Calling UK Nationals!

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent, long term contract for a leading client based in Cumbria.

We are looking for an Engineer (Software)to support operational plants across the entire site delivering maintenance, plant support and software modifications to industrial control systems, primarily Programable Electronic Systems (PES). 

This is an exciting opportunity to further a career in the IT Industrial Computing and Engineering disciplines or start one! With a superb career progression path, there is an opportunity to work within a dynamic experienced team, and to work with new technologies and new facilities shaping the plant’s future.

The role would ideally suit an individual from a plant-based maintenance background, an engineering background or someone with a keen interest in IT solutions.

Role responsibilities:

• Ability to perform complex system modifications without supervision. This may include, but is not limited to, the preparation of requirements specifications; validation tests; impact analysis; technical reviews; support to PMP production
• Perform temporary and permanent software modifications to PES in line with QMS arrangements.
• Perform unscheduled (breakdown) maintenance recoveries to the SEP machine Control Systems as part of the local team to significant (safety, quality, environmental) systems and/or technically challenging systems without supervision
• Assist the Team Manager in the preparation of support activities.
• Perform the PES Manager role for complex PES with key functionality or several less complex systems in accordance with PES management arrangements.
• Mentor and tutor Control Systems trainees, apprentices, less experienced engineers and individuals from the Operating Units such as craft and system operators.
• Provide specialist technical and engineering advice and support to plant maintenance teams, engineering teams (system, equipment & stream engineers), customers and stakeholders
• Demonstrate an understanding of different PES technology interactions and the interface to plant and process.

Knowledge & Experience

•Control Systems, instrumentation, CE&I or software background.

•Can provide evidence of an ability to work in an operating plant environment delivering structured maintenance activities, control systems, and system improvements.

•Preferably can provide evidence of previous plant process knowledge and experience.

•Demonstrable evidence of working in teams.

Essential Skills

•HNC or higher qualification in an electrical, electronic or software related subject and/or suitable experience.

•Can provide evidence of an expert knowledge of one or more of a variety of PES technologies including PLC, SCADA, DCS, MIS/HLS, SQL Server, Modicon M and Networks.

•Can provide evidence of an understanding and application of the PES modification lifecycle, including both temporary and permanent software modifications.

•Good communications skills with the ability to interact at all levels providing advice, guidance and training across the local team and Plant facing support and operations teams.

Please apply / get in touch ASAP. We look forward to receiving your cv!

Technical Business Analyst.

Our client has created a new Technical Strategy and put in place a new platform team to set up the frameworks and components. The team is made up of Software Developers and Testers.

We are looking for a skilled Technical Business Analyst with experience working with Software teams and products and that can understand how requirements are broken into technical tasks.

Must have a Technical mindset and have worked with Technical Teams across functions.

Our client is in Insurance, Insurance experience would be a nice to have, but not essential. The solid Business Analysis and the Technical exposure are the key.

The role is Hybrid, 1 day a week on site if commutable to Cork in Ireland / 1 day a month if you are further afield.

Duration: 6 months with further extensions. They expect this to be a long-term ongoing role.

If you have the above-mentioned skills and experience, please don’t hesitate to apply

Project Manager             

Our client, a prestigious company and brand requires a Project Manager to join the team.

The Project Management role involves launching customer-facing digital products, internal systems implementations, website development, and business integrations. The role holder is responsible for ensuring projects are scoped and delivered to time, budget and quality constraints. The role requires establishing good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and ensuring effective communication is achieved.

