Our Supply Chain

​As we work to deliver our significant investment programme, we collaborate closely with our supply chain partners to upgrade the electricity transmission infrastructure across the north of Scotland. This collaboration is essential in connecting and transporting renewable energy, supporting the UK and Scotland's 2030 net zero targets. Through these partnerships, we aim to provide significant economic and employment opportunities, supporting thousands of jobs across the UK, many of which will be in Scotland.
Working with our Partners

Driving social value through a responsible supply chain

SSEN Transmission is committed to building a resilient, responsible, and sustainable supply chain that supports our mission to deliver our significant investment programme. 

As part of this commitment, we are proud to share a series of supply chain social value case studies that highlight how our partners are helping create lasting benefits for communities, the economy, and the environment.

These stories reflect the collaborative effort behind our ambition to foster a sustainable supply chain capable of meeting the unprecedented investment and growth required for the energy transition, while ensuring long‑term, meaningful impact across the north of Scotland and beyond.


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Working with our supply chain partners

Our supply chain partners play a critical role in helping us build and maintain the electricity transmission infrastructure of the future. Alongside delivering major engineering and construction projects, our partnerships generate significant social value - creating jobs, supporting skills and training, strengthening local communities, and contributing to sustainable economic growth across Scotland and beyond.

This work creates a wide range of exciting opportunities, from engineering and construction to project management and specialist technical projects.

Explore our work with our key supply chain partners below, and learn more about the social value achievements delivered through our supply chain case studies.

  • Balfour Beatty

    Balfour Beatty

    Balfour Beatty, one of SSEN Transmission’s key contractors for the delivery of its Pathway to 2030 investment programme, opened a new operational depot in Kirriemuir, Angus.
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  • BAM Office opening 2025

    BAM

    In December 2025, BAM officially opened a new shared office space in Inverness, creating a dedicated Highland hub for its engineering and energy operations in the north of Scotland.
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  • Had-Fab

    Had-Fab, a leading structural engineering and metal fabrication company based in Tranent, East Lothian, secured the largest contract award in its history to manufacture nearly 500 steel towers for the proposed Spittal - Loch Buidhe - Beauly 400kV overhead line project.
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  • Highland Blindcraft

    Highland Blindcraft

    Inverness-based social enterprise, Highland Blindcraft, won a major contract to provide 85, high-quality handcrafted mattresses for Balfour Beatty’s Glen Mor workers’ village near Fort Augustus.
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  • Hitachi Energy

    Hitachi Energy

    SSEN Transmission’s supply chain partner, Hitachi Energy, is investing £3 million to create a UK Engineering Centre of Excellence in the heart of Glasgow city centre, creating nearly 90 new jobs.
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  • Murphy

    Murphy

    Murphy, one of the main contractors for the Spittal - Loch Buidhe - Beauly 400kV project, recently opened a new office in Thurso, creating high quality, skilled employment opportunities for up to 50 people.
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  • Orkney Link Project

    Orkney Link Project

    SSEN Transmission is proud to mark one year of successful delivery on its flagship Orkney link project, a critical infrastructure project connecting Orkney to the high voltage GB electricity transmission network for the first time.
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  • Painter Brothers

    Painter Brothers, one of the UK’s leading specialists in structural steel fabrication, is developing a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at its existing Hereford site, with the new facility set to be the most advanced steel production factory in the UK.
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  • Siemens Energy

    A £2 million investment to create a cutting-edge facility tomake protection and control panels for electricity substations is creating 65 jobs at Siemens’ Newcastle site.
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  • Sumitomo

    Sumitomo

    In 2023, Sumitomo Electric Industries announced a major £350 million investment to build a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cable manufacturing facility near the Port of Nigg in Easter Ross.
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  • Tulloch Developments

    Tulloch Developments

    Throughout the development and construction of the Shetland HVDC project, Shetland company Tulloch Developments was awarded a multi million-pound contract for civil and marine engineering. 
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Careers with our supply chain partners

As we work to deliver our significant investment programme, we collaborate closely with our supply chain partners to upgrade the electricity transmission infrastructure across the north of Scotland. This collaboration is essential in connecting and transporting renewable energy, supporting the UK and Scotland's 2030 net zero targets. Through these partnerships, we aim to provide significant economic and employment opportunities, supporting thousands of jobs across the UK, many of which will be in Scotland.

Learn more about career opportunities with our supply chain partners.
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Power Change

We're on a mission to upgrade the network in the north of Scotland to bring cleaner energy to homes and businesses across the country. 

Joining SSEN Transmission is an opportunity to build a rewarding career. With hundreds of jobs available over the next 12 months, join us and help power change.
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