Job Introduction Job Description for Instrument Technical Support There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. The Instrument Technical Support will report to the Instrument Engineer, based in Central but required to support the Windscale facility as required. Responsible for providing front line technical support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team assisting in delivering expertise in all Instrumentation systems including equipment reliability, radiometric, PES or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Instrument Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose Instrumentation solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the Instrument (radiometric) technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process across both facilities, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Instrument Engineer for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the Instrument Engineer in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements Support with delivering expertise in all Programmable Electronic Systems including equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Engineer. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Instrument Technical Support: Electrical and Instrument Apprenticeship, minimum HND qualification. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of PLC and SCADA or BMS systems. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Instrument technical support. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Instrument Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Job Introduction Job Description for Instrument Technical Support There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. The Instrument Technical Support will report to the Instrument Engineer, based in Central but required to support the Windscale facility as required. Responsible for providing front line technical support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team assisting in delivering expertise in all Instrumentation systems including equipment reliability, radiometric, PES or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Instrument Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose Instrumentation solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the Instrument (radiometric) technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process across both facilities, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Instrument Engineer for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the Instrument Engineer in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements Support with delivering expertise in all Programmable Electronic Systems including equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Engineer. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Instrument Technical Support: Electrical and Instrument Apprenticeship, minimum HND qualification. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of PLC and SCADA or BMS systems. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Instrument technical support. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Instrument Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Introduction Job Description for Mechanical Technical Support: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. Technical Support are responsible for providing Engineering support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team to assist in delivering expertise in general plant, system, equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Mechanical Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose engineering solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Maintenance Delivery Manager for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the Mechanical Team Leader in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Team Leader. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Mechanical Technical Support: Degree Qualified (Mechanical) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Mechanical Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Job Introduction Job Description for Mechanical Technical Support: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. Technical Support are responsible for providing Engineering support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team to assist in delivering expertise in general plant, system, equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Mechanical Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose engineering solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Maintenance Delivery Manager for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the Mechanical Team Leader in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Team Leader. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Mechanical Technical Support: Degree Qualified (Mechanical) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Mechanical Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical and InstrumentationCraft: NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe. The E&I Craft is responsible for carrying out safe, quality and efficient maintenance/ breakdown andproject activities within Central Laboratory. They shall ensure all activities are being undertaken in a safe and complaint manner, to meet all requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence (as applicable) and all Regulatory and Legislative purposes. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Responsible for performing routine EIM&T, breakdown, recovery maintenance on maintainable assets as instructed by the Team Leader. Responsible for undertaking any electrical associated project work as demand necessitates. Responsible for carrying out safe, effective and controlled isolations of Electrical Plant within their designated area. They shall be responsible for flagging any issues up immediately to the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for completing MOVEX job cards in accordance with site standards to ensure that good quality maintenance history is recorded. Responsible for supporting the designated facility in the installation, modification and commissioning of rigs and installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for ensuring that the maintenance/breakdown/project tasks they are involved in are always covered by an appropriate Safe System of Work (SSOW) and complied with. Responsible for checking and fully understanding the Electrical Instructions/Proof Tests that they are working to. If unsure at any point during delivery, they shall stop, make safe and highlight any issues to the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for ensuring that appropriate workplace standards are always maintained, and the correct tools and equipment are selected for the task and used only as intended. Expected to actively participate in team briefs and LFE reviews taking personal action to resolve any issues or shortfalls in their area. If further resolution is required, they must engage the E&I Team Leader. Always comply with company/site standards and expectations of behaviour and performance. They must actively challenge others they see not doing so and encourage the behaviours expected. Where appropriate, they shall raise the event on OSHENs. The individual shall deliver their personal targets as identified by the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for attending all training identified by the E&I Team Leader or Training Dept. to ensure successful continuation of their SQEP appointments. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Holds a time served recognised Electrical Craft Apprenticeship. Proven ability to interpret electrical engineering drawings. Minimum of 5 GCSE's. IOSHH Working Safety. Safety Case awareness - knowledge of Safety Mechanisms (SM), Safety Related Equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Required to become Appointed Nominated Person Electrical. Demonstrate knowledge of the Operation & Maintenance requirements associated with their area. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to demonstrate correct and informed decision making, even in pressure situations. About the Company Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector. Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world. Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress. We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical and InstrumentationCraft: NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe. The E&I Craft is responsible for carrying out safe, quality and efficient maintenance/ breakdown andproject activities within Central Laboratory. They shall ensure all activities are being undertaken in a safe and complaint manner, to meet all requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence (as applicable) and all Regulatory and Legislative purposes. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Responsible for performing routine EIM&T, breakdown, recovery maintenance on maintainable assets as instructed by the Team Leader. Responsible for undertaking any electrical associated project work as demand necessitates. Responsible for carrying out safe, effective and controlled isolations of Electrical Plant within their designated area. They shall be responsible for flagging any issues up immediately to the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for completing MOVEX job cards in accordance with site standards to ensure that good quality maintenance history is recorded. Responsible for supporting the designated facility in the installation, modification and commissioning of rigs and installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for ensuring that the maintenance/breakdown/project tasks they are involved in are always covered by an appropriate Safe System of Work (SSOW) and complied with. Responsible for checking and fully understanding the Electrical Instructions/Proof Tests that they are working to. If unsure at any point during delivery, they shall stop, make safe and highlight any issues to the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for ensuring that appropriate workplace standards are always maintained, and the correct tools and equipment are selected for the task and used only as intended. Expected to actively participate in team briefs and LFE reviews taking personal action to resolve any issues or shortfalls in their area. If further resolution is required, they must engage the E&I Team Leader. Always comply with company/site standards and expectations of behaviour and performance. They must actively challenge others they see not doing so and encourage the behaviours expected. Where appropriate, they shall raise the event on OSHENs. The individual shall deliver their personal targets as identified by the E&I Team Leader. Responsible for attending all training identified by the E&I Team Leader or Training Dept. to ensure successful continuation of their SQEP appointments. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Holds a time served recognised Electrical Craft Apprenticeship. Proven ability to interpret electrical engineering drawings. Minimum of 5 GCSE's. IOSHH Working Safety. Safety Case awareness - knowledge of Safety Mechanisms (SM), Safety Related Equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Electrical and Instrumentation Craft: Required to become Appointed Nominated Person Electrical. Demonstrate knowledge of the Operation & Maintenance requirements associated with their area. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to demonstrate correct and informed decision making, even in pressure situations. About the Company Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector. Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world. Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress. We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net API AWS) Sunderland / WFH to £75k Do you have expertise with backend C# development? You could be joining a growing games / gambling site, in a Software Developer / Team Lead role where you can build a team around you. As a Software Developer / Team Lead you'll take a senior, hands-on role in an Agile team (which you'll help to grow) developing game mechanics into readily deployable APIs with the focus on scalability and resilience. You'll work across the full software development lifecycle, from inception through to release, building highly available applications using a range of technologies with a focus on backend C#, T-SQL, Redis and AWS. You'll provide mentoring and technical guidance to the team with a focus on delivery, whilst remaining hands-on and leading technical discussions and decision making, you'll be empowered to evaluate and contribute to technology and process improvements. WFH Policy: There's a hybrid work from home policy with 2-3 days a week; when you're in the office you'll be collaborating with fellow technologists in a relaxed environment in awesome custom built offices in Sunderland with a range of facilities and perks including free meals at the onsite restaurant as well as membership at onsite gym. Requirements: You have strong C# .Net backend development experience You have mentoring / technical / team leadership skills, are able to coach and build a successful engineering team You have experience of developing APIs You have a good knowledge of AWS (they're using Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation) You have a good knowledge of databases e.g. SQL, MySQL, T-SQL, Redis, Couchbase You're collaborative with great communication skills What's in it for you: Competitive salary to £75k depending on experience and knowledge Continual training, learning and career development opportunities Bonus Pension Private medical care Plus a range of other perks and benefits Apply now to find out more about this Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net API AWS) opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net API AWS) Sunderland / WFH to £75k Do you have expertise with backend C# development? You could be joining a growing games / gambling site, in a Software Developer / Team Lead role where you can build a team around you. As a Software Developer / Team Lead you'll take a senior, hands-on role in an Agile team (which you'll help to grow) developing game mechanics into readily deployable APIs with the focus on scalability and resilience. You'll work across the full software development lifecycle, from inception through to release, building highly available applications using a range of technologies with a focus on backend C#, T-SQL, Redis and AWS. You'll provide mentoring and technical guidance to the team with a focus on delivery, whilst remaining hands-on and leading technical discussions and decision making, you'll be empowered to evaluate and contribute to technology and process improvements. WFH Policy: There's a hybrid work from home policy with 2-3 days a week; when you're in the office you'll be collaborating with fellow technologists in a relaxed environment in awesome custom built offices in Sunderland with a range of facilities and perks including free meals at the onsite restaurant as well as membership at onsite gym. Requirements: You have strong C# .Net backend development experience You have mentoring / technical / team leadership skills, are able to coach and build a successful engineering team You have experience of developing APIs You have a good knowledge of AWS (they're using Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation) You have a good knowledge of databases e.g. SQL, MySQL, T-SQL, Redis, Couchbase You're collaborative with great communication skills What's in it for you: Competitive salary to £75k depending on experience and knowledge Continual training, learning and career development opportunities Bonus Pension Private medical care Plus a range of other perks and benefits Apply now to find out more about this Software Developer / Team Lead (C# .Net API AWS) opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.
Moneybox is the award-winning app that helps you turn your money into something greater. We've brought saving, investing, home-buying, and retirement services all together into one simple app, so it's easier than ever to achieve your goals and build wealth, whatever your starting point. We currently administer over £5 billion in assets for over 1 million customers, processing millions of individual transactions a week, and these numbers continue to grow. As a result, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with the appropriate skills and experience to help us manage this growth without compromising on our service or product quality. This role is in our back end engineering team that builds and operates our cloud hosted services. You will be working with people throughout Moneybox to develop new features, provide technical solutions, support the live service and improve the way we do things. We're looking for someone who enjoys a mix of solution architecture, hands-on coding, and owning their solutions from concept to delivery. You will also be part of a cross-functional team, all working together to complete the team's objectives. We don't expect you to be an expert in everything we use, but a fundamental understanding of how things work is important. Our tech stack: C#, .NETREST APIs, Hangfire, MediatR, Entity Framework, BlazorAzure: App Services, Functions, SQL Server, Service Bus, Event Hub, CosmosDB, Redis, Data FactoryGitHub, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Datadog What You'll Do Hands-on coding to solve complex problems with a focus on defensive programming, resilience, and performance. Own technical solution design for significant product features, software modules, and technical initiatives. Demonstrate self-guided problem-solving abilities to create robust technical solutions for vague business requirements. Take initiative to course-correct projects when they deviate from their intended path. Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, QA testers, product managers, UX designers, mobile developers and operations teams to build new features. Contribute to regular planning sessions and task prioritisation. Take ownership of your code from inception to deployment into Production, following a continuous delivery model. Get involved in live incidents as required, following the internal incident management process. Support, coach, and mentor other team members, setting high standards, and continually improving processes. Provide technical support to internal teams and actively share knowledge through documentation, including Architectural Decision Records (ADRs). Initiate and contribute to wider engineering technical designs. Who You Are Enthusiastic about contributing to a fast-growing company with a mission to make a positive impact on the world. A passionate and dedicated software developer with an interest in building resilient, performant and easy to understand solutions. A driven, ambitious self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and ownership. Embrace a continuous learning mindset, motivated to further develop your skills. Willing to share your knowledge and mentor other team members. Possess a collaborative attitude, comfortable working both alone and as part of a team. Knows how to balance professionalism with a sense of fun, fostering a positive and enjoyable work environment. Staying abreast of and (where necessary) applying the latest emerging technologies. Essential Skills A degree in Computer Science or relevant experience. Experiences with delivering multiple challenging projects with a strict deadline. Ability to be agile and react quickly to changing priorities. Experience designing and architecting scalable solutions. Strong understanding of: .NET (Core/framework) REST APIs OO programming languages (we use C#) Relational databases, ACID transactions Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Able to work both alone and as part of an agile team. Able to actively participate in technical and commercial discussions. Desirable Skills Ability to communicate complex design ideas to the wider engineering group Microsoft Azure: Cosmos DB App Services Functions Service Bus Infrastructure as Code / Terraform DDD What's In It For You? Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious business. Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals. Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact. Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture. Competitive remuneration package. Company share options. A benefits package that includes Gympass, a personal learning budget, subsidised private medical insurance, matched pension contributions up to an additional 2% and more! 25 days holiday + bank holidays. Please read before you apply! By sending us your application you acknowledge and agree to Moneybox using your personal data as described below. We collect applicants' personal data to manage our recruitment related activities. Consequently, we may use your personal data to evaluate your application, to select and shortlist applicants, to set up and conduct interviews and tests, to evaluate and assess the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment process generally. We do not share your personal data with unauthorised third parties. However, we may, if necessary, share your personal data to carefully selected third parties acting on our behalf. This may include transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided us with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may keep your details on file so that we can tell you about other suitable vacancies which may be of interest to you when they arise in the future. If you would rather we did not keep your details on file, you can contact us at email: Your application will be subject to criminal record and adverse credit history checks (such as CCJs, IVAs and bankruptcy). As a regulated financial business, an adverse financial history could impact your suitability for the role. If you are aware of anything that could affect your suitability for the role, please let us know.
