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Network Architect
**Network Architect - London - Contract**
This role will be looking for a Network Architect working on a large scale integration programme, focusing on implementing Azure and other cloud based technologies. They are looking for people that have come from a customer facing technical environment, and that have worked with technical subject matter experts.
The role will be expected to deliver on the following:
- Design, development and maintenance of TCP/IP infrastructure technology solutions
- Contribute to architecture solutions and strategy relating to specialised area of responsibility
- Provide specialised technical resource to key project initiatives, e.g. Datacentre strategy.
- Provide primary or secondary support to resolve customer/service issues or problems relating to the network infrastructure.
- Proactively monitor and manage the technology associated with specialised area of responsibility
- Provide direct or indirect advice and guidance, in specialised area, in support of business areas as required.
- Deliver continuous improvement and ensure that customer satisfaction is achieved.
- Promote the interests of Group Technology within its subsidiary companies.
- Gain knowledge on emerging tools, techniques and technologies.
The job-holder will be required to have a high level of technical skills, relating to the TCP/IP physical and logical network infrastructure solutions; including
- Experience of design and implementation of network components within Azure cloud.
- Experience of F5 load balancers both on-prem and in the cloud.
- Core Cisco infrastructure solutions, LAN and WAN
- TCP/IP Networking; Switching, routing, VLANs, Spanning Tree, OSPF
- High Availability and recovery solutions, VRRP, HSRP, GSLB, DNS
- Network Connectivity, Carrier solutions, Internet
- Boundary controls, Checkpoint F/W, ACLs, IDS/IPS
- Ability to present complicated technical information appropriately to business and technical stakeholders including architecture governance to enable informed decisions.
- A focus on delivery will be key along with great attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks according to business focus.
- You will be able to manage your own performance, complete tasks reliably, and act proactively to understand client needs and identify solutions.
- The ability to work well within a team and also as an individual when required is essential.
- Excellent documentation and presentation skills are a must.
Development Team Leader
Development Team Leader
3 months initally
Staffordshire
£390 - £400 per day
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensuring timely provision of agreed deliverables throughout the SDLC by understanding both business and technical requirements.
- Working alongside Technical Leads and Architects to determine the most suitable technical solution.
- Scheduling and planning development resource according to business needs.
- Clear and regular tracking and reporting of progress.
- Mitigating risk and resolving blockers throughout the work.
- Collaborating with other teams within the business as required.
- Leading by example.
- Understanding and enforcing governance of best practises.
- Recognising team members’ strengths and mentoring them to encourage and support continuous improvement.
- Chairing team meetings, team 1-2-1 sessions and feeding in to team appraisals.
- Assisting in the administration responsibilities of the team as reasonably directed by your line manager
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Forward thinking and ability to challenge the norm.
- Ability to work proactively in a reactive environment.
- Passion for software development and creating efficient processes and best practises.
- Self motivated with a strong drive to succeed.
- Capable of handling large workloads with rapid context switching.
- Strong appreciation of the importance of knowledge sharing and mentoring.
- Commercial experience leading a development team.
- Commercial experience with n-tier architecture and relational databases
- Using source control across multiple developers and work streams.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Commercial experience with large scale architecture.
- Service orientated architecture.
- .Net
- MS SQL
- NoSQL experience such as Riak
- Erlang
- Golang
- Akka
- Git/GitLab
- Jira Software
- Jenkins
Temporary Surveyor
Kirklees RQ342107 Temporary Surveyor – Housing Services [Enhanced DBS required]
As a proactive Surveyor the post holder will support the Team Leader and deliver the operational duties of their service/business area. The post holder will work with colleagues across the organisation in line with core behaviours and values and contribute to the delivery of the organisation’s purpose, vision and objectives, ensuring positive outcomes for the business and customers.
A key component of the role will be to directly contribute to delivering high performance and continuous improvement within the service/business area in line with the Service Plans, Medium Term Financial Plan, the joint Delivery Plan and the Council’s key objectives to deliver a customer focused service.
The post holder will provide technical expertise on all aspects of building maintenance and surveying, including preparation of detailed specifications, planning and monitoring work, and contribute towards the Asset Management Plan. There are a number of areas within the Surveying function, including Mechanical, Electrical, Specialist Services, Quantity Surveying, and Estimating. Surveyors will work within a particular function, and will be required to deputise for their line manager and other Surveyors across the Directorate as required.
