Recruiter

Connectus

Salary

Competitive

Location

Warrington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

I’m currently recruiting for an exciting permanent opportunity for a Monitoring, Control & Automation (MCA) Programme Manager in Warrington. Managing projects directly through the MCA department, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and co-ordinating a programme of projects from need identification through to project closure.

Supporting the MCA Portfolio Delivery Manager in working with the MCA Strategy & Engineering teams, you will establish and manage a programme of work, across multiple areas of the organisation to deliver all MCA activities within agreed constraints of time, quality and cost, ensuring that MCA deliver excellent customer satisfaction.
Directing and coordinating Demand/Supply Forecasts for current and future work load for the programme of work. You will also be responsible for managing programmes that may require a business change work stream to be delivered as part of the programme.


Role details, Skills, Experience

The MCA department was established in April 2012, and already they have developed a £70 million portfolio of projects. You will be instrumental in contributing to this success by helping to deliver a programme of works with an approximate value of £30 million within the overall MCA portfolio.

You will report to the MCA Portfolio Delivery Manager and will be responsible for a team of up to twenty staff including Project Managers. You will also indirectly manage up to approximately fifty staff through a matrix resource management structure, and be responsible for packages of work delivered by partners and contractors.


Essential Criteria including any necessary qualifications

To succeed in this role you will:
* Significant Programme Management experience, managing multiple projects and complex programmes to time, cost and quality constraints.
* Be a Chartered Engineer with significant ICA experience.
* Possesses a formal project management qualification (e.g. APM). Have an exceptional track record of delivering programmes on time, to budget, and to the required quality.
* Strong knowledge and experience of ICA technologies, and good awareness of IT technologies and design processes.
* Experience in managing resources in a matrix organisation, also managing 3rd party suppliers and contractors.
* Significant experience at Effective stakeholder management at a variety of different levels.
* Business case and cost-modelling development experience.
* Experience of leading programmes of work that include business change work streams.
* Preferably have experience of the water industry (this is not an essential requirement) & experience in appropriate health and safety regulations (i.e. CDM, HASAWA etc).

The package includes a £5000 per annum Car Cash Allowance, Healthcare, Direct Contribution Pension Scheme, Eligibility for up to 20% bonus and 26 days holiday rising to 30 for every completed year of service. Range of flexible benefits including. Buying and selling holidays, child care vouchers, on line and in store discounts.

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd

Salary

Competitive

Location

Cheshire

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Principal & Senior Mechanical Engineers
Contract & Permanent positions available on the project
Key Responsibilities
· Providing mechanical engineering input and review on allocated areas of plant.
· Organisation and / or production of quality deliverables within project programme and budget.
· Production and /or checking of design basis documents, input to material specifications, equipment lists and specialist schedules.
· Knowledge of HAZOP, design reviews and engineering substantiation and technical standards.
· Supporting Mechanical input of the bidding process, including task and deliverable identification, man-hour estimates and programme.
· Familiar with stakeholder engagement and management within optioneering and design.
· Able to work collaboratively with other discipline designs at peer level.
· Mechanical Design engineers (General Mechanical and Mechanical Handling and Cranes), who has experience of full life cycle design from optioneering / concept / front end to detail design. Who can produce and / or check estimates, specification, design justification reports and produce scoping calculations.
Knowledge/Experience Required for this role
· Previous experience in a similar role
· HNC/ HND or equivalent experience.
· Ideally will hold a relevant Mechanical, Production, Manufacturing or Aeronautical engineering degree or equivalent chartered status desirable
Security clearance will be required on a number of the posts

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards)

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Hays - North West

Salary

Competitive

Location

Cheshire

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Purpose of the Role

Support the Programme and Project Managers in the successful delivery of programmes undertaken by the client through effective facilitation, tracking, reporting and document control.

Govern the delivery of projects in line with the defined project lifecycle, ensuring the business is well equipped to make decisions to proceed with a project at each review gate.

The PMO Analyst will also assist the Head of PMO in the definition, maintenance and continuous improvement of the standards, tools and processes to be used across projects.

