SSE plc
Senior Technical Specialist
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Base Location
You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth
Salary
£64,085 - £76,581 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern
Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The role
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping how real-time and operational data is captured, managed and used to drive critical decision-making. Working with technologies such as AVEVA PI, PI AF and PI Vision, you will support the full data lifecycle from data ingestion and historian services through to asset modelling, visualisation and insight generation. You will help ensure platforms are reliable, secure and scalable, while enabling teams to access trusted, timely data.
You will also contribute to how data is structured and contextualised through asset frameworks, making it easier for users to understand performance and trends across complex systems. Alongside this, you will support integrations with wider business systems, helping to connect operational technology with enterprise data platforms and unlock greater value.
You will join a forward-thinking, collaborative technical team where your ideas and perspectives are genuinely valued. There is real scope to influence how solutions are designed and delivered, introduce improvements in monitoring, data quality and automation, and enhance how real-time insights are used across the organisation. This role offers the chance to deepen your expertise across data platforms, integrations and modern analytics, while working on meaningful problems with visible impact.
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You will
- Support and maintain the Transmission real-time data platform, ensuring high availability and performance for business users
- Work with stakeholders to understand data needs and help design dashboards, visualisations and insights that support decision-making
- Investigate and resolve system issues, taking a proactive approach to monitoring and continuous improvement
- Contribute to system upgrades, integrations and enhancements to keep the platform modern and efficient
- Share knowledge and support colleagues, helping to build a strong, inclusive and collaborative team culture
You have
- Real-world experience supporting or working with real-time data platforms such as AVEVA PI, or similar technologies
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues in a structured way
- An understanding of data integration (making best use of PI APIs and SDK), data flows, and how operational data is used within a business
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues, adapting your approach to different audiences
- A collaborative mindset, with openness to new ideas and different perspectives that can improve outcomes for the team and the wider business
About SSE
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.
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Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life
Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
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SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact iona.allan@sse.com / 01738 344049 to discuss how we can support you.
We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
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