Solicitor

Solicitor –Property Permanent Full-Time Office-based (Glasgow HQ) Competitive Salary, with car allowance, private healthcare, and annual bonus

Help us create a better future, quicker

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the energy sector? ScottishPower is seeking a talented Property Solicitor to join our dynamic Legal Team. This newly created position offers a unique opportunity to support our SP Energy Networks business in securing essential land contracts for a variety of strategic investment, reinforcement, customer connection and network upgrade projects across our licence areas.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a solicitor within the SP Energy Networks Legal team, and the wider ScottishPower Legal Team, you will be providing legal advice in respect of securing land contracts across multiple new infrastructure projects. You will work in close conjunction with essential support functions such as the Land & Planning Team, playing a pivotal role in our project teams. You will have the autonomy to identify and lead the implementation of innovative legal processes and best practices. This role offers regular contact and ongoing working relationships with senior managers and executives across ScottishPower Energy Networks, ScottishPower, and the Iberdrola Group. There is scope within the role to develop into providing advice to SP Energy Networks in other legal practice areas such as Planning and Environmental Law. Join us and be part of a team where your expertise is valued, and your contributions make a real impact.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for a candidate with proven experience in energy and/or infrastructure projects, demonstrating a good understanding of the energy sector. Your background should include experience in commercial property or energy/infrastructure project transactions, showcasing your ability to handle complex transactions and provide detailed legal advice to clients. You must be proficient in the preparation and documenting of Options, Leases, Servitudes, Dispositions, and other related land contracts. You will demonstrate strong communication skills, as you will be supporting and leading land transactions while building and maintaining effective relationships with the business and its support functions. Demonstrating good commercial awareness is key, along with having insight into legal market developments and the business environment. Finally, you should be capable of managing a high-volume workload, meeting tight deadlines, demonstrating efficiency and resilience under pressure.

For an informal and confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Paula Dougal at p.dougal@scottishpower.com or on 07785 695 208. We welcome expressions of interest and are happy to provide further information about this fantastic opportunity, in confidence.

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%.

Benefits

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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. 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. ScottishPower is 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.

IMPORTANT

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below July-27-2025