Your Role Within the Organisation

Promote the use of standards, methodologies and project tools across the Project Management community
Manage project documents, key to successful delivery of the project – Risk/Issue/Assumptions/Dependencies, project plans, change controls, etc.
Manage the project reporting cycle, working with the project team to drive high quality project reports in a timely manner .
Co-ordinate the preparation of meeting packs for Steering Committees and Project Boards in line with the standard meeting pack templates, ensuring distribution in required timescales ahead of the meetings.
Attend SteerCo and Project Boards as required. Capture minutes, actions and decisions.
Monitor and review project performance, alerting the Project Manager/Programme Manager to any potential areas of concern.
Manage the quality of project documentation, ensuring all project artefacts are produced to the high standards expected by the programme.
Facilitate the governance process, ensuring questions are raised to the correct governance forums, and decisions are effectively communicated and recorded.
Manage the change control process across the portfolio of projects, ensuring all change is well articulated, fully assessed and implemented in a controlled manner.
Manage the formal gate review process as projects progress through the defined project stages
Take ownership for document management across the portfolio of projects, ensuring all project documentation is stored on SharePoint in the standard storage structure.

Experience Needed for the Role

Proven PMO/Project Analyst or Coordinator experience and knowledge of project management.
Understanding of the principles and frameworks of successful project management from a support perspective.
Proven experience in providing service to internal stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
Understanding of project delivery and acceptance processes within a fast-paced business environment.
Demonstrated capability for problem solving, decision making, sound judgment, assertiveness.
Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as excellent presentation skills with ability to conduct presentations comfortably to large groups.
Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
Experienced user of MS Project and MS Office toolset (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Qualifications

Desirable: Prince 2 Practioner
Essential: Project Manager Office Experience

Business Knowledge needed for the Role.

Essential: Understanding project management in a medium / large scale organisation

Desirable: Ideally, the role holder will have a broad understanding of all aspects of project and program management and held a similar role in excess of 5 years

Characteristics: How you need to behave to be successful in this job?

Level 3 characteristics apply to this role
– Adaptability – Ensures a positive approach to work, flexing style to the situation and providing effective feedback
– Build Capability – Leads and supports people to work effectively and deliver success
– Customer Focus – Responds to customer needs and maintains high levels of customer focus
– Delivery of Results – Makes it happen, managing self and team to deliver high performance
– Drive & Ambition – An effective performance manager
– Innovation – Generates ideas and new ways of doing things

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Connectus

Salary

Competitive

Location

Altrincham

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Are you a Java Developer looking to join a leading Electronics design and Automation company?

This Java Developer will have a strong engineering, mathematical or computer science background and be accomplished with Core Java / J2SE. You will be working on a highly technical Java-based application suite, which requires a solid knowledge of Object Orientated Programming and Design Principles.

This Java Developer must have skills in:

- Core Java / J2SE
- UML Design
- GUI Development

It would be beneficial to have skills in the following:

-Agile Experience
-UML
- Oracle or Postgres database systems / development environments
-Test Driven Development methods
-Development of CAD, manufacturing, enterprise-level or client / server systems

This is a great opportunity for a Java Developer to be involved in complex and market-leading application development for a globally recognised and acclaimed organisation. You can expect an annual salary of between £30,000 and £38,000 + benefits.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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OCC Computer Personnel (Northern) Ltd (0)

Salary

From £15,000 to £35,000 per year

Location

Crewe

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Test lead/Test Manager/Test Analyst/QA Analyst/Tester/Software Tester/Systems Tester/Test Engineer

Salary: to £35,000 plus benefits

Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Start: ASAP

Ideal skills: Testing/Agile/ Manual/Automated Test Tools/Performance Testing/Regression Testing

Role: Test Analyst/QA Analyst/Tester/Software Tester/Systems Tester/Test Engineer. .

Tester- main duties will include

Join an existing Agile team developing WPF .Net (Vb.net) applications and websites written with ASP.net/jQuery. Regression, performance and blackbox testing, test automation, creation of test scripts and plans and all within "Target Process". Strong communication skills as well as some technical knowledge on how systems, databases and services go together. There are business analysis aspects to this role and training and support will be provided.