Pay Rate: £15.50 per hour PAYE
This is a temporary, but possibly long term role.
N.B. – Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Giving yourself the best chance of success:
- Your CV needs to be current with your latest/present role, noting that we won’t be able to submit it with any unexplained gaps in employment. It will save time and thus improve your chances of success if we can put your CV forward immediately and without having to ask you for a revised version.
- Your CV must cover the “Essential Requirements” (see below) of the role, ideally by way of bullet points that directly address the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please include any DBS details and other qualifications called for.
- Your CV should clearly state that you are available to start work either immediately, or at short notice. In general, our clients are unable to work with notice periods of more than 1 week from the point at which a role is offered, 2 weeks at the very most.
- We cannot put forward covering letters, so please ensure that your CV in isolation contains all relevant information being called for.
- We recommend that you consider sending us by email (see * below) a suitably ‘tailored’ CV for each role that you apply for, noting that job boards, sites and aggregators will generally store only one version of your CV, which can be a bit limiting...
“Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Your address (including post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Your DBS check number and date of issue, please. Typically, our clients will nowadays be looking for your DBS to be portable, which is to say supported by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Giving us your disclosure number and issue date with, or better still, on your CV really will help speed things along for you.
- Qualifications:
- P402 - Asbestos Surveying and Bulk Sampling
- P405 - Management of Asbestos
- HND modules on Damp and Timber infestation
- CSRT Certified Surveyor in Specialist Remedial Treatments
- A.C.I.O.B Associate of the Chartered Institute of Building.
- Experience & Skills:
- Experience of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
- Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to interact effectively and sensitively, in person, via the telephone and in writing with a range of stakeholders, internal and external
- Demonstrate a proven track record of delivering targets and goals within operational plans
- kill and ability to work with partner organisation to achieve common goals
- Previous experience of data input and maintenance of databases and/or Contact Management Systems
- Literacy and numeracy to a standard required to maintain accurate records and write high quality communications
- Knowledge of Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding legislation in relation to the role
- Able to work flexibly and be responsive to change in order to improve performance
- Good team working skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team coupled with the ability to work on one’s own to achieve results
- A good level of computer literacy to interrogate various software packages
- Ability to travel around the borough
- Willingness to work outside normal office hours should the situation arise (evening meetings, emergency call outs)
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for
Client Category: Local Authority
Division(s)/Disciplines involved: Housing Services/Surveyor
Anticipated Length of Assignment: All of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. This opening assignment is for 6 months.
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Whilst our ads will appear on partner sites such as Indeed, they are also listed - and will appear first - on our own website: Triumph Consultants Limited: www.tclrec.com
- If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via [email protected] but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:
Job Ref: Kirklees RQ342107
Temporary Surveyor – Housing Services [Enhanced DBS required]
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
Embedded Software Engineer
Working mainly on embedded C you will have a thorough understanding of software development for electronic devices.
With recent embedded development experience, you will work an innovative new product range, using real time operating systems, you will develop and test new products working in a multi-disciplined team.
Initial 6-9 month contract
The successful candidate will be responsible for the design of embedded software and test solutions (primarily in embedded C), documentation design and to the contribution of the continuous improvement of the team.
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Programme Manager - New Build Housing
INTERIM PORGRAMME MANAGER WANTED FOR MAJOR NEW BUILD HOUSING SCHEME - Local Authority, London
KEY OBJECTIVES
- To be responsible for the strategic development, monitoring, management and successful delivery of the New Build Housing Programme which has a substantial impact on the Councils services and reputation.
- To strategically develop and contribute to longer term DRES service plans.
- To strategically develop, procure, manage and maintain long term relationships with multiple contractors and external consultants to support the successful development and delivery of the New Build Housing Programme.
- Lead a team of multi discipline construction client side Project Managers.
Summary of main duties and responsibilities
- To lead the delivery of project management services within DRES, for delivery of new build housing programmes.
- Accountable for the delivery of the programme (quality, time and cost)
- To develop, monitor, manage and continually improve systems and processes in line with market and central government changes.
- To motivate, train, develop and performance manage all Project Managers to maintain an effective corporate delivery team, striving for continual improvement that exceeds its objectives.
- To actively manage staff including on regular site visits to projects whilst in the Construction phase to ensure consistent delivery across the programme.