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Moneybox is the award-winning app that helps you turn your money into something greater. We've brought saving, investing, home-buying, and retirement services all together into one simple app, so it's easier than ever to achieve your goals and build wealth, whatever your starting point. We currently administer over £5 billion in assets for over 1 million customers, processing millions of individual transactions a week, and these numbers continue to grow. As a result, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with the appropriate skills and experience to help us manage this growth without compromising on our service or product quality. This role is in our back end engineering team that builds and operates our cloud hosted services. You will be working with people throughout Moneybox to develop new features, provide technical solutions, support the live service and improve the way we do things. We're looking for someone who enjoys a mix of solution architecture, hands-on coding, and owning their solutions from concept to delivery. You will also be part of a cross-functional team, all working together to complete the team's objectives. We don't expect you to be an expert in everything we use, but a fundamental understanding of how things work is important. Our tech stack: C#, .NETREST APIs, Hangfire, MediatR, Entity Framework, BlazorAzure: App Services, Functions, SQL Server, Service Bus, Event Hub, CosmosDB, Redis, Data FactoryGitHub, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Datadog What You'll Do Hands-on coding to solve complex problems with a focus on defensive programming, resilience, and performance. Own technical solution design for significant product features, software modules, and technical initiatives. Demonstrate self-guided problem-solving abilities to create robust technical solutions for vague business requirements. Take initiative to course-correct projects when they deviate from their intended path. Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, QA testers, product managers, UX designers, mobile developers and operations teams to build new features. Contribute to regular planning sessions and task prioritisation. Take ownership of your code from inception to deployment into Production, following a continuous delivery model. Get involved in live incidents as required, following the internal incident management process. Support, coach, and mentor other team members, setting high standards, and continually improving processes. Provide technical support to internal teams and actively share knowledge through documentation, including Architectural Decision Records (ADRs). Initiate and contribute to wider engineering technical designs. Who You Are Enthusiastic about contributing to a fast-growing company with a mission to make a positive impact on the world. A passionate and dedicated software developer with an interest in building resilient, performant and easy to understand solutions. A driven, ambitious self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and ownership. Embrace a continuous learning mindset, motivated to further develop your skills. Willing to share your knowledge and mentor other team members. Possess a collaborative attitude, comfortable working both alone and as part of a team. Knows how to balance professionalism with a sense of fun, fostering a positive and enjoyable work environment. Staying abreast of and (where necessary) applying the latest emerging technologies. Essential Skills A degree in Computer Science or relevant experience. Experiences with delivering multiple challenging projects with a strict deadline. Ability to be agile and react quickly to changing priorities. Experience designing and architecting scalable solutions. Strong understanding of: .NET (Core/framework) REST APIs OO programming languages (we use C#) Relational databases, ACID transactions Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Able to work both alone and as part of an agile team. Able to actively participate in technical and commercial discussions. Desirable Skills Ability to communicate complex design ideas to the wider engineering group Microsoft Azure: Cosmos DB App Services Functions Service Bus Infrastructure as Code / Terraform DDD What's In It For You? Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious business. Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals. Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact. Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture. Competitive remuneration package. Company share options. A benefits package that includes Gympass, a personal learning budget, subsidised private medical insurance, matched pension contributions up to an additional 2% and more! 25 days holiday + bank holidays. Please read before you apply! By sending us your application you acknowledge and agree to Moneybox using your personal data as described below. We collect applicants' personal data to manage our recruitment related activities. Consequently, we may use your personal data to evaluate your application, to select and shortlist applicants, to set up and conduct interviews and tests, to evaluate and assess the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment process generally. We do not share your personal data with unauthorised third parties. However, we may, if necessary, share your personal data to carefully selected third parties acting on our behalf. This may include transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided us with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may keep your details on file so that we can tell you about other suitable vacancies which may be of interest to you when they arise in the future. If you would rather we did not keep your details on file, you can contact us at email: Your application will be subject to criminal record and adverse credit history checks (such as CCJs, IVAs and bankruptcy). As a regulated financial business, an adverse financial history could impact your suitability for the role. If you are aware of anything that could affect your suitability for the role, please let us know.
Kerridge Commercial Systems has been a pioneer in integrated business management solutions for over 40 years. Due to growth and new projects, we are now seeking a dynamic DevOps Engineer to drive innovation and efficiency in our cloud-first strategy. This is a fantastic opportunity to start a DevOps function in our new Cloud Platform Team. Embrace our hybrid work policy, blending office collaboration with remote flexibility. As our DevOps Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in harmonizing software development and IT operations, leveraging Azure cloud services. Architect and optimize cloud infrastructure to support agile development and ensure operational resilience. Automate deployment processes, enhance system performance, and fortify security measures. This is a Hybrid role and will require the successful candidate to be in office 3 days a week. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Construct and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, reducing deployment times. Utilize scripting languages for automation of deployment, monitoring, and management tasks. Deploy and manage containerized applications for improved system resilience. Implement system monitoring and security best practices to ensure optimal performance and protection against threats. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align development pipelines with organizational goals. Requirements: Availability to work minimum of 3 days in the office per week Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Proficiency in Azure services, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools. Experience with relational databases and container technologies. Strong communication and collaboration skills. What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits. Professional growth opportunities. Culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Join KCS in driving digital transformation and be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace. Equal Opportunities KCS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires us to adjust the recruiting process please do advise us when contacted. If this role is of interest to you please apply online. To all recruitment agencies: KCS does not accept agency resumes
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Kerridge Commercial Systems has been a pioneer in integrated business management solutions for over 40 years. Due to growth and new projects, we are now seeking a dynamic DevOps Engineer to drive innovation and efficiency in our cloud-first strategy. This is a fantastic opportunity to start a DevOps function in our new Cloud Platform Team. Embrace our hybrid work policy, blending office collaboration with remote flexibility. As our DevOps Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in harmonizing software development and IT operations, leveraging Azure cloud services. Architect and optimize cloud infrastructure to support agile development and ensure operational resilience. Automate deployment processes, enhance system performance, and fortify security measures. This is a Hybrid role and will require the successful candidate to be in office 3 days a week. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Construct and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, reducing deployment times. Utilize scripting languages for automation of deployment, monitoring, and management tasks. Deploy and manage containerized applications for improved system resilience. Implement system monitoring and security best practices to ensure optimal performance and protection against threats. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align development pipelines with organizational goals. Requirements: Availability to work minimum of 3 days in the office per week Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Proficiency in Azure services, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools. Experience with relational databases and container technologies. Strong communication and collaboration skills. What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits. Professional growth opportunities. Culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Join KCS in driving digital transformation and be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace. Equal Opportunities KCS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires us to adjust the recruiting process please do advise us when contacted. If this role is of interest to you please apply online. To all recruitment agencies: KCS does not accept agency resumes
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical Technical Support: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. Technical Support are responsible for providing Engineering support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team to assist in delivering expertise in general plant, system, equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Electrical Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose engineering solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Maintenance Delivery Manager for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the E&I Team Leader in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Team Leader. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Electrical Technical Support: Degree Qualified (Electrical) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Electrical Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical Technical Support: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. Technical Support are responsible for providing Engineering support to the Infrastructure Compliance Engineering team to assist in delivering expertise in general plant, system, equipment reliability, configuration management or other specialised subject matter needed to satisfy the multi-faceted needs of the organisation. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities for Electrical Technical Support: Responsible for development of pragmatic fit-for-purpose engineering solutions that meet the objectives of the organisation in a cost-effective manner. Support maintenance activities by implementing and maintaining the technical basis of maintenance (TBoM) process, in addition they will assist with planning for complex maintenance activities based on insight and equipment experience. Accountable to the Maintenance Delivery Manager for ensuring all maintenance tasks are clearly briefed, understood and are performed safely and on schedule to ensure safe operation of the facility. Comply with legislative, regulatory and company procedures and standards e.g. safety, quality, risk, security appropriate to the role. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of work complies with all site requirements and plant and personnel are operating within the safety envelope. Responsible for assisting in the production of any PMP's required within Compliance Engineering, this will include presenting at committee. Supporting the E&I Team Leader in installation, modifications and commissioning of installed equipment, including identifying and assisting in delivery of plant and process improvements. Responsible for producing appropriate Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) for any maintenance or breakdown tasks identified by the Team Leader. Attend any forums as appropriate to keep abreast of best practice around other facilities, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning around their facility. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria for Electrical Technical Support: Degree Qualified (Electrical) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Electrical Technical Support: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. The Plant Engineer (E&I) will report to the Engineering Manager, they shall provide assurance that all Electrical and Security maintenance activities are being undertaken in a safe and compliant manner, to meet all requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence and all Regulatory and Legislative purposes. The ideal candidate will be experienced in working in a regulatory capacity; detail oriented and is able to work to stringent deadlines. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Responsible for ensuring compliance to the relevant sites engineering procedures associated with disciplined operations & maintenance. Responsible for constantly challenging the electrical/security maintenance processes on plant and ensuring plant is operated & maintained to appropriate standards. Primary interface with Design team on electrical changes to plant, including reviewing design change packages and installation and testing procedures. Responsible for reviewing of electrical & security equipment parameters, trend analysis and improvements of plant, not only by trending but also industry wide best practice information. Provide advice on ageing plant (electrical and security equipment) and carry out appropriate condition assessment techniques to support NNL's Asset Care program. Responsible for undertaking small scale Infrastructure improvement projects. Responsible for undertaking regular self-audits and task observations within their area of responsibility ensuring EHSS&Q standards are being maintained according to set procedures. Attend any forums (internal or external) as requested to keep abreast of best practices around other NNL Laboratories, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning. Assist the Engineering Manager in delivering the company values, they shall be expected to maintain a forward vision to develop and implement the best solutions in the best interest of the business. Provide assurance that all events or incidents within their area of responsibility are investigated thoroughly; ensure appropriate corrective actions have been discharged in a timely manner throughout the lifecycle of the event. Assist with the coaching and mentoring of the Engineering team as and when required. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Degree Qualified (electrical/Instrumentation discipline) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become Authorised Person Electrical. Requirement to become appointed to the role of Senior Authorised Person Electrical. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Job Introduction Job Description for Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer: There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible. The Plant Engineer (E&I) will report to the Engineering Manager, they shall provide assurance that all Electrical and Security maintenance activities are being undertaken in a safe and compliant manner, to meet all requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence and all Regulatory and Legislative purposes. The ideal candidate will be experienced in working in a regulatory capacity; detail oriented and is able to work to stringent deadlines. Role Responsibility Main Responsibilities forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Responsible for ensuring compliance to the relevant sites engineering procedures associated with disciplined operations & maintenance. Responsible for constantly challenging the electrical/security maintenance processes on plant and ensuring plant is operated & maintained to appropriate standards. Primary interface with Design team on electrical changes to plant, including reviewing design change packages and installation and testing procedures. Responsible for reviewing of electrical & security equipment parameters, trend analysis and improvements of plant, not only by trending but also industry wide best practice information. Provide advice on ageing plant (electrical and security equipment) and carry out appropriate condition assessment techniques to support NNL's Asset Care program. Responsible for undertaking small scale Infrastructure improvement projects. Responsible for undertaking regular self-audits and task observations within their area of responsibility ensuring EHSS&Q standards are being maintained according to set procedures. Attend any forums (internal or external) as requested to keep abreast of best practices around other NNL Laboratories, responsible for sharing and implementing any learning. Assist the Engineering Manager in delivering the company values, they shall be expected to maintain a forward vision to develop and implement the best solutions in the best interest of the business. Provide assurance that all events or incidents within their area of responsibility are investigated thoroughly; ensure appropriate corrective actions have been discharged in a timely manner throughout the lifecycle of the event. Assist with the coaching and mentoring of the Engineering team as and when required. The Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Degree Qualified (electrical/Instrumentation discipline) or HND in an equivalent discipline. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of stated qualification. Strong communications skills, ability to communicate key information with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in pressure situations. Demonstrable knowledge of operational & maintenance requirements. Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience. Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. Requirement to become appointed as Safety Supervisor. Required to become Authorised Person Electrical. Requirement to become appointed to the role of Senior Authorised Person Electrical. Required to become PMP Manager. Requirement to become appointed as Sub Contractor Supervisor. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria forElectrical & Instrumentation Engineer: Hold IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a minimum qualification. A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area of responsibility. Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a nuclear plant. Good general safety case awareness with demonstrable knowledge of nuclear safety mechanisms (SM), safety related equipment (SRE) and Safety Features (SF). Ability to interface on a technical level with Design and Capability teams. About the Company NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. JBRP1_UKTJ