Key Skills

* · Testing in a software environment or a QA role.
* · Test Lead in a software environment with a Business Analyst approach.
* · Formulating of test plans and strategies.
* · Creating test environments and scenarios.
* · Extensive experience of testing tools.
* · Experience of software development desktop and web applications.
* · Extensive analytical skills of business processes.
* · Liaising with business and stakeholders
* · Turning acceptance criteria into tangible test cases
* · Managing iteration testing and regression libraries (as well as general functionality/performance testing)
* · Recommending test-beds and frameworks

Desirable

* · Agile/TDD exposure
* · Microsoft SQL Server (2005/2008).
* · Target Process
* · Selenium/Test Complete

Excellent opportunity so call now to hear more !.

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People Source Consulting

Salary

Competitive

Location

Cheshire

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Head of ICT Service delivery - ITIL Implementation - Northwest UK

I have an urgent requirement for an interim Head of ICT Service delivery / ICT Service Delivery Manager. I would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible, initially for a six month period.

This role will provide visionary leadership and management to ICT operations across the Council to effectively support the aims and objectives of all services and meet the requirements of residents.

The successful candidate will work effectively as part of the ICT management team and with key senior stakeholders to determine the strategic direction of the ICT service and will ensure the development and successful delivery of corporate ICT services.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction, identifying and securing commitment to change and engaging and managing stakeholders in order to deliver service transformation and increased efficiency.

Candidates will be expected to -

Provide professional leadership to the operational ICT function and establish and implement best practice in the use of ICT systems across the Council.

Proactively engage with Strategic Directors, Heads of Services and external partners in the strengthening of the capacity of the ICT service.

Ensure the management of disaster recovery, business continuity and backup processes. The candidate will ensure that the authority’s ICT infrastructure is secure.

Provide leadership, direction and motivation to staff through appropriate management and identification of training and development needs, to ensure their performance and contribution to the Council is maximised.

Promote the authority’s vision, values, policies, aims and objectives through personal example and positive direction to ensure they translate into practical and effective action.

Contribute to a strong, co-ordinated ICT Management Team, helping develop a culture of collaborative working across functions, departments and inter-organisational boundaries.

Effectively manage and monitor budgets and other resources in accordance with City Council policies and service priorities, and lead the development of the Business Plan for the division.

Lead the redesign and development of strategic and operational functions, developing detailed proposals and plans for service transformation, improved efficiency and customer service, reduced costs, transition, implementation and stabilisation of change.

Develop linkages and greater coordinated working with other council services and key stakeholders to ensure that the service contributes to the development and delivery of key priorities with regard to service development and strategic direction.

Your candidate must have the following Technical requirements-

Specifically we are looking for ITIL Implementation skills and ICT Operational Management skills

Track record of successful direct management in a large, complex ICT environment.

Extensive knowledge of local government operations and legislative environment and sound understanding of the challenges facing local authorities, including detailed knowledge of the transformational government agenda.

Starting ASAP / 6 months initially

Please send me your CV in the first instance and I will call you with more details

Head of ICT Service delivery - ITIL Implementation
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.

For more jobs similar to this or in one of our other industry sectors please visit the People Source website www.peoplesource.co.uk

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Hays Telecoms

Salary

Competitive

Location

Altrincham

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Acquisition Surveyor - Telecommunications base stations for mobile