- To formulate annual operational plans and budgets for the function and team so that there is clear direction and appropriate use of resources to deliver services.
- Prepare, monitor and control the financial budgets within your area of responsibility and ensure that expenditure is allocated in line with DRES Business Plans and Cabinet approvals.
- Responsible for reporting on the Programme Investment Board and other meetings as required.
- To lead on the procurement strategy for the programme.
- To manage the provision of the appropriate range of capital project management related professional services.
- To lead on the procurement, monitoring and management of external consultants, (Design, CDM, QS, M & E and multiple contractors) and related services for capital projects to ensure Value for Money.
- Work closely with colleagues in the Service Directorates and with other Stakeholders to ensure they are fully informed throughout the development and delivery process, to enhance customer experience.
- Lead on the liaison to maintain accurate high quality reporting of projects and programmes of work.
- Ensure risk management and mitigation is delivered across all projects and programmes of work, making sure the consultants have an adequate mitigation plan.
- Be responsible for effective liaison with corporate stakeholders through the development and delivery phases of the capital projects, including temporary accommodation, decanting during works, and handover on completion.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the development and delivery of projects, to help drive a continuous improvement culture.
- Manage the Post Occupancy Evaluations and Post Completion Reviews process on all relevant projects and feedback the findings in support of a continuous improvement culture, and to enhance customer experience.
- To ensure that appropriate project management processes are in place in line with PRINCE2 principals.
- To ensure that projects have plans with critical paths ensuring that cross project dependencies are identified and addressed.
- To ensure that all projects within programmes have appropriate business cases, defined scopes and budgets.
- To ensure that all projects within programmes have risk registers that are realistic and kept to date.
- Provide effective leadership to project managers and contractors, ensuring individual projects and programmes meet quality standards and corrective action is taken to ensure that projects and programmes are delivered on time, to the agreed quality and within budget.
- Provide highlight reports to Chief Officers and Members and ensure that information provided by professional external advisers is consistent with industry standards and can be analysed to ensure delivery of best value.
- To attend consultation meetings when required.
- To ensure that projects are delivered in accordance with the Equalities Act and ensuring that all projects embrace current best practice.
- Produce and present reports to Council Committees and attend meetings as necessary at all levels including Member interface and with external organisations.
- Ensure at all times that work undertaken actively promotes the Councils Equal Opportunities, Customer Care and Environment policies in relation to service delivery and personnel practice as defined in the Staff Handbook.
- In carrying out the duties of the post have due regard to the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Legislation and Council Policies and Procedures.
Apply now to be considered
Senior UX Designer - Ad Agency contract
We're looking for a hybrid designer, so not one for the UX purists, but nevertheless a good contract for the right person:
- A hybrid - someone who can think through complex problems and take it all the way from IA to finished design.
- Someone who has experience in retail and is data driven in their approach.
- Data is a big requirement. Using data to analyse existing user journeys and to identify areas of improvement.
- Sketch and InVision is a must. Principle or similar prototyping tools would be great.
- The designer will be working in a very close knit team, so someone who is genuinely happy and comfortable with team work.
- Someone happy to spend a lot of time offsite (but still in central London)
- Someone who is comfortable presenting their work to clients.
- Experience with A/B testing, site optimisation work and continuous improvement very beneficial.
Give us a shout and let me know when you're next available and what sort of a rate you're looking for!
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ILS Data Engineer
A ILS Data Engineer with Aerospace / Defence Experience is required to work on a twelve month contract, with the possibility of extension for our Defence client> based in Lancashire
This is a 12 Month Contract working for one of the UKs leading Defence companies.
Overview of the ILS Data Engineer contract role
A opportunity has arisen for an ILS Approved Data Engineer (Initial Provisioning) to work within Product Assurance, Safety and Support Teams on Aerospace Defence projects
The products that are supported in this role include, but are not limited to:
Illustrated Parts List/Catalogue/Initial Provisioning for Aircraft for both Core Nation and overseas customers.
Key skills & Duties required for the ILS Data Engineer
- Experienced with Aircraft Support Products, specifically the compilation of Initial Provisioning data in accordance with AECMA Spec
- A good understanding of the information and processes in place that sit alongside these products
- A thorough knowledge of engineering principles and a good knowledge of the Product Life Cycle including configuration and change management.