Technology Resilience Manager Team IT, IT & Change Location Holborn Office County Central London Ref # 21430 Closing Date 03-May-2024 We have been awarded the "Most Loved Workplace"! At Metro Bank, people come first - our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities. What you will do: • Responsible for leading technology resiliency activities to ensure critical business services can be resumed within defined time frames and the amount of loss can be minimised • Formalise and perform ongoing maintenance and development of the IT Resilience Framework, working in conjunction with our existing Operational Resilience and Crisis Management frameworks • Act as primary governance for the IT's Disaster Response and Recovery capabilities • Responsible for matrix managing a team that provides oversight and coordination for technology recovery governance, strategies, plans and testing • Review technology recovery planning methodologies and procedures to ensure inclusion of relevant leading practices and technology changes • Provide leadership and subject matter expertise on technology recovery methodologies to the bank, taking into account resiliency best practice and industry standards • Develop strategies and influence business and IT leadership to ensure integration of resiliency planning into new and or reengineered technology solutions And we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns. What you will need: • Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders • Demonstrable experience in a related field, with a strong technical background across numerous disciplines (Platform, Database, DC, Storage, Middleware & Web Networks, Cloud) • IT service architecture experience and understanding • ITDR programme build, operation and testing experience • Expert in coordination of disaster recovery tests for individual applications as well as data centre tests • Demonstrated ability to successfully communicate complex and nuanced topics orally and in writing across multiple levels in the organisation, including ExCo • Understanding of the Financial services regulations for Operational resilience Our promise to you • We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts! • We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!). • We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible. Important Footnote Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates Good luck!
Apr 23, 2024
Full time
Technology Resilience Manager Team IT, IT & Change Location Holborn Office County Central London Ref # 21430 Closing Date 03-May-2024 We have been awarded the "Most Loved Workplace"! At Metro Bank, people come first - our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities. What you will do: • Responsible for leading technology resiliency activities to ensure critical business services can be resumed within defined time frames and the amount of loss can be minimised • Formalise and perform ongoing maintenance and development of the IT Resilience Framework, working in conjunction with our existing Operational Resilience and Crisis Management frameworks • Act as primary governance for the IT's Disaster Response and Recovery capabilities • Responsible for matrix managing a team that provides oversight and coordination for technology recovery governance, strategies, plans and testing • Review technology recovery planning methodologies and procedures to ensure inclusion of relevant leading practices and technology changes • Provide leadership and subject matter expertise on technology recovery methodologies to the bank, taking into account resiliency best practice and industry standards • Develop strategies and influence business and IT leadership to ensure integration of resiliency planning into new and or reengineered technology solutions And we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns. What you will need: • Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders • Demonstrable experience in a related field, with a strong technical background across numerous disciplines (Platform, Database, DC, Storage, Middleware & Web Networks, Cloud) • IT service architecture experience and understanding • ITDR programme build, operation and testing experience • Expert in coordination of disaster recovery tests for individual applications as well as data centre tests • Demonstrated ability to successfully communicate complex and nuanced topics orally and in writing across multiple levels in the organisation, including ExCo • Understanding of the Financial services regulations for Operational resilience Our promise to you • We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts! • We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!). • We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible. Important Footnote Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates Good luck!
Sales Account Manager - Automotive The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned Sales Account Manager with proven experience of selling within the automotive manufacturing industry? If so, we have a fabulous role looking after a number of major automotive customers throughout the UK. You will be based in the Exeter office where you will make appointments, look after your customers over the phone, and then travel throughout the country to visit them on site. You must have sales experience within the OEM Automotive sector to prove successful in this role. Job Responsibilities: To actively sell a quality, manufactured product to key accounts within the automotive manufacturing sector throughout the UK. You will work out of the Exeter office, making your own business development calls to existing clients, arrange service visits, but very much be required to up-sell products and increase business turnover. Utilise your experience of the automotive sector, or your interest in 'all things car related' AND your proven sales experience to maximise business potential. Identify, generate, convert and successfully manage new and existing business opportunities/ customer accounts. To lead a structured sales process, including qualifying leads, quoting, negotiating and converting, ensuring consistent and profitable business growth. Provide and support the preparation of accurate sales forecasts/ trends for monthly, quarterly and annual analysis by business stakeholders. Ensure databases and internal housekeeping is kept up to date with contact details and correspondence. Preferred Skills: Minimum 4 years Sales or Key Account Management experience within an OEM manufacturing/ engineering/ technical environment. The ideal candidate will have a successful and demonstrable track record of managing, developing and growing business opportunities. Excellent experience/ understanding of full sales processes and how it integrates into wider business operations. Strong commercial acumen, conscientious with the ability to display tenacity and resilience, with proven customer relationship management experience. Demonstrable presentation, negotiation and influencing skills. Associated Benefits: Frequent travel to automotive manufacturers nationally is required in this role. A pool car will be available to you for the first 6 months during your probationary period. A full driving license is required.Free parking.24 days holiday. Working Hours: Hours 8.30-5.0 M-T with a 3pm finish on a Friday
Feb 01, 2024
Full time
Sales Account Manager - Automotive The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned Sales Account Manager with proven experience of selling within the automotive manufacturing industry? If so, we have a fabulous role looking after a number of major automotive customers throughout the UK. You will be based in the Exeter office where you will make appointments, look after your customers over the phone, and then travel throughout the country to visit them on site. You must have sales experience within the OEM Automotive sector to prove successful in this role. Job Responsibilities: To actively sell a quality, manufactured product to key accounts within the automotive manufacturing sector throughout the UK. You will work out of the Exeter office, making your own business development calls to existing clients, arrange service visits, but very much be required to up-sell products and increase business turnover. Utilise your experience of the automotive sector, or your interest in 'all things car related' AND your proven sales experience to maximise business potential. Identify, generate, convert and successfully manage new and existing business opportunities/ customer accounts. To lead a structured sales process, including qualifying leads, quoting, negotiating and converting, ensuring consistent and profitable business growth. Provide and support the preparation of accurate sales forecasts/ trends for monthly, quarterly and annual analysis by business stakeholders. Ensure databases and internal housekeeping is kept up to date with contact details and correspondence. Preferred Skills: Minimum 4 years Sales or Key Account Management experience within an OEM manufacturing/ engineering/ technical environment. The ideal candidate will have a successful and demonstrable track record of managing, developing and growing business opportunities. Excellent experience/ understanding of full sales processes and how it integrates into wider business operations. Strong commercial acumen, conscientious with the ability to display tenacity and resilience, with proven customer relationship management experience. Demonstrable presentation, negotiation and influencing skills. Associated Benefits: Frequent travel to automotive manufacturers nationally is required in this role. A pool car will be available to you for the first 6 months during your probationary period. A full driving license is required.Free parking.24 days holiday. Working Hours: Hours 8.30-5.0 M-T with a 3pm finish on a Friday
Details Reference number 338521 Salary £33,134 - £49,000 Base salary band is £33,134 - £38,000 with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Job grade Higher Executive Officer DDaT Senior Contract type Permanent Business area CH - Digital Services Type of role Digital Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Hybrid working available, but successful candidate must have the ability to attend our Cardiff office (weekly) to carry out remedial work on our physical server infrastructure. About the job Job summary The Linux and Storage team performs a key role in the IT Services area of Companies House. The team supports the infrastructure that runs both front end services and back-end databases that underpin the core business functions of Companies House i.e., company registration, dissolution, and the storage of company information, as required under the Companies Act. In this role, you will help support and develop the existing Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure (on-site & cloud) ensuring availability, performance, and resilience to meet Companies House corporate targets. You will also be involved in the ongoing migration and subsequent support of Companies House services to Cloud. Companies House leads the way in providing an open and transparent company register. Our register is searched billions of times a year and valued at over £3 billion to the UK economy, supporting millions of business decisions every day. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 27%. At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect those on hybrid contracts to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager. The majority of our digital teams are based in our Cardiff head office. Come and help us as we embark on a redesign of our digital services and culture! Job description This is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer Role where the successful candidate will possess the necessary skills to support and develop the Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure. The role includes the following disciplines: Be part of a team that provides 8:30am to 5pm cover. Take part in a 24/7/365 on call rota. Respond to and resolve incidents to meet agreed targets. Proactively monitor system performance, taking preventative or corrective action where required, ensuring Change Management procedures are always adhered to. Provide root cause analysis to problems and propose/implement appropriate corrective actions. Take a proactive role in the project to migrate on-premise services to cloud Participate in configuration design and upgrade pathways for the existing infrastructure. Configure and install solutions to meet the business needs, ensuring agreed standards and the Companies House Change Management process is adhered to. Decommission redundant systems/hardware. Document existing and future systems/processes. Ensure the CMDB is kept up to date. Person specification We are looking for a Linux and Storage Engineer to join IT services. You will be responsible for supporting the organisation's internal and external facing systems with respect to the Linux and Storage estate. Ability to work as a member of a technical team who actively shares knowledge to help ensure all team members develop their skills and are kept up to date with any technical changes that could impact the team. Ability to work remotely from other team members and still be able to communicate effectively using the appropriate communication channel (telephone, Slack, email etc.) to resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work well under pressure and prioritize work effectively. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization. Ability to engage effectively with 3rd party support/vendors to resolve technical issues where necessary. Approaches work according to the Companies House Values by being Adaptable, Bold, and Curious. Experience Experience of working with cloud computing technologies, specifically AWS. A knowledge of automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible & Concourse. Linux administration, including virtualisation. Knowledge of SAN technologies. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Working Together Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing technologies, Linux administration and storage administration. Benefits Alongside your salary of £33,134, Companies House contributes £8,946 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Join us at Companies House and experience the difference of working within a culture that values you, not only as an employee, but as an integral part of our Companies House team. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. In your application form we'd like you to: Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements. Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills outlined in the person specification. At sift candidates will be assessed against experience (detailed in person specification) and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference. At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths. We're committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. What will the process look like? We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview. Read more information and guidance about Applying for Your New Job. Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU . click apply for full job details
Feb 01, 2024
Full time