Responsibilities:

Manage software / systems development or implementation projects

Manage other projects as required

The role:

Scope and manage the end-to-end delivery of new projects to time, scope and budget and within agreed quality parameters 

Apply project management principles to projects, eg Develop full scale project plans; Create and maintain risk logs, issue logs and change request documentation; Lead status meetings; Provide status reports for projects etc

Proactively manage tasks, ensuring resources are deployed and deadlines are met

Ensure prompt escalation to senior management when project deliverables are at risk

Manage stakeholders across the business to ensure effective requirements gathering and ongoing communication throughout the project lifecycle

Own, manage and maintain key supplier relationships and act as a point of reference/project planning advice for internal teams

Support the Project Office with lessons learned, best practices, and standardised methodologies

Technical:

Project manage all elements of the software development lifecycle (e.g. requirements, development, testing, rollout) working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers

Use JIRA for above tasks

Use Confluence for key project documents

Financial Responsibility/Authority:

Establish, monitor and report on budgets, escalating to relevant project team members if appropriate

Suggest ways of reducing costs whilst maintaining quality

Project mentoring and support:

Provide informal mentoring and support on projects (possibly also participate in training workshops) for staff who need to develop their technical skills/understanding relating to projects

For further details, please don’t hesitate to apply.

Are you looking for your next career move?

We are looking for an experienced Software Product Manager to join our client, based in Manchester.

As a Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the evolution of our client’s market leading product, focussing on their customers’ most critical challenges, and helping bring to market impactful functionality for their community across their SaaS software and mobile app.

The selected Product manager will be responsible for the following deliverables:

• Collaborate with senior management and the broader product team to define the product roadmap, across core SaaS web application, add-on modules, mobile app and Outlook add-in
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of customer needs within target markets and key market dynamics
• Initiate and sponsor development projects, working with internal and external stakeholders to elicit requirements and develop elegant solutions to complex problems, always with a ‘customer first’ approach and an awareness of UX/UI considerations
• Collaborate with the UX/UI designer to proactively engage with customers and prospects to validate business problems and proposed solutions, prior to development
• Produce documented user stories for Business Analysts, the UX/UI designer and development teams and work closely with them to bring the requirements to fruition
• Input into feedback management (customers, prospects, internal staff) and feature prioritisation as part of the roadmapping process
• Work with key stakeholders and all other departments to communicate the product roadmaps, product content and seasonal release co-ordination
• Drive process improvement and change across the product organisation, leveraging best practices and interacting with key stakeholders in other departments (engineering, customer success, support etc)
• Serve as a product evangelist and subject matter expert to a range of audiences, including key stakeholders and other divisional product and technology teams
• Provide support for customer engagement initiatives – this could include joining meetings with key customers, presenting the product roadmap, running customer focus groups, contributing to webinars and demonstrating products

Required skills/ experience:

• 4+ years’ experience of product management within a software organisation
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to engage and influence senior internal and external stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• Highly organised, and able to self-manage and progress multiple projects and activities in parallel
• Proven excellence in solving problems with innovative and flexible solutions
• A relentless focus on customers and users, with an awareness of UX/UI considerations
• Ability to take effective decisions within fast-moving Agile delivery
• Ability to set deadlines and manage yourself and others to achieve them
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, with a pragmatic approach
• Strong understanding of best practice product processes
• Ideally some experience of the professional services industry or project-based companies (agencies, architects, consultants, accountants etc)

Please apply ASAP or get in touch for more details on this excellent opportunity to join a growing client’s team with international presence.

Infrastructure & Systems Specialist

Endeavour has an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure Specialist to join a consultancy firm, based in London, providing a comprehensive array of professional services to fintech companies, online businesses and payment solution providers.

The role offers remote flexibility with presence onsite required when needed.

The successful Infrastructure Specialist will be joining our client’s IT team and be responsible for ensuring that our client’s server and hosted application needs are met and that the health of their global infrastructure is monitored and maintained. You will configure and manage dozens of platforms powering websites, mailboxes, databases, and in-house software. In addition, it’ll be your job to drive improvements, which will include the implementation of automation whether it relates to boosting the effectiveness of processes or the efficiency of internal teams.

