SSE Smart Buildings – Recruiting Now

Category: Recruitment Publish date: 01/12/2023

Fast Track Commissioning Engineer
Building Energy Management Systems
Work type: Career opportunity for Armed Forces personnel
Work location: UK wide | home-based | Working as part of a regional team

About our business

Our Smart Buildings business makes some of the most iconic buildings come to life. We design, install, monitor, maintain and optimise building control systems. As part of SSE’s Distributed Energy division, we’re responsible for developing solutions for smart places – cities, campuses and buildings.

We help clients achieve optimised working environments which then lead to reductions in buildings’ energy consumption; and we achieve this through the installation and maintenance of a variety of building control technologies, including Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS), as well as the application of data analytics to provide building performance insights.

We’re one of the largest BEMS suppliers in the UK, a top 3 Honeywell Trend Technology Partner, and the first Siemens Master Partner in the UK.

Working alongside our colleagues in SSE Distributed Energy, we provide some of the most critical building control and energy generation services required by a Zero Carbon world – enabling commercial and public sector customers to achieve their sustainability targets. In addition to building control technologies, our smart energy infrastructure solutions include:

• Solar PV
• Battery storage
• Heat networks
• Private electrical networks
• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

What are the roles?

As part of our growth plans, we’re looking to increase our Sales and Engineering capabilities. We want people who can bring big ideas, new skills and innovative thinking to help us build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, and the community you live in.

We have opportunities to join us across the whole of the UK, where you’ll be at the centre of our drive to bring smart energy and smart building solutions to market.

Support Engineers undertake management and technical analysis of all BEMS and on-site control systems. They provide accurate fault diagnosis and work with our client’s engineering teams to develop remedial responses to failures and optimise working environments.

Commissioning Engineers install building control infrastructure, bringing systems to life in landmark projects as we continue to shape buildings of the future.

Whichever role you’re interested in, our experience of working with Service leavers has taught us that there isn’t any one size fits all approach to employee training. Which is why we offer an Accelerated Training Programme designed to support your unique, personal training requirements.

Plus, there are also a number of excellent courses offered by CTP which can help you to prepare for an engineering career in building controls.

Life at SSE

If you're considering a career with us, you're probably wondering what's in it for you.

Well, in addition to a competitive salary, our benefits package includes 34 days’ holiday (plus the option to buy additional days), a great pension scheme, access to SSE Share Save schemes, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, discounted healthcare, and a wide range of offers via our SSE Advantage scheme. As an engineer, there will also be the opportunity to work overtime as and when the business requires.

We’re proud to celebrate difference and strive to create a friendly and inclusive culture where you can be yourself. We take pride in a job well done and share the belief that an inclusive culture is key to our success and vision for the future. We also place safety at the heart of everything we do, and live by the mantra: 'if it's not safe, we don't do it'.

As an equal opportunity employer looking to create an inclusive environment, we actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics. We’re committed to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application and assessment process, and upon joining SSE.

Next Steps

All registrations of interest should be submitted online. We'll then be in touch via email as and when we release new opportunities that match the roles and locations you’re interested in.

If you’d like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Tristan Holdsworth