Acquisition Surveyor - traditional ‘Property’ specialist (3-5 years)
looking for acquisitions surveyors in Manchester and Reading. Teleco experience is essential and we are really looking for a traditional ‘Property’ specialist (3-5 years) with a track record of obtaining (& negotiating) property rights.
T
he primary role of an Acquisition Surveyor is to acquire property rights for mobile operators to enable the development and evolution of the ‘mobile phone’ network and Team Leadership of Graduates and Support Staff as required.
• Working with Senior Acquisition Surveyors, Acquisition Manager and Town Planners to obtain thorough knowledge of the role.
• To maintain an overview of colleagues work to ensure maintenance of Quality, Project Performance and Client Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and to ensure knowledge and information is available to the employer’ and Client’s Project Manager in the absence of those colleagues.
• Progression of site instructions for clients from inception through to site completion.
• Acquiring property rights for new Telecoms sites, both permanent and temporary where appropriate, the acquisition of new rights to upgrade/decommission existing sites and the identification and implementation of established property rights for existing sites.
• Commencing applications for clients to Site Share on Third party tower and land.
• Attendance at Kick-off visits (KOV’s) to identify suitable sites for new Radio Base Stations including the identification of willing and unwilling prospective landlords and reporting findings to the Client.
• Preparing then co-ordinating Multi Skilled Visits (MSV’s); organising & conducting different disciplines in order to produce a detailed scheme to propose to the Client, Landowner, Employer and Local Planning Authority.
• Negotiation and agreement of commercial terms with Site Provider (Option agreements and Heads of Terms); liaison with client and Third Party Solicitors thereafter until Full Legal Completion.
• Evaluation of existing property leases to ascertain clients property rights and selection of appropriate course of action, i.e. Deed of Variation, Surrender and Re-grant
• Co-ordinating signing of wayleave documents between Service Provider and Site Provider (i.e. BT, NTL or the Distribution Network Operator)
• Assisting/Managing internal/external resources in the delivery of design, acquisition, town planning and REC management where appropriate
• Co-ordination with internal/external resources to ensure site acquisition is within the timescale and parameters dictated by clients Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Maintenance of employer’s and client’s database
• Provision of weekly and monthly reports illustrating profit/loss and a running evaluation of the project.
• Benchmarking and providing innovative new suggestions in client and employer’s business
• Liaising with all parties at all levels of the business

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Negotiating – Be hard working, target driven with a positive mental attitude and not afraid to go the extra mile.
• Property Valuation – The ability to derive a valuation for specific property rights including:
o Establishing Market Rental Value
o Opportunity Cost or Existing Use Value
o Special Value and Best Negotiation Value
• Commercial Awareness – general knowledge of business and being able to analyse situations from a commercial perspective
• Coping – Able to maintain a mature problem solving attitude while dealing with interpersonal conflict, hazardous conditions, personal rejection, hostility or time demands
• Reading the system (shrewdness) – Able to recognise and use information about organisational climate and key individuals (both internal and external) to accomplish legitimate organisational goals; be aware of the importance of timing, politics and group processes in managing change
• Organisation and Planning – Able to organise or schedule people to tasks; to develop realistic action plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resource availability
• Decisiveness – Able to make decisions on available information and take action; make commitments and not change decisions when challenged; deal with emergencies as necessary
• Assertiveness – Able to maturely express one’s opinions and feelings in spite of disagreement; accurately communicate to others regardless of their status or position
• General Communication - Must be a team player able to work and operate effectively as an individual and part of the team, able to communicate effectively and confidently with people from all areas and levels of the business; attending meetings or chairing meetings with clients, contractors and internally within Our Client
• Commitment to task – Able to start and persist with specific courses of action whilst exhibiting high motivation and a sense of urgency; wiling to commit to long hours and make personal sacrifice where necessary to meet important deadlines; ability to drive a task forward until the task is either resolved or completed
• Compliance - Able to operate within existing ISO conditions and regulations; must conform to company Health & Safety policy; previous experience in operating within and/or implementing ISO regulations/ quality system would be an advantage











SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED (E = Essential; D = Desirable)

E - Client relationship management
E - Willingness to learn practises of estate management/ lease agreement and/or renewal; ultimately to be familiar with all of the above
E – Negotiation skills, ability to quickly complete deals to the satisfaction of all parties
E - Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages including manipulating spread sheets, analysing data and interpreting results
E – Ability to manage a portfolio of sites ensuring progression within a designated client workflow
E – Ability to work within a multi-discipline team
E – Driving License
D - Degree qualified in Estate Management/ Land Surveying preferred but experience will be taken into account
D - Any related work experience/ placements/ year out would be an advantage.




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