Senior Project Engineer
Pubblicato il 01-10-2026 - SSE in Italia
Base Location: Rome preferred (Flexible across Italy however you will be expected to spend around 2 days of your working week in our Rome office, with regular travel to project sites and stakeholder locations across Italy.)
Salary: €50,400-€75,600 depending on experience + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent| Tempo pieno | Flexible First options available
The Role
This is an opportunity to play a leading role in shaping Italy's renewable energy future.
As a Senior Project Engineer , you'll lead the engineering delivery of a portfolio of utility-scale renewable energy projects across Italy, providing technical leadership from early-stage development through construction, commissioning and operational handover.
Working within our growing Italian business, you'll help deliver a significant pipeline of onshore wind projects while supporting the wider deployment of solar PV and battery energy storage technologies. You'll influence key engineering and investment decisions,
challenge conventional thinking, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest technical standards.
This is a highly visible role offering the chance to work on some of the most significant renewable energy developments in Italy while contributing to SSE Renewables' continued growth across Southern Europe.
You Will
- Lead the engineering delivery of utility-scale renewable energy projects across Italy, acting as the technical authority from project development through construction, commissioning and operational handover.
- Drive the optimisation of project designs, engineering studies and technical specifications, ensuring solutions are safe, compliant, cost-effective, constructible and designed for long-term operational performance.
- Provide technical leadership throughout project development and procurement activities, supporting site selection, design development, technical due diligence,