- To ensure application of continuous improvement across all Approved Data activities & associated deliverables.
The role is based in Lancashire - commutable from Preston, Blackpool, Chorley, Leyland, Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Skipton, Stockport, Manchester, Warrington, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham with excellent access from Liverpool, Lancaster and Leeds
If you are a ILS Data Engineer looking for a new contract either apply online or if would like to find out about ILS Engineering opportunities please contact Mark Ashurst on [email protected] or phone 0161 694 9195
Do you know anyone who might be looking for a new role? You could benefit from our candidate referral scheme. Contact me on the above contact details for more information.
Outsource. Our People. Your Success.
Outsource UK is one of the country's largest and most successful independent recruitment consultancies, specialising in the IT, Digital, Financial Services and Engineering sectors.
We recruit talented people for contract and permanent opportunities, offer a consultative approach and have a reputation for providing a superior service to both clients and candidates.
The business focuses on building long lasting relationships based on reliability and trust. We do this by hiring and retaining a great team of recruitment consultants who listen and understand our client's and candidate's needs.
Our Manchester office (which covers the whole of the UK) provides a "one-stop shop" to clients and candidates operating in the engineering and manufacturing sectors and, in addition to Engineers, we source and provide temporary/contract and permanent opportunities for IT, Programme Management and Support Professionals (including Procurement / Purchasing / Supply Chain, HR, Finance and Administrative Support).
Office Administrator
This is a temporary position (4 month fixed term contract) which may become permanent. There may be some flexibility around the number of hours worked (30-40 per week).
Are you highly organised with exceptional attention to detail, very personable and IT proficient?
Our organisation works alongside government agencies, plus many other professional bodies to focus on the reduction of roadside injuries and fatalities through excellence in training and safety procedures. We are looking for an enthusiastic administrator who is happy working in a small company alongside four office-based staff.
The Role
Daily training course administration
- Keeping the central database of course attendance up to date.
- Checking all documentation and procedures for compliance prior to issuing any form of formal certification or Driver CPC hours.
- Uploading of Driver CPC hours onto the government website for customers who have attended training.
- Scanning, indexing and storing of all paperwork received for training courses.
- Monitoring and recording course survey scores.
Occassional training administration
- Liaising with clients and trainers to ensure courses run smoothly from initial quotation stage to course delivery.
- Maintaining budget spreadsheets for specific projects as necessary.
- Ordering, printing and sending of all course/workshop materials to the course instructor prior to course start.
General administration and customer service
- Give guidance and answer customer and trainer enquiries via phone and email by becoming familiar with all training courses offered.
- Creating paper-based and electronic filing systems using SharePoint.
- Supporting colleagues with ad hoc administration tasks and occasional cover as required.
- Attending conferences, meetings and training as required/recommended.
- Occasional booking of hotel accommodation for executives/trainers.
- Possible organisation of large event/s.
Communication
- Regularly updating colleagues on progress and developments within your role.
- Supporting continuous improvement of processes and highlighting issues to line manager or senior leadership team.
Financial and IT
- Using Sage to invoice all training courses and general sales.
- Using various software to accomplish workload, including Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDFs.
The Ideal Candidate
A team player who demonstrates flexibility and a willingness to support others.
Personable and capable of building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Excellent telephone manner and able to demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills.
Methodical, organised and detail conscious with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively. Previous administration experience an advantage but full training will be given. IT proficient including Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
In return you will be working within a friendly and progressive environment, where full training will be provided, along with some flexibility on working hours/times.
If this position is of interest to you then please send your CV with a cover letter for consideration.
We like to respond to every application, but due to the number of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days please assume that you have been unsuccessful in this instance.
We are committed to equality of opportunity in employment. Our recruitment policies, procedures and practices enable all applicants to be considered on merit and ability to do the job.
Interim Senior Commissioning Officer - Neighbourhoods and Gr...
Temporary Lambeth RQ348069 Interim Senior Commissioning Officer - Neighbourhoods and Growth
This is a key role in our waste team, reviewing existing service delivery models, taking a lead on researching and analysing complex information and intelligence, options design and appraisal, creatively drawing on a wide range of resources and assets across the organisation, community and relevant stakeholders.
Duties to include:
- Adopt an innovative and creative approach to developing, establishing and maintaining strategies for the delivery and continuous improvement of services in line with good practice, Council policies and budgetary constraints and to develop service arrangements to reflect best value (or value for money) requirements and changes in legislation and other relevant factors.
