Application AnalystScottishPower HQ, Glasgow or PrentonSalary starting from £42,000 per annum per annum plus 10% annual bonus and healthcare coverFlexible Hybrid WorkingClosing Date: 3 November 2025Help us create a better future, quickerThis is an exciting time to join SP Energy Networks (SPEN) as an Application Consultant. We are working to transform and develop our Digitalisation Strategy to improve services for our customers and stakeholders whilst working towards the UK’s Net Zero target!Joining ScottishPower as an Application Analyst, you will deliver expertise in functional domain, implement, and maintain the specific application/module and coordinate/deliver third level application support in line with agreed SLA’s and business needs.You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality application solutions are configured, developed, thoroughly tested and successfully implemented to ensure application solutions being delivered align with business requirements.What you’ll be doingAs an Application Analyst, you will be:<ul><li>Aiding in the development of application solution requirements and in the formulation of associated costs.</li><li>Ensuring that the scope of any application design takes account of the full systems lifecycle, covering issues such as Security, Controls, Data Migration, User Administration, Disaster Recovery, etc.</li><li>Actively controlling all assigned tasks in a hands-on manner, track progress, identify and manage risks and issues and ensure delivery of work to time, budget and appropriate quality vs. functional and non-functional requirements.</li><li>Working to configure/develop application solutions against design specifications and blueprints in accordance with agreed standards and procedures provided by Solutions Architects, complete Unit, and Integration testing of work products in line with agreed processes ensuring completion within allocated timescales.</li><li>Delivering regular release items (problems and requests) understanding business requirements and completing the design, build, testing and deployment of functional components, and work with 3rd parties, as required, to ensure that they are delivering against their obligations.</li><li>Co-ordinating/providing third line application support as required, in line with agreed SLA’s and in compliance with the defined support processes and support the acceptance and implementation of new functional solutions into the production environment and handover to operational support: ensuring relevant support documentation is available.</li><li>Working with the appropriate parties to help define application solutions that are consistent with the overall design requirements of the UK IT Division and that recognise the Group Technology Blueprint.</li><li>Liaise with project delivery teams and external contractors as required, with responsibility to ensure solutions meet specified goals/requirements, while providing advice on the Application Solutions to UK IT technical teams and projects.</li></ul>What you’ll bringTo be successful, you will bring a sharp analytical mindset, strong problem-solving, and a collaborative spirit. You’ll play a key role in supporting and enhancing our business-critical applications, ensuring they run smoothly and meet evolving user needs. With your technical expertise and keen eye for detail, you’ll help drive continuous improvement, deliver impactful solutions, and contribute to the success of our digital transformation initiatives.As a minimum, you will demonstrate:<ul><li>HND or Degree level qualification in a relevant subject.</li><li>A recognised Solution Analysis and/or Systems Design qualifications.</li><li>Experience in applications development, with project management expertise. </li><li>Experience of IT systems project delivery.</li><li>Maintain high-level awareness of IT Infrastructure developments.</li><li>Experience of design modelling and document management tools.</li><li>Confident in risk assessment and management.</li><li>Bringing a broad understanding of integration requirements across diverse applications portfolio.</li><li>A creative approach to issues resolution and risk management.</li><li>Strong communications skills to build effective relationships with key stakeholders, locally and globally. </li><li>Ability to translate potentially vague business problems into application solutions</li><li>The ability to prioritise and control multiple streams of work. </li></ul>Preferred but not essential:<ul><li>Experience with CRM platforms, preferably Salesforce.</li><li>Experience with GIS, preferably ESRI.</li></ul>   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:<ul><li>36 days annual leave</li><li>Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave</li><li>Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme</li><li>Payroll giving and charity matched funding</li><li>Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes</li><li>Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change</li><li>Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans</li><li>Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments</li><li>Life Assurance (4x salary)</li><li>Access to SaveSmart financial wellbeing support</li><li>Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more</li></ul>Why SP Energy NetworksSP 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 &gt;£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 <a href="mailto:careers@scottishpower.com">careers@scottishpower.com</a>.MobilityPlease 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 belowNovember-4-2025