Details Reference number 338521 Salary £33,134 - £49,000 Base salary band is £33,134 - £38,000 with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Job grade Higher Executive Officer DDaT Senior Contract type Permanent Business area CH - Digital Services Type of role Digital Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Hybrid working available, but successful candidate must have the ability to attend our Cardiff office (weekly) to carry out remedial work on our physical server infrastructure. About the job Job summary The Linux and Storage team performs a key role in the IT Services area of Companies House. The team supports the infrastructure that runs both front end services and back-end databases that underpin the core business functions of Companies House i.e., company registration, dissolution, and the storage of company information, as required under the Companies Act. In this role, you will help support and develop the existing Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure (on-site & cloud) ensuring availability, performance, and resilience to meet Companies House corporate targets. You will also be involved in the ongoing migration and subsequent support of Companies House services to Cloud. Companies House leads the way in providing an open and transparent company register. Our register is searched billions of times a year and valued at over £3 billion to the UK economy, supporting millions of business decisions every day. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 27%. At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect those on hybrid contracts to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager. The majority of our digital teams are based in our Cardiff head office. Come and help us as we embark on a redesign of our digital services and culture! Job description This is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer Role where the successful candidate will possess the necessary skills to support and develop the Companies House Linux and Storage infrastructure. The role includes the following disciplines: Be part of a team that provides 8:30am to 5pm cover. Take part in a 24/7/365 on call rota. Respond to and resolve incidents to meet agreed targets. Proactively monitor system performance, taking preventative or corrective action where required, ensuring Change Management procedures are always adhered to. Provide root cause analysis to problems and propose/implement appropriate corrective actions. Take a proactive role in the project to migrate on-premise services to cloud Participate in configuration design and upgrade pathways for the existing infrastructure. Configure and install solutions to meet the business needs, ensuring agreed standards and the Companies House Change Management process is adhered to. Decommission redundant systems/hardware. Document existing and future systems/processes. Ensure the CMDB is kept up to date. Person specification We are looking for a Linux and Storage Engineer to join IT services. You will be responsible for supporting the organisation's internal and external facing systems with respect to the Linux and Storage estate. Ability to work as a member of a technical team who actively shares knowledge to help ensure all team members develop their skills and are kept up to date with any technical changes that could impact the team. Ability to work remotely from other team members and still be able to communicate effectively using the appropriate communication channel (telephone, Slack, email etc.) to resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work well under pressure and prioritize work effectively. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization. Ability to engage effectively with 3rd party support/vendors to resolve technical issues where necessary. Approaches work according to the Companies House Values by being Adaptable, Bold, and Curious. Experience Experience of working with cloud computing technologies, specifically AWS. A knowledge of automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible & Concourse. Linux administration, including virtualisation. Knowledge of SAN technologies. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Working Together Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing technologies, Linux administration and storage administration. Benefits Alongside your salary of £33,134, Companies House contributes £8,946 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Join us at Companies House and experience the difference of working within a culture that values you, not only as an employee, but as an integral part of our Companies House team. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. In your application form we'd like you to: Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements. Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills outlined in the person specification. At sift candidates will be assessed against experience (detailed in person specification) and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference. At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths. We're committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. What will the process look like? We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview. Read more information and guidance about Applying for Your New Job. Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU . click apply for full job details
Salary Package Band: D Contract type: Permanent Location: London or Cardiff (one / two days per week in our office.) Closing Date: 01/02/2024 Due to the hybrid nature of the teams, we require the successful candidate to be based in one of the above BBC offices to work from the office one / two days per week Our comprehensive benefits package includes: An employer pension contribution of up to 10% 25 days' annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes Employee assistance and well-being programmes Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women's Network, National Disability Networks and many more Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch so we can support you. Job Introduction The purpose of this role is to ensure that the overall performance of SAP Finance applications and supporting/peripheral applications meets business requirements. The role will provide detailed system expertise, technical support and knowledge to both service delivery and business change functions ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and can be communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders. Responsible for the planning, design, implementation, integration, commissioning, test, and in some cases operation of systems, and for collaboration to continuously improve the planning and delivery process. Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested. Main Responsibilities Systems Management: Be the systems specialist for Finance modules of SAP ECC and other Finance related Systems. Lead on requirements gathering with the business process owners and stakeholders, analyse and present solution options that align with BBC Engineering strategies. Work with the Systems Owner to ensure system performance (KPI's) are continuously improved, inputting into the systems roadmap, identifying risks and providing risk mitigations. System Architecture: Responsible for ensuring systems design and architecture is fit for purpose, including disaster recovery architecture. Project Engagement: Responsible for providing technical consultancy to project delivery and development teams, procurement, service design and change management teams. Responsible for providing technical expertise to project teams throughout the lifecycle of a project Working with project & service delivery teams responsible for the commissioning and acceptance ensuring new installations/services are fit for purpose, supportable, and are built against agreed specification and installation standards. Change, Configuration and Release Management: Responsible for minor/major software and hardware upgrades, ensuring that change management procedures are followed working alongside the teams responsible for UAT, testing and deployment of upgrades into the production environment. Incident Management: Responsible for the resolution of escalated incidents from frontline support teams and assisting with the command & control for major incident and service outages. Problem Management: Responsible for Problem Management for systems assigned, ensuring that known issues and workarounds are documented and input into a Known Error Database. Non Functional Requirements: Responsible for ensuring systems align with BBC's non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, disaster recovery and security. Ensure all work is conducted in accordance with current safety legislation and BBC safety policies, security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the task. Knowledge Management: Responsible for the production of technical documentation, ensuring quality and accuracy. Responsible for assessing and inputting into the design and delivery of training for systems under ownership ensuring support teams can be appropriately trained. 3rd Party Suppliers: Responsible for building effective relationships with system vendors to ensure that reported incidents and problems are resolved within agreed resolution times set in service contracts. Are you the right candidate? Essential Detailed Knowledge of SAP Financials including: FI - General Ledger (New GL) FI - Asset Accounting/Lease Accounting (CLM) FI - Taxes FI - Accounts Payable FI - Accounts Receivable FI - Cash & Banking (including Treasury) CO - Project Systems including WIP CO - Profit Centre Accounting CO - Cost Centre Accounting Detailed Integration Knowledge with SAP MM/SD/BW/HR Financial background - Accountancy or demonstrable finance related experience Experience in managing a complex technical systems/environment Experienced in managing conflicting demands in situations of pressure where priorities are rapidly changing Experience of having to communicate clearly with a range of people at different levels of the organisation and explain and discuss technical issues using a range of styles, tools and techniques Authoritative knowledge of security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the role Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers Experience of providing a high quality service in a demanding customer service environment Experience of relationship management Experience of technology projects including business change deliverables Substantial experience gained in a technology environment Worked on the full project lifecycle Self-motivated and organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and drive delivery to time and budget whilst minimising risk Excellent communication (verbal, written, listening) and IT skills Able to effectively work in a dispersed and varied team, showing evidence of dealing with complex technical issues, dealing with multiple priorities, managing conflict and using influencing skills to ensure that projects / assignments are properly commissioned and delivered into the business Able to deliver to deadlines and demonstrate resilience to ensure the correct technical solution is selected with a full understanding of the costs, timescales and risk involved Expertise in translating project, user and product requirements into technical solutions Desirable Experience of working with BW, BO Dashboards, BODS or BPC Experience of working with Ariba or Opentext VIM Qualified Accountant (CIMA or ACCA) Knowledge of ITIL standards and the principles of service support and delivery Knowledge of change and configuration management procedures Experience of designing and delivering training Understanding of a complex global SAP landscape - including interfaces i.e. payroll, expenses, banking etc Experience of implementing SAP Finance end to end solutions Knowledge and experience of Finance/SAP best practices Knowledge of SAP security and authorisations Solution orientated and problem solving Experience in the media sector or broadcast environment About the BBC The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
Feb 01, 2024
Full time
Salary Package Band: D Contract type: Permanent Location: London or Cardiff (one / two days per week in our office.) Closing Date: 01/02/2024 Due to the hybrid nature of the teams, we require the successful candidate to be based in one of the above BBC offices to work from the office one / two days per week Our comprehensive benefits package includes: An employer pension contribution of up to 10% 25 days' annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes Employee assistance and well-being programmes Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women's Network, National Disability Networks and many more Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch so we can support you. Job Introduction The purpose of this role is to ensure that the overall performance of SAP Finance applications and supporting/peripheral applications meets business requirements. The role will provide detailed system expertise, technical support and knowledge to both service delivery and business change functions ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and can be communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders. Responsible for the planning, design, implementation, integration, commissioning, test, and in some cases operation of systems, and for collaboration to continuously improve the planning and delivery process. Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested. Main Responsibilities Systems Management: Be the systems specialist for Finance modules of SAP ECC and other Finance related Systems. Lead on requirements gathering with the business process owners and stakeholders, analyse and present solution options that align with BBC Engineering strategies. Work with the Systems Owner to ensure system performance (KPI's) are continuously improved, inputting into the systems roadmap, identifying risks and providing risk mitigations. System Architecture: Responsible for ensuring systems design and architecture is fit for purpose, including disaster recovery architecture. Project Engagement: Responsible for providing technical consultancy to project delivery and development teams, procurement, service design and change management teams. Responsible for providing technical expertise to project teams throughout the lifecycle of a project Working with project & service delivery teams responsible for the commissioning and acceptance ensuring new installations/services are fit for purpose, supportable, and are built against agreed specification and installation standards. Change, Configuration and Release Management: Responsible for minor/major software and hardware upgrades, ensuring that change management procedures are followed working alongside the teams responsible for UAT, testing and deployment of upgrades into the production environment. Incident Management: Responsible for the resolution of escalated incidents from frontline support teams and assisting with the command & control for major incident and service outages. Problem Management: Responsible for Problem Management for systems assigned, ensuring that known issues and workarounds are documented and input into a Known Error Database. Non Functional Requirements: Responsible for ensuring systems align with BBC's non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, disaster recovery and security. Ensure all work is conducted in accordance with current safety legislation and BBC safety policies, security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the task. Knowledge Management: Responsible for the production of technical documentation, ensuring quality and accuracy. Responsible for assessing and inputting into the design and delivery of training for systems under ownership ensuring support teams can be appropriately trained. 3rd Party Suppliers: Responsible for building effective relationships with system vendors to ensure that reported incidents and problems are resolved within agreed resolution times set in service contracts. Are you the right candidate? Essential Detailed Knowledge of SAP Financials including: FI - General Ledger (New GL) FI - Asset Accounting/Lease Accounting (CLM) FI - Taxes FI - Accounts Payable FI - Accounts Receivable FI - Cash & Banking (including Treasury) CO - Project Systems including WIP CO - Profit Centre Accounting CO - Cost Centre Accounting Detailed Integration Knowledge with SAP MM/SD/BW/HR Financial background - Accountancy or demonstrable finance related experience Experience in managing a complex technical systems/environment Experienced in managing conflicting demands in situations of pressure where priorities are rapidly changing Experience of having to communicate clearly with a range of people at different levels of the organisation and explain and discuss technical issues using a range of styles, tools and techniques Authoritative knowledge of security policies and statutory requirements relevant to the role Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers Experience of providing a high quality service in a demanding customer service environment Experience of relationship management Experience of technology projects including business change deliverables Substantial experience gained in a technology environment Worked on the full project lifecycle Self-motivated and organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and drive delivery to time and budget whilst minimising risk Excellent communication (verbal, written, listening) and IT skills Able to effectively work in a dispersed and varied team, showing evidence of dealing with complex technical issues, dealing with multiple priorities, managing conflict and using influencing skills to ensure that projects / assignments are properly commissioned and delivered into the business Able to deliver to deadlines and demonstrate resilience to ensure the correct technical solution is selected with a full understanding of the costs, timescales and risk involved Expertise in translating project, user and product requirements into technical solutions Desirable Experience of working with BW, BO Dashboards, BODS or BPC Experience of working with Ariba or Opentext VIM Qualified Accountant (CIMA or ACCA) Knowledge of ITIL standards and the principles of service support and delivery Knowledge of change and configuration management procedures Experience of designing and delivering training Understanding of a complex global SAP landscape - including interfaces i.e. payroll, expenses, banking etc Experience of implementing SAP Finance end to end solutions Knowledge and experience of Finance/SAP best practices Knowledge of SAP security and authorisations Solution orientated and problem solving Experience in the media sector or broadcast environment About the BBC The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
