Risk Analyst

Risk Analyst

SP Energy Networks, Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre. G72 0HT

Salary from £45,400   

Permanent/Hybrid Working (3 days office / 2 days remote)

Closing Date: 27th November 2026 

 

Purpose

SP Energy Networks is at the forefront of Scotland's journey to Net Zero, investing in our Transmission network across Central and Southern Scotland.

As a Risk Analyst, you will play a vital role in this transformation, working on large-scale infrastructure projects that directly enable renewable energy growth.

Reporting to the Risk Manager, you will be exposed to new and emerging accountabilities at a pivotal time as we deliver our motivated growth plans.

This is an opportunity to work with diverse stakeholders across SP Energy Networks, the Iberdrola Group and external bodies, implementing best practice risk management standards and driving continuous improvement across our major Transmission projects.

 

 

Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Risk Manager, you will maintain Risk Management standards and ways of working across assigned projects, ensuring project teams focus on risks material to their critical goals.

You will help deliver Quantitative Risk Assessments (QSRA/QCRA), integrating results into planning and cost forecasts while generating data to define risk contingencies and schedules.

Working closely with Planning and Cost teams, you will validate risk assessment assumptions and address queries on risk applications within baselines. You will provide insights into risk registers, explain risk-related data, and offer guidance on the risk management process to project teams. Using project risk management dashboards, you will present risk KPIs to help projects make informed choices.

You will utilise risk libraries to ensure projects consider common risks relevant to their scope and assist in onboarding contractors and third parties into the Risk Management tool as required.

Gathering data for Contractor risk reporting, you will help the Risk Manager facilitate risk participation in Project Lessons Learned activities. You will also help ensure that Programmes and Projects meet external OFGEM requirements, maintaining compliance and quality standards throughout.

 

 

What you’ll bring

Educated to degree level in a relevant field such as Risk Management or Project Management, or possessing equivalent qualifications (MoR or PMI-RMP) with practical experience, you will have awareness of risk management within NEC3/NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) frameworks, ideally gained through involvement in large-scale Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects.

Experience with IT systems including MS Office Suite is required, along with awareness of advanced risk management software such as Safran Risk, Nodes & Links, Primavera Risk Analysis, Riskconnect/ARM or equivalent tools.

You will be familiar with helping Risk Managers deliver risk management within projects, including Risk Identification and Assessment processes.

As a clear communicator with strong relationship-building skills, you will engage effectively with Project stakeholders at all levels. You will demonstrate the ability to work both autonomously and as part of project and programme teams, bringing a methodical approach to your work.

Your capability to explain technical risk concepts to non-specialists will be valuable, as will your focus on maintaining high standards in documentation and reporting.

 

 

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 purchases
• 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 wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

 

We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower 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.

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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

November-28-2026