- Putting effective arrangements in place to co-produce all aspects of commissioning work, generating social value and achieving outcomes with citizens, Councillors, businesses and relevant stakeholders with respect to the development and continuous improvement of sustainable waste management, cleansing and associated services.
- Responsible for the collating and interpreting of data and evidence, ensuring analysis and needs assessment with cost/benefit or return on investment analysis. Using this intelligence to facilitate the definition of outcomes with Councillors and citizens
- Develop appropriate mechanisms and systems to understand better the needs of residents, businesses and other service users and to drive the codesign and development of a range of service delivery options in collaboration with key stakeholders. Manage the process of co-production to generate solutions to cross-cutting and complex policy challenges.
- Provide and direct the development and management of relevant policies, strategies and implementation plans; ensuring that they are delivered within agreed timescales. Ensure commissioning plans meet key strategic aims and objectives in support of the Head of Environmental Services.
- Facilitate building of additional capacity that provides a varied pool of potential service/activity providers and other projects relevant to delivering community outcomes
- Codesign, specify and engage in managing contracts/client relationships – encouraging and enabling contractors/providers to play active roles in the cooperative borough and wider outcomes. Secure social value in all aspects of commissioning and work with providers.
Pay Rate: £26.22 per hour PAYE
This is a temporary, but possibly long term role.
N.B. – Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Giving yourself the best chance of success:
- Your CV needs to be current with your latest/present role, noting that we won’t be able to submit it with any unexplained gaps in employment. It will save time and thus improve your chances of success if we can put your CV forward immediately and without having to ask you for a revised version.
- Your CV must cover the “Essential Requirements” (see below) of the role, ideally by way of bullet points that directly address the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please include any DBS details and other qualifications called for.
- Your CV should clearly state that you are available to start work either immediately, or at short notice. In general, our clients are unable to work with notice periods of more than 1 week from the point at which a role is offered, 2 weeks at the very most.
- We cannot put forward covering letters, so please ensure that your CV in isolation contains all relevant information being called for.
- We recommend that you consider sending us by email (see * below) a suitably ‘tailored’ CV for each role that you apply for, noting that job boards, sites and aggregators will generally store only one version of your CV, which can be a bit limiting...
“Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Your address (including post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Qualifications:
- Education to degree level or equivalent.
- Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of the municipal waste management industry with sound experience of commissioning and managing a range of projects in a public sector setting.
- Detailed knowledge of the strategic challenges facing local government
- Knowledge of key national issues & programmes relevant to client group, environmental services and waste management and cleansing in particular
- Able to demonstrate an organised approach to managing workloads and conflicting priorities, as well as a clear focus on results.
- Experience:
- Experience of commissioning and procuring projects or services in a public sector setting
- Experience of developing policies and procedures relating to environmental services and waste management in particular
- Experience of using management information, needs assessment for commissioning performance management and monitoring and review reporting.
- Experience of financial management
- Experience of service development, options appraisal and system change using demonstrable programme management skills
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for
Client Category: Local Authority
Division(s)/Disciplines involved: Neighbourhoods and Growth
Anticipated Length of Assignment: All of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. This opening assignment is for 2-3 months.
Hours per week: 35 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Whilst our ads will appear on partner sites such as Indeed, they are also listed - and will appear first - on our own website: Triumph Consultants Limited: www.tclrec.com
- If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via [email protected] but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:
Job Ref: Temporary Lambeth RQ348069
Interim Senior Commissioning Officer - Neighbourhoods and Growth
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
Front End Developer - Angular js/6, JavaScript, Greenfield
Highly skilled Angular Developer working in an Agile team, responsible for building core customer facing website. Working directly with the product owner and development teams, developing solutions to support new product roadmap.
Technical skills
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of AngularJS and Angular(6)
- Excellent working knowledge of HTML and CSS (HTML5 and CSS3) with commercial experience of building websites across multiple platforms and devices.
- Commercial experience in creating responsive websites.
Desirable
- Experience of Angular.
- Experience of unit testing front end websites.
- Working knowledge of LESS and familiarity with associated methodologies.
- Understanding of Node.js and NPM
- Understanding of Java programming language and server side architecture.
Experience and Skills
- Ability to creatively think around a brief and challenge it if necessary.