About FT Product & Technology Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500+-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone's welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there's no limit to where your FT career will take you. The role This is a new role in our Technology department. The successful post-holder will work across engineering teams responsible for the core platforms and subscription products. They will identify opportunities and work to enhance, simplify, and scale the architectures in line with our strategy and to meet the business' needs. To date, software architecture is designed and defined by engineers within each product or platform team, and is generally a collaborative effort. Growing complexity in our business and constraints introduced by pressure on the publishing and news industries require us to be robust in choosing technologies, introducing standards, being consistent, and reusing components and services wherever possible. This role will ensure alignment on key domain areas for our business such as: How the content model, and the services surrounding it, is designed both for easy retrieval and presentation, and also for ML processing. Optimising architectures and infrastructure to enhance and improve integrations between SaaS and in-house software solutions (specifically marketing, customer relationship management, and similar solutions). Key duties Be a technical authority and ensure excellence in system architecture across the FT's software platforms and product portfolio. Identify strategic requirements across the portfolio, advising the CTO, Technical Directors, and senior engineers on technical roadmaps and migration plans. Provide technical consultancy, expertise and advice to the development teams on matters of technical architecture and infrastructure developments. Assist development teams with the interpretation of platform, product and project requirements and translate these into solutions Ensure seamless integrations of domain models and components to facilitate efficient data and business flows across groups and existing architectures. Ensure that the infrastructure is fit for purpose to support the portfolio's offering with appropriate resilience, performance and flexibility. Build effective relationships with product owners, engineering teams, external suppliers and stakeholders as required. Contribute to the evolution of the FT's Technical Strategy, including setting patterns, standards, policies, and roadmaps, and incorporating relevant industry trends and technical developments. What we are looking for The necessary skills and expertise for this role are: Demonstrable experience in a senior technical role, with responsibility for defining and developing high-volume, multi-tiered, horizontally scalable online software architectures. Technical knowledge of public cloud technologies. Experience assessing and selecting IaaS and PaaS solutions based on requirements and cost effectiveness. Technical knowledge and demonstrable experience of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Domain Driven Design and Service Oriented Architectures, as well as experience conducting code and system reviews. Experience evaluating new technologies for their appropriateness, including assessing their strategic and/or tactical benefit. Demonstrable experience translating business and feature requirements into technical specifications, ideally including content management, online media production, publishing workflow tools and services, user personalisation services, and marketing / sales technology solutions. A grasp of existing and emerging technologies and their potential to enhance the performance and shape of technical architectures and systems. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of peers and colleagues, including working across organisational boundaries and leading capable and experienced developers without having direct management responsibility, and often in situations where divergent views are held. If you also have any experience with the preferred skills below that would be great. If not, do not worry, these are non-essential and we would still very much welcome an application from you. A background in software engineering, software design, content or data architecture, or database design and architecture. Experience breaking down large technical projects into smaller iterations to aid delivery and allow demonstration of incremental value. In-depth knowledge of data storage solutions ranging from data lakes, data warehouses, relational and nonrelational databases, columnar and graph databases. Experience of supplier management, particularly in evaluating technologies and SaaS solutions through competitive tendering processes. This role will be right for you if You have a track record of designing, developing and operating modern distributed software applications in the cloud. You can demonstrate excellent leadership across technology domains like development, quality, support, architecture and integration. You are able to tackle multiple goals simultaneously, and adjust to changing priorities You can demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically, as well as recognising when to act tactically and operationally. You have a track record of building collaborative, productive relationships with your peers and stakeholders. You can demonstrate your influencing skills. You're a great communicator, adept at conveying complex topics and adjusting your message and style to your audience. Benefits Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here . Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact and a member of our team will be happy to help.
Jan 31, 2024
Full time
About FT Product & Technology Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500+-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone's welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there's no limit to where your FT career will take you. The role This is a new role in our Technology department. The successful post-holder will work across engineering teams responsible for the core platforms and subscription products. They will identify opportunities and work to enhance, simplify, and scale the architectures in line with our strategy and to meet the business' needs. To date, software architecture is designed and defined by engineers within each product or platform team, and is generally a collaborative effort. Growing complexity in our business and constraints introduced by pressure on the publishing and news industries require us to be robust in choosing technologies, introducing standards, being consistent, and reusing components and services wherever possible. This role will ensure alignment on key domain areas for our business such as: How the content model, and the services surrounding it, is designed both for easy retrieval and presentation, and also for ML processing. Optimising architectures and infrastructure to enhance and improve integrations between SaaS and in-house software solutions (specifically marketing, customer relationship management, and similar solutions). Key duties Be a technical authority and ensure excellence in system architecture across the FT's software platforms and product portfolio. Identify strategic requirements across the portfolio, advising the CTO, Technical Directors, and senior engineers on technical roadmaps and migration plans. Provide technical consultancy, expertise and advice to the development teams on matters of technical architecture and infrastructure developments. Assist development teams with the interpretation of platform, product and project requirements and translate these into solutions Ensure seamless integrations of domain models and components to facilitate efficient data and business flows across groups and existing architectures. Ensure that the infrastructure is fit for purpose to support the portfolio's offering with appropriate resilience, performance and flexibility. Build effective relationships with product owners, engineering teams, external suppliers and stakeholders as required. Contribute to the evolution of the FT's Technical Strategy, including setting patterns, standards, policies, and roadmaps, and incorporating relevant industry trends and technical developments. What we are looking for The necessary skills and expertise for this role are: Demonstrable experience in a senior technical role, with responsibility for defining and developing high-volume, multi-tiered, horizontally scalable online software architectures. Technical knowledge of public cloud technologies. Experience assessing and selecting IaaS and PaaS solutions based on requirements and cost effectiveness. Technical knowledge and demonstrable experience of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Domain Driven Design and Service Oriented Architectures, as well as experience conducting code and system reviews. Experience evaluating new technologies for their appropriateness, including assessing their strategic and/or tactical benefit. Demonstrable experience translating business and feature requirements into technical specifications, ideally including content management, online media production, publishing workflow tools and services, user personalisation services, and marketing / sales technology solutions. A grasp of existing and emerging technologies and their potential to enhance the performance and shape of technical architectures and systems. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of peers and colleagues, including working across organisational boundaries and leading capable and experienced developers without having direct management responsibility, and often in situations where divergent views are held. If you also have any experience with the preferred skills below that would be great. If not, do not worry, these are non-essential and we would still very much welcome an application from you. A background in software engineering, software design, content or data architecture, or database design and architecture. Experience breaking down large technical projects into smaller iterations to aid delivery and allow demonstration of incremental value. In-depth knowledge of data storage solutions ranging from data lakes, data warehouses, relational and nonrelational databases, columnar and graph databases. Experience of supplier management, particularly in evaluating technologies and SaaS solutions through competitive tendering processes. This role will be right for you if You have a track record of designing, developing and operating modern distributed software applications in the cloud. You can demonstrate excellent leadership across technology domains like development, quality, support, architecture and integration. You are able to tackle multiple goals simultaneously, and adjust to changing priorities You can demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically, as well as recognising when to act tactically and operationally. You have a track record of building collaborative, productive relationships with your peers and stakeholders. You can demonstrate your influencing skills. You're a great communicator, adept at conveying complex topics and adjusting your message and style to your audience. Benefits Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here . Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact and a member of our team will be happy to help.
About FT Product & Technology Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500+-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone's welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there's no limit to where your FT career will take you. The role This is a new role in our Technology department. The successful post-holder will work across engineering teams responsible for the core platforms and subscription products. They will identify opportunities and work to enhance, simplify, and scale the architectures in line with our strategy and to meet the business' needs. To date, software architecture is designed and defined by engineers within each product or platform team, and is generally a collaborative effort. Growing complexity in our business and constraints introduced by pressure on the publishing and news industries require us to be robust in choosing technologies, introducing standards, being consistent, and reusing components and services wherever possible. This role will ensure alignment on key domain areas for our business such as: How the content model, and the services surrounding it, is designed both for easy retrieval and presentation, and also for ML processing. Optimising architectures and infrastructure to enhance and improve integrations between SaaS and in-house software solutions (specifically marketing, customer relationship management, and similar solutions). Key duties Be a technical authority and ensure excellence in system architecture across the FT's software platforms and product portfolio. Identify strategic requirements across the portfolio, advising the CTO, Technical Directors, and senior engineers on technical roadmaps and migration plans. Provide technical consultancy, expertise and advice to the development teams on matters of technical architecture and infrastructure developments. Assist development teams with the interpretation of platform, product and project requirements and translate these into solutions Ensure seamless integrations of domain models and components to facilitate efficient data and business flows across groups and existing architectures. Ensure that the infrastructure is fit for purpose to support the portfolio's offering with appropriate resilience, performance and flexibility. Build effective relationships with product owners, engineering teams, external suppliers and stakeholders as required. Contribute to the evolution of the FT's Technical Strategy, including setting patterns, standards, policies, and roadmaps, and incorporating relevant industry trends and technical developments. What we are looking for The necessary skills and expertise for this role are: Demonstrable experience in a senior technical role, with responsibility for defining and developing high-volume, multi-tiered, horizontally scalable online software architectures. Technical knowledge of public cloud technologies. Experience assessing and selecting IaaS and PaaS solutions based on requirements and cost effectiveness. Technical knowledge and demonstrable experience of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Domain Driven Design and Service Oriented Architectures, as well as experience conducting code and system reviews. Experience evaluating new technologies for their appropriateness, including assessing their strategic and/or tactical benefit. Demonstrable experience translating business and feature requirements into technical specifications, ideally including content management, online media production, publishing workflow tools and services, user personalisation services, and marketing / sales technology solutions. A grasp of existing and emerging technologies and their potential to enhance the performance and shape of technical architectures and systems. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of peers and colleagues, including working across organisational boundaries and leading capable and experienced developers without having direct management responsibility, and often in situations where divergent views are held. If you also have any experience with the preferred skills below that would be great. If not, do not worry, these are non-essential and we would still very much welcome an application from you. A background in software engineering, software design, content or data architecture, or database design and architecture. Experience breaking down large technical projects into smaller iterations to aid delivery and allow demonstration of incremental value. In-depth knowledge of data storage solutions ranging from data lakes, data warehouses, relational and nonrelational databases, columnar and graph databases. Experience of supplier management, particularly in evaluating technologies and SaaS solutions through competitive tendering processes. This role will be right for you if You have a track record of designing, developing and operating modern distributed software applications in the cloud. You can demonstrate excellent leadership across technology domains like development, quality, support, architecture and integration. You are able to tackle multiple goals simultaneously, and adjust to changing priorities You can demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically, as well as recognising when to act tactically and operationally. You have a track record of building collaborative, productive relationships with your peers and stakeholders. You can demonstrate your influencing skills. You're a great communicator, adept at conveying complex topics and adjusting your message and style to your audience. Benefits Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here . Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact and a member of our team will be happy to help.
