Contract NRSWA Analyst
Salary from £37,560 per annum plus strong benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities/support.
Location: St Vincent Crescent
Permanent / Full Time
Help us create a better future, quicker
Role
As part of the Licence Programmes team, the Contract NRSWA Analyst will be accountable to the Senior Contracts Manager for ensuring all avoidable cost associated to defects and coring failure are kept to a minimum. Through the effective management of the team, they will ensure that full compliance of the streetworks legislative requirements are maintained when responding to Highway served defects and coring failures. Representing SP Energy Networks at all streetworks local forums and acting as the focal point for all streetworks associated matters, the Contract NRSWA Analyst will work with all Energy Networks departments and with all contractors to drive improvements to minimise the cost to the business.
What you’ll be doing

Key Accountabilities will include - but not be limited to - the following:

• Communicate openly (formally and informally) with the NRSWA Inspectors regarding the challenges facing the business and department.
• Co-ordinate NRSWA Inspectors to achieve and maintain high standards of performance and quality.
• Key focal point for all Highway Authorities for associated matters on SP Energy Networks works.
• Challenge any defect/coring that does not meet the requirements set out in NRSWA (1991) and TMA (2004) legislation.
• Validate accepted defects/coring to ensure accurate invoicing by the Highways.
• Review areas for improvement and implement agreed solutions which will deliver real and sustainable benefits to SP Energy Networks
• Liaise and interface with relevant business units and contractors to discuss reasons for failure and take appropriate action to drive performance improvement.
• Manage processes to mitigate financial exposure to defects and coring failures ensuring the company exposure to risk is minimised.
• Manage internal and external inspection regime as per Inspections Code of Practice.
• Manage processes to mitigate financial exposure to defects and coring failures.
• Represent SP Energy Networks at RAUC meeting and Highway co-ordination meetings and acting as the focal point for all Streetworks associated matters.
• Produce performance statistics for KPIs established by all levels of the business.
• Manage and kept records up to date for all 23 Road Authorities Sample and Defect inspections fees, challenged and review cost and cross charge all associated costs with evidence to the relevant contractor in a timely manner.
• Run weekly framework usage reports to assist Contract Managers with monitoring spend and balance of funds.

What you’ll bring

• Working knowledge of SP Energy Networks policies, procedures and working practices.
• Developed customer service skills.
• Developed influencing, communication, negotiation and people management skills
• Ability to devise solutions to complex problems/challenges.
• Proven experience of problem analysis.
• Awareness of NRSWA Legislation including Traffic Management Act.
• Experience of multiple activity co-ordination
• Able to make balanced decisions, taking into account all possible information available
• Able to consult with others when applicable and anticipate/recognise possible outcomes.
• Confident to make own decision

Minimum Criteria

• Experience in co-ordinating multiple activities.
• Awareness of NRSWA legislation.
• Proven experience in delivery of performance reporting and provision of management Information
• Full driving licence.
• Computer literacy – e.g. Microsoft Office suite – in particular Excel and PowerBI

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 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

  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
  .
  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.

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