- Understanding of Agile Scrum methodology and practices.
- Experienced working to tight deadlines.
- Confidence to communicate ideas effectively to peers, seniors and management.
- Ability to produce quality documentation as necessary.
- A focus on continuous improvement.
For more information on this opportunity please get in touch with
Senior UX Designer
We're looking for a hybrid designer, so not one for the UX purists, but nevertheless a good contract for the right person:
- A hybrid - someone who can think through complex problems and take it all the way from IA to finished design.
- Someone who has experience in retail and is data driven in their approach.
- Data is a big requirement. Using data to analyse existing user journeys and to identify areas of improvement.
- Sketch and InVision is a must. Principle or similar prototyping tools would be great.
- The designer will be working in a very close knit team, so someone who is genuinely happy and comfortable with team work.
- Someone happy to spend a lot of time offsite (but still in central London)
- Someone who is comfortable presenting their work to clients.
- Experience with A/B testing, site optimisation work and continuous improvement very beneficial.
Give us a shout and let me know when you're next available and what sort of a rate you're looking for!
If you apply for this role and send us your information, your details may be added to our database, so in doing this you will be recognising our legitimate business interest to process certain personal information about you in order to identify positions that may be relevant to you. In processing the information you supply we aim to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations. Details of how your information is processed and held are set out in our Privacy Policy below.
Digital Solution Architect - SOA, Microservices, Agile, Tech
Digital Solution Architect - SOA, Microservices, Agile, Tech
Responsibilities -
- Development of End to End Solution Designs to meet business objectives and great customer outcomes.
- Working on site and collaboratively within a team of designers working on a portfolio of change projects.
- Engagement with business stakeholders when ideas are conceived; and lead in shaping them into deliverable projects.
- Ensuring that solutions adhere to all architectural, security and quality standards.
- Production of solution design artefacts to support the needs of the project delivery.
- Acting as point of contact to ensure all parties (including internal and external technical / development teams) understand the solution design and the part that they need to play within it.
- Identifying risks affecting solutions, including mitigating recommendations and support in managing those risks.
- Continuous improvement of the way Solution Design is performed.
Experience and skills -
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to communicate effectively at very senior levels.
- Experience of working on end to end technical solutions that encompass many systems and teams, drawing out the Key Design Decisions and their implications and resolving them.
- End to end project experience, with strong consulting skills.
- Previous exposure to the blue chip financial services sector.
- Experience of ownership and governance of large and complex end to end technical solutions.
- Practical experience of working in an agile delivery approach.
- A broad technical background with depth in at least one architecture discipline plus an ability to pick up new technologies quickly.
- A good working knowledge of Digital, Cloud and Integration technologies including SOA.
- Practical experience of software development.
- Proven ability to shape business requirements and design solutions based on those requirements.
- First class design skills including the ability to draw up extremely accurate specifications that could be effectively utilised by development team.
- Experience of leading fellow technical professionals, especially coaching and mentoring of colleagues to achieve delivery outcomes.
- Dynamic and strong self-starter capability.
Please get in touch for more information
Cloud Implementation Engineer - Azure
Cloud Implementation Engineer - Azure
A global professional services organisation is currently looking to hire a cloud implementation Engineer for an initial 6 month contract based in London.
The main remit of the role will be to assist in the implantation of Azure Cloud services and ensure that the appropriate service response is delivered to all relevant stakeholders,
The Cloud Implementation Engineer will have a history of leading in a performance based environment and have experience and knowledge including Implementation of Azure environments, Networking best practises and IaaS firewall configuration
Responsibilities
- Implementing and operating Azure IaaS platform
- Ensuring the environment adheres to best practise
- Documenting operational procedures and design
- Enforcing compliance with established policies, practices, and processes for managing infrastructure
- Analysing the operation for continuous improvement
- Proactively investigate issues and ensure these are dealt with appropriately
Skills & Qualifications
- Azure, Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud, Office 365
- Azure Operations Management Suite
- AAD, and supporting services ADFS integration, Azure MFA, B2C,
- Azure Networking and Express Route and VPN's
- UDR and use of Firewalls in Azure
- Understand network load balancing and gateway technologies
- Good understanding of Azure license/cost models, e.g. CSP, EA, BYOL, etc.
- Azure IAAS, Storage, (incl. understanding of StorSimple).