Jan 09, 2024
Full time
About FT Product & Technology Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500+-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone's welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there's no limit to where your FT career will take you. The role This is a new role in our Technology department. The successful post-holder will work across engineering teams responsible for the core platforms and subscription products. They will identify opportunities and work to enhance, simplify, and scale the architectures in line with our strategy and to meet the business' needs. To date, software architecture is designed and defined by engineers within each product or platform team, and is generally a collaborative effort. Growing complexity in our business and constraints introduced by pressure on the publishing and news industries require us to be robust in choosing technologies, introducing standards, being consistent, and reusing components and services wherever possible. This role will ensure alignment on key domain areas for our business such as: How the content model, and the services surrounding it, is designed both for easy retrieval and presentation, and also for ML processing. Optimising architectures and infrastructure to enhance and improve integrations between SaaS and in-house software solutions (specifically marketing, customer relationship management, and similar solutions). Key duties Be a technical authority and ensure excellence in system architecture across the FT's software platforms and product portfolio. Identify strategic requirements across the portfolio, advising the CTO, Technical Directors, and senior engineers on technical roadmaps and migration plans. Provide technical consultancy, expertise and advice to the development teams on matters of technical architecture and infrastructure developments. Assist development teams with the interpretation of platform, product and project requirements and translate these into solutions Ensure seamless integrations of domain models and components to facilitate efficient data and business flows across groups and existing architectures. Ensure that the infrastructure is fit for purpose to support the portfolio's offering with appropriate resilience, performance and flexibility. Build effective relationships with product owners, engineering teams, external suppliers and stakeholders as required. Contribute to the evolution of the FT's Technical Strategy, including setting patterns, standards, policies, and roadmaps, and incorporating relevant industry trends and technical developments. What we are looking for The necessary skills and expertise for this role are: Demonstrable experience in a senior technical role, with responsibility for defining and developing high-volume, multi-tiered, horizontally scalable online software architectures. Technical knowledge of public cloud technologies. Experience assessing and selecting IaaS and PaaS solutions based on requirements and cost effectiveness. Technical knowledge and demonstrable experience of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Domain Driven Design and Service Oriented Architectures, as well as experience conducting code and system reviews. Experience evaluating new technologies for their appropriateness, including assessing their strategic and/or tactical benefit. Demonstrable experience translating business and feature requirements into technical specifications, ideally including content management, online media production, publishing workflow tools and services, user personalisation services, and marketing / sales technology solutions. A grasp of existing and emerging technologies and their potential to enhance the performance and shape of technical architectures and systems. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of peers and colleagues, including working across organisational boundaries and leading capable and experienced developers without having direct management responsibility, and often in situations where divergent views are held. If you also have any experience with the preferred skills below that would be great. If not, do not worry, these are non-essential and we would still very much welcome an application from you. A background in software engineering, software design, content or data architecture, or database design and architecture. Experience breaking down large technical projects into smaller iterations to aid delivery and allow demonstration of incremental value. In-depth knowledge of data storage solutions ranging from data lakes, data warehouses, relational and nonrelational databases, columnar and graph databases. Experience of supplier management, particularly in evaluating technologies and SaaS solutions through competitive tendering processes. This role will be right for you if You have a track record of designing, developing and operating modern distributed software applications in the cloud. You can demonstrate excellent leadership across technology domains like development, quality, support, architecture and integration. You are able to tackle multiple goals simultaneously, and adjust to changing priorities You can demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically, as well as recognising when to act tactically and operationally. You have a track record of building collaborative, productive relationships with your peers and stakeholders. You can demonstrate your influencing skills. You're a great communicator, adept at conveying complex topics and adjusting your message and style to your audience. Benefits Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here . Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact and a member of our team will be happy to help.
Job Description - Chief Technical Officer () Chief Technical Officer ( Job Number: ) As CTO, you will lead the technical strategy of the AXA Smart Services platform, working directly with the different stakeholders to understand the business strategy and to define the capabilities required to meet both the short-term and long-term needs of the AXA Smart Services program, leveraging the latest technologies. You enable the business to understand the potential implications of decisions taken in the short-term and therefore reduces the risk of unintended consequences. The CTO is the primary point of engagement for AXA Smart Services' relationship for Group IT. Your role will encompass several significant functions including, but not limited to: Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Security Architecture, and Infrastructure Engineering. DISCOVER your opportunity What will your essential responsibilities include? Work with senior leaders in the organization to define the strategic long-term technology roadmap of AXA Smart Services Serve as the primary engagement leader with Group IT; represents AXA Smart Services in CTO Forums, leads alignment of AXA Smart Services technology to Group priorities / strategies / standards Provide leadership and strategy for critical functions, including cultivating outstanding technology and leadership talent within the function Provide global leadership to identify emerging technology that can solve our business problems and deliver a competitive advantage for the AXA Smart Services Work closely with key stakeholders to understand business strategy and translate those needs into a comprehensive technology strategy You will report to the Global Head of Smart Services. We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills: Technical and professional skills: Azure and AWS environments and main Azure/AWS serverless services (e.g., Kinesis, Lambda, API GW, DynamoDB ) Programming in UNIX-like environments, Docker Programming for production environments: scalability, fault tolerance, unit tests, automation, security in mind, database usage, metrics, monitoring Leadership: Demonstrates managerial courage. Coaches, trains, sets expectations, evaluates, and holds people accountable for delivering Proven track record of team development and leadership for both direct and indirect resources Effective problem-solving skills; the ability to analyze problems and develop actionable and appropriate plans quickly Excellent ability to communicate to all stakeholders Ability to make appropriate recommendations and 'own' decisions A natural enthusiasm for and overall broad knowledge of a range of technologies. A keen interest in emerging technology is highly desirable Sound business and technology knowledge with commercial awareness and an understanding of Financial Services markets, customers, and technologies Background and experience: Extensive hands-on professional experience in architecture design, software development, technical lead CTO position (or acting as) within startups AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it. How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty. With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It's about helping one another - and our business - to move forward and succeed. Our enterprise I&D mission is to become the most inspiring company to work for. We'll achieving this through our three areas of focus: Drive an Inclusive Culture -create a global workplace that works for everyone, with a culture that values all individuals, backgrounds and ideas, and where every colleague feels safe, valued and respected. Diversify Our Workforce -increase the representation of women in leadership, achieving 50% by 2023, and focus on underrepresented populations by region, positioning AXA XL as an employer of choice for all talent. Support Our Marketplace & Communities -support our communities and visibly and thoughtfully champion equity around the globe. At AXA XL our approach to corporate responsibility (CR) is the same as our approach to business; constantly seeking to provide innovative solutions to the world's most complex problems. From offering our expertise, products and services to help build more resilient communities, to advancing understanding and response to climate change, our strategy - Our Impact. Our Future. - aligns key issues that are pertinent to our business - climate, water and financial resilience - and contributes to AXA Group's purpose to "Act for human progress by protecting what matters.". Climate: We're reducing our carbon footprint, protecting ecosystems and exploring how our business can help build a better world. Water: We're developing water resilience where it is - and will be - needed most. Financial resilience: We're helping create opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed, so they can be better prepared for unexpected changes. Hearts in Action:We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as our "Hearts in Action" programs. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Location GB-GB-London Job Field Schedule Full-time Job Type Standard Local Title (France) Chief Technical Officer
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Job Description - Chief Technical Officer () Chief Technical Officer ( Job Number: ) As CTO, you will lead the technical strategy of the AXA Smart Services platform, working directly with the different stakeholders to understand the business strategy and to define the capabilities required to meet both the short-term and long-term needs of the AXA Smart Services program, leveraging the latest technologies. You enable the business to understand the potential implications of decisions taken in the short-term and therefore reduces the risk of unintended consequences. The CTO is the primary point of engagement for AXA Smart Services' relationship for Group IT. Your role will encompass several significant functions including, but not limited to: Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Security Architecture, and Infrastructure Engineering. DISCOVER your opportunity What will your essential responsibilities include? Work with senior leaders in the organization to define the strategic long-term technology roadmap of AXA Smart Services Serve as the primary engagement leader with Group IT; represents AXA Smart Services in CTO Forums, leads alignment of AXA Smart Services technology to Group priorities / strategies / standards Provide leadership and strategy for critical functions, including cultivating outstanding technology and leadership talent within the function Provide global leadership to identify emerging technology that can solve our business problems and deliver a competitive advantage for the AXA Smart Services Work closely with key stakeholders to understand business strategy and translate those needs into a comprehensive technology strategy You will report to the Global Head of Smart Services. We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills: Technical and professional skills: Azure and AWS environments and main Azure/AWS serverless services (e.g., Kinesis, Lambda, API GW, DynamoDB ) Programming in UNIX-like environments, Docker Programming for production environments: scalability, fault tolerance, unit tests, automation, security in mind, database usage, metrics, monitoring Leadership: Demonstrates managerial courage. Coaches, trains, sets expectations, evaluates, and holds people accountable for delivering Proven track record of team development and leadership for both direct and indirect resources Effective problem-solving skills; the ability to analyze problems and develop actionable and appropriate plans quickly Excellent ability to communicate to all stakeholders Ability to make appropriate recommendations and 'own' decisions A natural enthusiasm for and overall broad knowledge of a range of technologies. A keen interest in emerging technology is highly desirable Sound