Head of Technical Training

** Head of Technical Training
***
* Location:

Dealain House, Cumbernauld (with UK-wide travel to Scottish Power sites and external partners)

Contract:

Permanent, Full-time   Salary: range from £80,000 - £120,000 + performance based bonus up to 30%, car allowance and private medical insurance for self and family    Closing Date: 20th March 2026
**** Lead the future of technical training at the heart of Scotland’s energy transition
** Our Training Centres are the beating heart of Scottish Power's technical capability, serving as nationally significant hubs for the development and assurance of technical skills and health & safety compliance across nationally critical energy infrastructure. As our dedicated training centres, Dealain House in Cumbernauld and Hoylake House on The Wirral, deliver everything from craft skills development to complex authorisations across our operational workforce.

Technical Training sets the standard for our current and future workforce.

Each year, hundreds of apprentices, trainees and experienced engineers develop and maintain the skills that keep our networks safe, resilient and ready for the future. Last year alone, over 500,000 hours of training were delivered, the majority supporting our Energy Networks business - directly underpinning grid modernisation and the delivery of an electric future.

As Scottish Power continues to invest heavily in upgrading and expanding its network infrastructure, this role is central to how we build, sustain and evolve technical capability at scale.
*** Role overview
**** Senior leadership role with Scottish Power-wide accountability for technical training.
* Leadership of a specialist team of approximately 50 professionals across delivery, quality, planning, design and improvement.
* Responsibility for an OPEX budget of around £5m, with input into CAPEX proposals and income generating activity.
* Oversight of inhouse training centres and outsourced provision.
* Translating Scottish Power’s health, safety, environmental & quality policies into deliverable and relevant training outcomes that fully comply with engineering standards.
* Providing direction and leadership to ensure that all Technical Training staff act as role models, setting and maintaining behavioural standards for Scottish Power trainees.
* Extensive engagement with senior leaders, regulators, industry bodies and skills partners across the UK, providing leadership, influence and insight across the technical training landscape in a highly regulated environment.
*** What you’ll be accountable for
*** As
** Head of Technical Training**, you will set and lead the Scottish Power wide technical training strategy, ensuring it aligns with current operational needs, business plans, and future system requirements.

A key aspect of the role is embedding high standards of health & safety, environmental and quality compliance in our future workforce, through establishing career-long expectations for health & safety compliance and customer focus amongst Scottish Power staff.

You’ll provide strategic direction across the full training lifecycle - from programme design and delivery to quality assurance, legal compliance and continuous improvement - setting clear standards and governance across all technical training provision.

Additionally, you’ll work closely with senior operational leaders, regulators and external partners to shape how technical skills are developed at scale, while ensuring our training centres, systems and facilities keep pace with evolving technology, regulation and business priorities.  This is a high-profile leadership role, combining long-term strategic impact with real operational grounding.
*** What you’ll bring
*** This role requires an accomplished leader with deep operational engineering experience, ideally gained in utilities, infrastructure, transport, petrochemicals or other high hazard, time critical environments. You’ll bring:
* Significant experience leading technical training or operational engineering functions within a large, complex organisation.
* A strong understanding of engineering compliance, health & safety legislation,  regulatory requirements, and operational…