- Azure Site Recovery (VMware and Hyper-V), Azure backup services
- Understanding of Azure PAAS services, SQL and Web, and Apps
- High level understanding of Citrix deployment and management in Azure
- Tools sets to monitor and manage Office 365 and Azure
- PowerShell
This is an excellent opportunity to work across the entire project lifecycle within a greenfield site so please send your CV to Michael Moretti for immediate consideration.
Quality Administrator
- Provide day to day support to the Quality team
- Ensure production is compliant to Quality specifications, HACCP/Food Safety, Mdlz Quality Policies, Business KPIs and legal requirements
- Facilitate Quality-related incident management & complaints investigation, ensuring robust control of any non-conforming product and establishing root cause, corrective and preventive actions
- Facilitate & coach compliance to Quality record keeping, retention & revision, including management and upkeep of eQCMS, SharePoint and Shared Drives
- Ensure site documentation is in line with Global Q Policies
- Measure quality compliance standard (inc. trading standards requirements) via the IQS program, including maintenance of the IQS database in line with changes driven by project requirements
- Support sample retention and records archiving processes, escalating compliance issues to the relevant Quality Engineer for each section
- Ensure all samples are collected to enable finished product micro release in a timely manner
- Support swabbing program where necessary
- Attend DMS meetings as required
- Support Quality training, education and coaching, including record keeping and activity tracking
- Support Quality engagement programs
- Know the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the position; raise questions and concerns when faced with an ethical or compliance issue; apply integrity in all aspects of professional conduct
- Complete other work required as directed by the Quality Manager or delegates to support continuous improvement
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills
- Excellent eye for detail and is meticulous in approach to data collation and interpretation
- Have the ability to adapt to a constantly changing quality environment
- Good IT skills, especially Microsoft packages, in particular Excel
- Proactive in approach to tasks and implementation of the job role expectations
- Can react quickly to any issue identified and ensure this comes to a conclusion
- Comfortable working within a factory environment & site
- Good problem solving skills
- Strong ability to team work and manage priorities across a varied workload
- Demonstrate awareness, understanding & working practice of equality within the workplace
- Ability to maintain security & confidentiality
- Microsoft SharePoint
- SAP
- Infinity Quality Suite
- Quality/Operational or associated manufacturing experience
- Plant Quality experience
- Auditing knowledge
- Sigma, SPC, Process Control, Quality Control
- Lean or six sigma experience
- Educated to degree level or HND/HNC level in a science related field
- Trained in Food Safety or Quality Management
Cloud Implementation Engineer - Azure
Cloud Implementation Engineer - Azure
A global professional services organisation is currently looking to hire a cloud implementation Engineer for an initial 6 month contract based in London.
The main remit of the role will be to assist in the implantation of Azure Cloud services and ensure that the appropriate service response is delivered to all relevant stakeholders,
The Cloud Implementation Engineer will have a history of leading in a performance based environment and have experience and knowledge including Implementation of Azure environments, Networking best practises and IaaS firewall configuration
Responsibilities
- Implementing and operating Azure IaaS platform
- Ensuring the environment adheres to best practise
- Documenting operational procedures and design
- Enforcing compliance with established policies, practices, and processes for managing infrastructure
- Analysing the operation for continuous improvement
- Proactively investigate issues and ensure these are dealt with appropriately
Skills & Qualifications
- Azure, Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud, Office 365
- Azure Operations Management Suite
- AAD, and supporting services ADFS integration, Azure MFA, B2C,
- Azure Networking and Express Route and VPN's
- UDR and use of Firewalls in Azure
- Understand network load balancing and gateway technologies
- Good understanding of Azure license/cost models, e.g. CSP, EA, BYOL, etc.
- Azure IAAS, Storage, (incl. understanding of StorSimple).
- Azure Site Recovery (VMware and Hyper-V), Azure backup services
- Understanding of Azure PAAS services, SQL and Web, and Apps
- High level understanding of Citrix deployment and management in Azure
- Tools sets to monitor and manage Office 365 and Azure
- PowerShell
This is an excellent opportunity to work across the entire project lifecycle within a greenfield site so please send your CV to Michael Moretti for immediate consideration.
Rates by region
| London | £465/day |
| UK | £451/day |
| UK | £29/hour |
| Portsmouth | £17/hour |