business and technology knowledge with commercial awareness and an understanding of Financial Services markets, customers, and technologies Background and experience: Extensive hands-on professional experience in architecture design, software development, technical lead CTO position (or acting as) within startups AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it. How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty. With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It's about helping one another - and our business - to move forward and succeed. Our enterprise I&D mission is to become the most inspiring company to work for. We'll achieving this through our three areas of focus: Drive an Inclusive Culture -create a global workplace that works for everyone, with a culture that values all individuals, backgrounds and ideas, and where every colleague feels safe, valued and respected. Diversify Our Workforce -increase the representation of women in leadership, achieving 50% by 2023, and focus on underrepresented populations by region, positioning AXA XL as an employer of choice for all talent. Support Our Marketplace & Communities -support our communities and visibly and thoughtfully champion equity around the globe. At AXA XL our approach to corporate responsibility (CR) is the same as our approach to business; constantly seeking to provide innovative solutions to the world's most complex problems. From offering our expertise, products and services to help build more resilient communities, to advancing understanding and response to climate change, our strategy - Our Impact. Our Future. - aligns key issues that are pertinent to our business - climate, water and financial resilience - and contributes to AXA Group's purpose to "Act for human progress by protecting what matters.". Climate: We're reducing our carbon footprint, protecting ecosystems and exploring how our business can help build a better world. Water: We're developing water resilience where it is - and will be - needed most. Financial resilience: We're helping create opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed, so they can be better prepared for unexpected changes. Hearts in Action:We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as our "Hearts in Action" programs. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Location GB-GB-London Job Field Schedule Full-time Job Type Standard Local Title (France) Chief Technical Officer
Senior Application Engineer, Linux, Middleware, TCP/IP, Unix, Oracle, Databases, Cloud, Virtualization This is an excellent opportunity for someone to wants to dig deeper in the world of applications and work on a truly global infrastructure and architecture large changes and implementations across the business. * Aligning strategies with the business application teams * Supporting appropriate solutions and designs to meet resiliency and stability requirements * Proactively managing and reducing risk in the infrastructure environment, including stability, resilience, currency, and security risk * Driving financial consumption optimizations levers to create capacity creation opportunities (increase ROI) Skills and knowledge required: * proven experience in Infrastructure/Technical Architecture and/or solutions engineering and design experience. * Strong understanding of networking and distributed systems (Virtualization, Kubernetes containers, DBMS). * Highly experienced with messaging Middleware (MQ, Kafka, Solace), transformational Middleware (Abinitio), and application Middleware (Tomcat) * Experienced with design, delivery, and driving operational best practices in AWS or Azure platforms * Past investment banking, payments, and trading systems preferred * Architecture experience within large Financial Services (desirable) or Telco, Healthcare companies * Experience with building systems factoring in High Availability, Performance, and Capacity scalability for the future * Experience of a global working environment across multiple business areas, functions, and locations is a plus Senior Application Engineer, Linux, Middleware, TCP/IP, Unix, Oracle, Databases, Cloud, Virtualization McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Dec 18, 2022
Full time
Senior Application Engineer, Linux, Middleware, TCP/IP, Unix, Oracle, Databases, Cloud, Virtualization This is an excellent opportunity for someone to wants to dig deeper in the world of applications and work on a truly global infrastructure and architecture large changes and implementations across the business. * Aligning strategies with the business application teams * Supporting appropriate solutions and designs to meet resiliency and stability requirements * Proactively managing and reducing risk in the infrastructure environment, including stability, resilience, currency, and security risk * Driving financial consumption optimizations levers to create capacity creation opportunities (increase ROI) Skills and knowledge required: * proven experience in Infrastructure/Technical Architecture and/or solutions engineering and design experience. * Strong understanding of networking and distributed systems (Virtualization, Kubernetes containers, DBMS). * Highly experienced with messaging Middleware (MQ, Kafka, Solace), transformational Middleware (Abinitio), and application Middleware (Tomcat) * Experienced with design, delivery, and driving operational best practices in AWS or Azure platforms * Past investment banking, payments, and trading systems preferred * Architecture experience within large Financial Services (desirable) or Telco, Healthcare companies * Experience with building systems factoring in High Availability, Performance, and Capacity scalability for the future * Experience of a global working environment across multiple business areas, functions, and locations is a plus Senior Application Engineer, Linux, Middleware, TCP/IP, Unix, Oracle, Databases, Cloud, Virtualization McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Salary 40,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - If you have most of the following, then we definitely want to hear from you: A can do, let's get it done attitude 5+ years industry programming experience - a significant portion of this will be delivering solutions into the cloud (PaaS/IaaS) Expertise in developing for operational and non functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations) Demonstrable experience in web microarchitecture and key technologies (Restful API's/JSON, distributed design) Professional level JavaScript/ Node.js Professional level Go Expert level experience supporting and delivering solutions into a major cloud provider (prefer Azure) Expert level experience with CICD systems (ideally including Jenkins) Strong experience with systems management solutions and their orchestration - eg. Puppet, Chef & Terraform Good database skills including SQL and NOSQL Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Strong knowledge of Git source control Linux/bash command line Responsibilities: - As a senior engineer you will be responsible for ensuring that our cloud infrastructure provides a first class, highly secure service. You will provide technical leadership across architecture, design, implementation, and support. You will be highly proficient in developing against cloud platforms, building micro services, and delivering automation solutions. You will also be required to provide operational support as required, and support the team on-call rota. Ensuring that our infrastructure is well maintained and highly secure Ensuring our development team are highly productive Development of our backend services and API's Providing updates, enhancements and new features to our backend services platform Support for deployed services and infrastructure Evangelise best practices through effective consultation with your peers Work with 3rd party vendors and continually review the latest technologies to help us stay ahead of the game Engage with the wider teams to automate and improve our tools and processes Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation Technologies: - API - PaaS - IaaS - JSON - JavaScript - NodeJS - Jenkins - Azure - Cloud - CI/CD - Puppet - Terraform - SQL - NoSQL - Linux - Git - Java - Python - React More: Antstream Arcade is the world's largest cloud retro gaming service. We deliver thousands of the worlds best games into the hands of hundreds of thousands of gamers every second of every day. We do this because we have a passion for classic games and for bleeding edge technology. We truly believe that by combining gaming's past with gaming's future, we can build the platform and technology for the games industries next 50 years. We believe in a stress free working environment, one that encourages collaboration. For us a great idea can come from anywhere and anyone. We like to be inspired by each other, and by our dedicated community of gamers that span the globe. We love retro games that entertain us, and creating new challenges for them that breathes new life into these old classics. We love to challenge the impossible and define the future. We like to have fun, to drink, eat, and play games. At Antstream we work hard to ensure you have a life outside of the fun in the office. What does that mean? Well to start with your office can be in the comfort of your own home. Whilst Antstream has a stunning office space right in the heart of London, we know that sometimes you need your own space to create. And when you need to collaborate face to face we have a great office space to do just this. We also have a development process that smartly works with you and your abilities, and ensures you remain as energised as you did when you first walked into the Antstream office. Share options are granted following successful completion of your probationary period.
Dec 15, 2022
Full time
Salary 40,000 - 70,000 GBP per year Requirements: - If you have most of the following, then we definitely want to hear from you: A can do, let's get it done attitude 5+ years industry programming experience - a significant portion of this will be delivering solutions into the cloud (PaaS/IaaS) Expertise in developing for operational and non functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations) Demonstrable experience in web microarchitecture and key technologies (Restful API's/JSON, distributed design) Professional level JavaScript/ Node.js Professional level Go Expert level experience supporting and delivering solutions into a major cloud provider (prefer Azure) Expert level experience with CICD systems (ideally including Jenkins) Strong experience with systems management solutions and their orchestration - eg. Puppet, Chef & Terraform Good database skills including SQL and NOSQL Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Strong knowledge of Git source control Linux/bash command line Responsibilities: - As a senior engineer you will be responsible for ensuring that our cloud infrastructure provides a first class, highly secure service. You will provide technical leadership across architecture, design, implementation, and support. You will be highly proficient in developing against cloud platforms, building micro services, and delivering automation solutions. You will also be required to provide operational support as required, and support the team on-call rota. Ensuring that our infrastructure is well maintained and highly secure Ensuring our development team are highly productive Development of our backend services and API's Providing updates, enhancements and new features to our backend services platform Support for deployed services and infrastructure Evangelise best practices through effective consultation with your peers Work with 3rd party vendors and continually review the latest technologies to help us stay ahead of the game Engage with the wider teams to automate and improve our tools and processes Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation Technologies: - API - PaaS - IaaS - JSON - JavaScript - NodeJS - Jenkins - Azure - Cloud - CI/CD - Puppet - Terraform - SQL - NoSQL - Linux - Git - Java - Python - React More: Antstream Arcade is the world's largest cloud retro gaming service. We deliver thousands of the worlds best games into the hands of hundreds of thousands of gamers every second of every day. We do this because we have a passion for classic games and for bleeding edge technology. We truly believe that by combining gaming's past with gaming's future, we can build the platform and technology for the games industries next 50 years. We believe in a stress free working environment, one that encourages collaboration. For us a great idea can come from anywhere and anyone. We like to be inspired by each other, and by our dedicated community of gamers that span the globe. We love retro games that entertain us, and creating new challenges for them that breathes new life into these old classics. We love to challenge the impossible and define the future. We like to have fun, to drink, eat, and play games. At Antstream we work hard to ensure you have a life outside of the fun in the office. What does that mean? Well to start with your office can be in the comfort of your own home. Whilst Antstream has a stunning office space right in the heart of London, we know that sometimes you need your own space to create. And when you need to collaborate face to face we have a great office space to do just this. We also have a development process that smartly works with you and your abilities, and ensures you remain as energised as you did when you first walked into the Antstream office. Share options are granted following successful completion of your probationary period.