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Applications Analyst

Application AnalystScottishPower HQ, Glasgow or PrentonSalary starting from £42,000 per annum per annum plus 10% annual bonus and healthcare coverFlexible Hybrid WorkingClosing Date: 3 November 2025Help us create a better future, quickerThis is an exciting time to join SP Energy Networks (SPEN) as an Application Consultant. We are working to transform and develop our Digitalisation Strategy to improve services for our customers and stakeholders whilst working towards the UK’s Net Zero target!Joining ScottishPower as an Application Analyst, you will deliver expertise in functional domain, implement, and maintain the specific application/module and coordinate/deliver third level application support in line with agreed SLA’s and business needs.You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality application solutions are configured, developed, thoroughly tested and successfully implemented to ensure application solutions being delivered align with business requirements.What you’ll be doingAs an Application Analyst, you will be:<ul><li>Aiding in the development of application solution requirements and in the formulation of associated costs.</li><li>Ensuring that the scope of any application design takes account of the full systems lifecycle, covering issues such as Security, Controls, Data Migration, User Administration, Disaster Recovery, etc.</li><li>Actively controlling all assigned tasks in a hands-on manner, track progress, identify and manage risks and issues and ensure delivery of work to time, budget and appropriate quality vs. functional and non-functional requirements.</li><li>Working to configure/develop application solutions against design specifications and blueprints in accordance with agreed standards and procedures provided by Solutions Architects, complete Unit, and Integration testing of work products in line with agreed processes ensuring completion within allocated timescales.</li><li>Delivering regular release items (problems and requests) understanding business requirements and completing the design, build, testing and deployment of functional components, and work with 3rd parties, as required, to ensure that they are delivering against their obligations.</li><li>Co-ordinating/providing third line application support as required, in line with agreed SLA’s and in compliance with the defined support processes and support the acceptance and implementation of new functional solutions into the production environment and handover to operational support: ensuring relevant support documentation is available.</li><li>Working with the appropriate parties to help define application solutions that are consistent with the overall design requirements of the UK IT Division and that recognise the Group Technology Blueprint.</li><li>Liaise with project delivery teams and external contractors as required, with responsibility to ensure solutions meet specified goals/requirements, while providing advice on the Application Solutions to UK IT technical teams and projects.</li></ul>What you’ll bringTo be successful, you will bring a sharp analytical mindset, strong problem-solving, and a collaborative spirit. You’ll play a key role in supporting and enhancing our business-critical applications, ensuring they run smoothly and meet evolving user needs. With your technical expertise and keen eye for detail, you’ll help drive continuous improvement, deliver impactful solutions, and contribute to the success of our digital transformation initiatives.As a minimum, you will demonstrate:<ul><li>HND or Degree level qualification in a relevant subject.</li><li>A recognised Solution Analysis and/or Systems Design qualifications.</li><li>Experience in applications development, with project management expertise. </li><li>Experience of IT systems project delivery.</li><li>Maintain high-level awareness of IT Infrastructure developments.</li><li>Experience of design modelling and document management tools.</li><li>Confident in risk assessment and management.</li><li>Bringing a broad understanding of integration requirements across diverse applications portfolio.</li><li>A creative approach to issues resolution and risk management.</li><li>Strong communications skills to build effective relationships with key stakeholders, locally and globally. </li><li>Ability to translate potentially vague business problems into application solutions</li><li>The ability to prioritise and control multiple streams of work. </li></ul>Preferred but not essential:<ul><li>Experience with CRM platforms, preferably Salesforce.</li><li>Experience with GIS, preferably ESRI.</li></ul> &nbsp;&nbsp;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%.&nbsp;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 -&nbsp; so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:<ul><li>36 days annual leave</li><li>Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave</li><li>Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme</li><li>Payroll giving and charity matched funding</li><li>Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes</li><li>Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change</li><li>Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans</li><li>Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments</li><li>Life Assurance (4x salary)</li><li>Access to SaveSmart financial wellbeing support</li><li>Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more</li></ul>Why SP Energy NetworksSP 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 &gt;£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 <a href="mailto:careers@scottishpower.com">careers@scottishpower.com</a>.MobilityPlease 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&nbsp;Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date belowNovember-4-2025

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