Senior Connections Associate

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Senior Connections Associate

The Senior Connections Associate plays a key role in preparing and managing Transmission connection offers, ensuring timely and quality submissions to meet business obligations and customer expectations. This position supports the Transmission Connections Manager in meeting customer expectations, fulfilling licence obligations, maximising commercial performance, and minimising business risk.

Responsibilities

• Preparing all Connection offers, incorporating technical design, as well as managing and negotiating commercial terms for bespoke contracts/agreements and managing key interfaces with customers.
• Ensuring timely and quality Transmission connection offers are prepared and submitted to meet business obligations and customer expectations.
• Supporting the Transmission Connections Manager to ensure customer expectations are met or exceeded, licence obligations are fulfilled, commercial performance is maximised, and business risk is minimised.
• Proactively addressing commercial issues related to Transmission connection offers and working collaboratively with colleagues across various parts of SPEN's Transmission business.

Requirements

Nice to Have

Benefits

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This role supports the delivery of transmission networks required to meet Scottish and UK Government 2030 and Net Zero targets, directly contributing to the transition to renewable energy and climate action.

Required skills and qualifications:

• A qualification in Engineering, Accountancy, Finance, Economics, Legal, or another related discipline.
• An understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, the regulatory and commercial environment of the energy sector.
• A proven track record of delivering outcomes in a commercial or regulatory environment.
• Strong influencing, presentation and communication skills, with ability to engage confidently with a range of stakeholders.
• Project management skills with experience coordinating tasks, managing deadlines and supporting successful delivery.

Salary from £53,280 per annum (D.O.E) plus excellent benefits including:

• 36 days annual leave with holiday purchase option
• Pension scheme with double matching up to 10% company contribution
• Share schemes
• Electric Vehicle Schemes and Cycle to Work scheme
• Healthcare benefit options including Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Technology Vouchers and various discounts

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. They operate electricity networks in Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales, and North West England, investing significantly in renewable energy infrastructure to support Net Zero targets.