Shipping Team Leader Primary Purpose: To be responsible for all aspects of import, export, and shipping. To be the main point of contact relating to export of goods outside the UK. To be responsible for the training and development of the Team to ensure legislative commercial requirements are met. Key Responsibilities: Review the shipping aspect of orders and manage / request all related paperwork, including Letters of Credit (LCs) and all Export Documentation. Add/ maintain all shipping information within the System Information Database and Folder (SID). Prepare the bank presentation documents (Packing List, Drafts, AWB & others) required from the customers LC and send them off for collection. Support relevant functions with the requirements of the Known Consignor License and Audit Achievement Prepare all shipping documents (commercial invoices, EUR1, ATR1 & Certificate of Origin) to enable us to ship the system as per the customer s requirement date. Work with our customers and our own Freight Forwarder to plan the delivery of the goods in a timely fashion. Ensure our own forwarders are managed and reviewed to ensure we are always getting the best level of service at the most cost-effective rate. Maintain relevant departmental Business Management System (BMS) flowcharts and procedures, Work Instructions (WI) and Quality Control Forms (QCFs). Report relevant departmental, Internal supplier & external supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on monthly basis. Lead the Commercial Sales Team to ensure that training, development, and compliance is achieved. Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably required by the Company. Commit to the success of the team through developing and improving ways of working with key stakeholders to streamline our commercial sales processes. Education / Qualifications: ACIT and DIT qualifications Extensive, working experience of shipping, LC s and Global Export is essential Relevant Experience in a high technology, capital equipment business Management and application of licenses through SPIRE Excellent Team Management Professional Skills/ Abilities: Aware of impact of role and team on the business with the ability to escalate and mitigate risk to shipping. Experience of working closely with the customer and key stakeholders. Ability to solve problems, provide solutions and implement them. Time Management & Priority Calls Experience of managing freight forwarders and reviewing service contracts. Accuracy and attention to detail Excellent Customer Service Delivery Personal Qualities: A strong Team Leader, able to lead and guide but also manage performance and improve competence. Assertive, willing to challenge for positive results. Able to build rapport, communicate effectively internally and externally. Contributes positively to the business through effective team management of the Commercial Sales Department Ability to work under extreme pressure, to critical deadlines with resilience
Dec 06, 2022
Full time
Shipping Team Leader Primary Purpose: To be responsible for all aspects of import, export, and shipping. To be the main point of contact relating to export of goods outside the UK. To be responsible for the training and development of the Team to ensure legislative commercial requirements are met. Key Responsibilities: Review the shipping aspect of orders and manage / request all related paperwork, including Letters of Credit (LCs) and all Export Documentation. Add/ maintain all shipping information within the System Information Database and Folder (SID). Prepare the bank presentation documents (Packing List, Drafts, AWB & others) required from the customers LC and send them off for collection. Support relevant functions with the requirements of the Known Consignor License and Audit Achievement Prepare all shipping documents (commercial invoices, EUR1, ATR1 & Certificate of Origin) to enable us to ship the system as per the customer s requirement date. Work with our customers and our own Freight Forwarder to plan the delivery of the goods in a timely fashion. Ensure our own forwarders are managed and reviewed to ensure we are always getting the best level of service at the most cost-effective rate. Maintain relevant departmental Business Management System (BMS) flowcharts and procedures, Work Instructions (WI) and Quality Control Forms (QCFs). Report relevant departmental, Internal supplier & external supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on monthly basis. Lead the Commercial Sales Team to ensure that training, development, and compliance is achieved. Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably required by the Company. Commit to the success of the team through developing and improving ways of working with key stakeholders to streamline our commercial sales processes. Education / Qualifications: ACIT and DIT qualifications Extensive, working experience of shipping, LC s and Global Export is essential Relevant Experience in a high technology, capital equipment business Management and application of licenses through SPIRE Excellent Team Management Professional Skills/ Abilities: Aware of impact of role and team on the business with the ability to escalate and mitigate risk to shipping. Experience of working closely with the customer and key stakeholders. Ability to solve problems, provide solutions and implement them. Time Management & Priority Calls Experience of managing freight forwarders and reviewing service contracts. Accuracy and attention to detail Excellent Customer Service Delivery Personal Qualities: A strong Team Leader, able to lead and guide but also manage performance and improve competence. Assertive, willing to challenge for positive results. Able to build rapport, communicate effectively internally and externally. Contributes positively to the business through effective team management of the Commercial Sales Department Ability to work under extreme pressure, to critical deadlines with resilience
Location : London, Oxford Circus Salary : £25K base, £50K OTE Are you a recent graduate looking to start your career with maximum opportunity Looking for a fast-paced opportunity to grow and succeed professionally? Excited & motivated by targets, bonuses, and incentives? Our client is a leading research firm based in Oxford Circus specialising in placing exceptional talent in jobs across the world, from specialist quantitative trading firms to tech start-up. They're looking for bright graduates to enter their graduate researcher trainee programme this summer. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. They will provide all the resources necessary to mould you into the most successful research consultant, developing your professional career quickly and earning A LOT of money in the process! Graduate Research Consultant - What they're offering £30K Basic + The most competitive commission structure in the industry, reaching 40% Flexible lunch hours Healthy snacks, fully stocked drinks fridge and social, friendly environment Career support and progression throughout the company Training and mentoring from company directors 2 annual team holidays (Skiing and a summer trip, 5-star hotels ) Work from home 2 days per week Generous bonuses for top billers and target reachers What you'll be doing as an Graduate Researcher Consultant Name identification - wide use of internal and external sources of information (database, directories, press etc) Phone research to identify candidates through calls to companies and individuals directly Update calls to ensure that the information obtained from the database is correct, switchboard checked and that any recent leavers and their whereabouts are identified Constantly seek to gain relevant factual information and qualitative third-party source comments on individuals we are tracking Developing skills through dedicated training academies Develop your own network and relationships Eventually manage your own client base and become a trusted advisor Network effectively and attend events Become an expert in your market Work collaboratively with the team From day one, you'll be encouraged to cultivate relationships and business development skills via meetings, calls and written communication. Graduate Research Consultant - What you'll bring A degree in any discipline from a top 40 university, 2:1 or above Sales or recruitment experience is desirable, but not essential Ability to demonstrate hunger for success, motivation and desire for professional development Resilience - reward is high in this role, which naturally comes with setbacks, which you must be capable of rebounding from! Any questions, or to find out about other opportunities we have right now don't hesitate to get in contact APPLY NOW FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION! If you are successful at securing a position through RULE, to help you get your career off to a flying start, we will provide you with a 3 months free access to Recruitment Mentors. This is an online learning platform that provides bitesize, interactive, and structured learning content delivered from industry-leading recruiters and mentors who have a proven track record in their field. An invaluable source of high-quality training and support to enable your success in this high-performing industry. Rule recruitment recruit into a range of specialist areas of recruitment consultancy such as; Technology Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Finance Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Oil Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Gas Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Energy Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, IT Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Consultant Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Engineering Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, SAP Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, HR Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Legal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Paralegal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Investment Banking Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Hedge Fund Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Digital Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Media Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Marketing Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Public Sector Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, International Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Pharmaceutical Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Bioscience Recruitment, Procurement Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Supply Chain Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Board Recruitment and Executive Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Banking Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Change Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Insurance Recruitment Trainee Recruitment Consultant Multi-lingual Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Dec 05, 2022
Full time
Location : London, Oxford Circus Salary : £25K base, £50K OTE Are you a recent graduate looking to start your career with maximum opportunity Looking for a fast-paced opportunity to grow and succeed professionally? Excited & motivated by targets, bonuses, and incentives? Our client is a leading research firm based in Oxford Circus specialising in placing exceptional talent in jobs across the world, from specialist quantitative trading firms to tech start-up. They're looking for bright graduates to enter their graduate researcher trainee programme this summer. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. They will provide all the resources necessary to mould you into the most successful research consultant, developing your professional career quickly and earning A LOT of money in the process! Graduate Research Consultant - What they're offering £30K Basic + The most competitive commission structure in the industry, reaching 40% Flexible lunch hours Healthy snacks, fully stocked drinks fridge and social, friendly environment Career support and progression throughout the company Training and mentoring from company directors 2 annual team holidays (Skiing and a summer trip, 5-star hotels ) Work from home 2 days per week Generous bonuses for top billers and target reachers What you'll be doing as an Graduate Researcher Consultant Name identification - wide use of internal and external sources of information (database, directories, press etc) Phone research to identify candidates through calls to companies and individuals directly Update calls to ensure that the information obtained from the database is correct, switchboard checked and that any recent leavers and their whereabouts are identified Constantly seek to gain relevant factual information and qualitative third-party source comments on individuals we are tracking Developing skills through dedicated training academies Develop your own network and relationships Eventually manage your own client base and become a trusted advisor Network effectively and attend events Become an expert in your market Work collaboratively with the team From day one, you'll be encouraged to cultivate relationships and business development skills via meetings, calls and written communication. Graduate Research Consultant - What you'll bring A degree in any discipline from a top 40 university, 2:1 or above Sales or recruitment experience is desirable, but not essential Ability to demonstrate hunger for success, motivation and desire for professional development Resilience - reward is high in this role, which naturally comes with setbacks, which you must be capable of rebounding from! Any questions, or to find out about other opportunities we have right now don't hesitate to get in contact APPLY NOW FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION! If you are successful at securing a position through RULE, to help you get your career off to a flying start, we will provide you with a 3 months free access to Recruitment Mentors. This is an online learning platform that provides bitesize, interactive, and structured learning content delivered from industry-leading recruiters and mentors who have a proven track record in their field. An invaluable source of high-quality training and support to enable your success in this high-performing industry. Rule recruitment recruit into a range of specialist areas of recruitment consultancy such as; Technology Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Finance Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Oil Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Gas Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Energy Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, IT Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Consultant Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Engineering Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, SAP Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, HR Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Legal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Paralegal Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Investment Banking Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Hedge Fund Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Digital Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Media Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Marketing Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Public Sector Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, International Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Pharmaceutical Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Bioscience Recruitment, Procurement Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Supply Chain Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Board Recruitment and Executive Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Banking Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Change Management Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Insurance Recruitment Trainee Recruitment Consultant Multi-lingual Recruitment, Trainee Recruitment Consultant
The Best Connection Group Ltd
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
The Best Connection Group Limited is looking to appoint a Data Scientist to join our existing team based in Bromsgrove reporting to the Digital Strategy Manager. The Role: The core function of a Data Scientist is to collect, organise, analyse, structure and interpret data to support stakeholders in making decisions. The Data Scientist will: Extract information from SQL and No-SQL data sets to identify patterns and correlations. Interpret findings from data analysis to produce meaningful information for business stakeholders. Perform statistical analysis of data using different methods and techniques. Use data to predict trends relating to performance of different areas of the business. Use various tools and techniques to visualise data in easy-to-understand formats such as diagrams and graphs. Creating and preparing ad-hoc reports for various stakeholders (internal and external). Produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for different business functions. Lead on creation and development of a BI suite for the business. Monitor data quality and manage any data reconciliation and cleansing activity. Communicate with stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify improvements. Develop best practice approaches to delivering MI to relevant stakeholders. Work within the Digital Strategy Team to set up processes and systems to make working with data more efficient. Provide recommendations to the Digital Strategy Manager about data requirements during the development of a digital end-to-end system. Provide data quality assurance and perform validation checks. The Package: Annual salary of approximately £35,000 to £50,000 depending on experience and qualifications. Initially you will be entitled to 30 days paid holiday per annum, rising to 33 days after a year's employment inclusive of statutory holidays. Free Car or Bike Parking Flexible Remote Working Policy Pension Opportunity for personal development through in-house and external training providers. The Person: Essential Criteria: Minimum 3 - 5 years proven experience within a Data Scientist role Excellent Microsoft Excel skills Experience using data visualisation skills such as Power BI and Tableau In-depth knowledge and experience using SQL Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (both verbal and written) Proven experience with Python Comfortable and confident working within different systems and databases Manages own time and can work with autonomy Can show resilience in an unpredictable environment where work levels and priorities can rapidly change Can adhere to deadlines Meticulous attention to detail The Company: The Best Connection, an Equal Opportunities Employer, was formed in 1991. The company has a network of over 90 branches throughout the UK from which it specialises in the supply of temporary labour to the industrial, HGV, warehouse and distribution sectors. With a peaked turnover of £363 million, The Best Connection is one of the largest providers of Industrial and Driving staff in the UK Hours of Work: Your working week will consist of up to 37.5 hours Monday - Friday with 1 hour's lunch break each day. For this role we are able to offer hybrid working but do require candidates to live within commutable distance to our Head office in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
Dec 02, 2022
Full time
The Best Connection Group Limited is looking to appoint a Data Scientist to join our existing team based in Bromsgrove reporting to the Digital Strategy Manager. The Role: The core function of a Data Scientist is to collect, organise, analyse, structure and interpret data to support stakeholders in making decisions. The Data Scientist will: Extract information from SQL and No-SQL data sets to identify patterns and correlations. Interpret findings from data analysis to produce meaningful information for business stakeholders. Perform statistical analysis of data using different methods and techniques. Use data to predict trends relating to performance of different areas of the business. Use various tools and techniques to visualise data in easy-to-understand formats such as diagrams and graphs. Creating and preparing ad-hoc reports for various stakeholders (internal and external). Produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for different business functions. Lead on creation and development of a BI suite for the business. Monitor data quality and manage any data reconciliation and cleansing activity. Communicate with stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify improvements. Develop best practice approaches to delivering MI to relevant stakeholders. Work within the Digital Strategy Team to set up processes and systems to make working with data more efficient. Provide recommendations to the Digital Strategy Manager about data requirements during the development of a digital end-to-end system. Provide data quality assurance and perform validation checks. The Package: Annual salary of approximately £35,000 to £50,000 depending on experience and qualifications. Initially you will be entitled to 30 days paid holiday per annum, rising to 33 days after a year's employment inclusive of statutory holidays. Free Car or Bike Parking Flexible Remote Working Policy Pension Opportunity for personal development through in-house and external training providers. The Person: Essential Criteria: Minimum 3 - 5 years proven experience within a Data Scientist role Excellent Microsoft Excel skills Experience using data visualisation skills such as Power BI and Tableau In-depth knowledge and experience using SQL Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (both verbal and written) Proven experience with Python Comfortable and confident working within different systems and databases Manages own time and can work with autonomy Can show resilience in an unpredictable environment where work levels and priorities can rapidly change Can adhere to deadlines Meticulous attention to detail The Company: The Best Connection, an Equal Opportunities Employer, was formed in 1991. The company has a network of over 90 branches throughout the UK from which it specialises in the supply of temporary labour to the industrial, HGV, warehouse and distribution sectors. With a peaked turnover of £363 million, The Best Connection is one of the largest providers of Industrial and Driving staff in the UK Hours of Work: Your working week will consist of up to 37.5 hours Monday - Friday with 1 hour's lunch break each day. For this role we are able to offer hybrid working but do require candidates to live within commutable distance to our Head office in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.