise value for the business. 

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable experience of senior line management role(s) in an operational, regulatory or project management environment preferably in the Telecoms sector.
• Engineering degree (Telecoms, Electrical or Computer Engineering)
• Operations experience
• Technical skills in Telecoms
• Cyber security awareness
• Project Management skills
• Experience dealing with multi-million contracts
• Demonstrable record of Change Management both technical and cultural
• Able to deliver and adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment

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 purposes
• 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 SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in renewable energy. We keep electricity flowing to our 3.5m connected customers in homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 100,000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission and distribution networks – connecting customers and infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of the transition to Net Zero for our customers and the communities we serve. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£9 billion into our transmission and distribution networks, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy and the adoption of low carbon technology. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, SP Energy Networks 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.

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 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.

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 

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September-27-2024

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