The selected Infrastructure Specialist will have the following demonstrable skills/experience required:

• Five or more years of experience in system administration or related IT role.
• Experience administering a wide variety of *nix platforms.
• Proven experience configuring and managing systems running Debian and CentOS (or derivatives), and software such as OpenSSH, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, Postfix, and Dovecot.
• Experience with tools and products like Chef/Ansible and Vagrant/Docker.
• Automate everything mindset with a ridiculous amount of experience in automating tasks through scripting.
• Knowledge of one or more languages such as Python, Go, Perl, Java, Bash, and PHP.
• Strong familiarity with supporting high-volume eCommerce websites.
• Understanding of hardware, information security, networking concepts, and enterprise applications.
• Basic abilities in network administration: experience working with Cisco/F5 products and a solid understanding of network protocols.
• Ability to quickly analyse complex issues, come up with innovative solutions, and determine possible causes. A high aptitude for problem solving is required.
• Ability to balance conflicting concerns such as security, maintainability, and usability.
• Experience supporting remotely located end users and systems, and an understanding of the impact of technology on the business.
• Ability to work to a very high standard and tight deadlines with colleagues from across the globe.
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, highly organized, and quick to adapt to changes.
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Willingness and ability to learn and master new tools and latest trends.
• Ability to work outside of typical business hours on occasion.
• Certifications (e.g. CompTIA Linux+, LPIC-*, RHCSA, ITIL® etc.) a huge asset.

If this sounds like you, send your CV or get in touch for further details!

Endeavour has a fantastic career opportunity for an enthusiastic Software support profile who will be joining a UK based manufacturer of hardware and software for the telecommunications market with international scope, based in Buckinghamshire.

Our client is looking for a software literate, technically minded profile who enjoys working with customers building converged network communication.

The selected Software support profile will be part of our client’s Technical Support team and be working alongside the engineer team.

Your role will include the following deliverables:

• Log and review incoming technical support inquiries from customers and partners via telephone and email; duplicate, research, resolve and test potential defects; answer technical product questions.
• Develop and execute test plans
• Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills; anticipate error conditions and likely failure scenarios.
• Escalate issues to engineering as and when needed. Set customer expectations; provide regular updates.
• On-site customer support when necessary and undertake national and international travel as required.
• Help R&D teams with developing and testing new products
• Help write QA test applications

Skills/experience required:

• A degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
• Minimum 2 years’ programming experience: Java, Python, C# or Bash
• Technical Customer Support experience
• Ability to troubleshoot basic computer hardware and software
• A good knowledge of Linux system administration

Please apply or get in touch for further details on this opportunity to join a great and caring team!

Endeavour Recruitment are looking for a Junior Systems Test Engineer to join a global provider of cyber security and government infrastructure solutions and products. The successful candidate will be joining their busy Production department, where you will learn and develop your skills in all areas linking to Production, Sales, Engineering, etc.

You will be part of an exciting LEAN manufacturing operation where you will be encouraged to express and develop your ideas with our highly skilled team. We are looking for someone to come on board as soon as possible – based in Blandford Forum.

Responsibilities

• Building and configuring Server and computer systems to manufacturing specifications
• Configuring networks and diagnose faults
• Performing in-coming and out-going QC inspection
• Performing system / computer test
• Performing Firmware and Software programming
• Carrying out repair to component level (soldering SMT IPC class etc.)
• Performing Software and Hardware testing to board level
• Creation and updates of manufacturing instructions
• Calibration and testing of production equipment
• Adhere to ISO 9001 processes and procedures

Requirements

• A/AS level or equivalent in electronics/computing/software
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong IT skills and basic understanding of TCP/IP protocols and networks
• Strong use of Microsoft office work tools

Desirable

• Linus/Unix operating system use/configuration
• Experience in the use of Manufacturing ERP / MRP Systems (E.g. Sage 200/50)
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing (e.g. 5S, Kaizen)
• Experience of an ISO9001 manufacturing environment
• Electronic repair (fault finding & solder skills)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Health Care Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Childcare Voucher scheme
• Free on-site parking

If you are looking to join a leading company, with brilliant opportunities to progress, please apply with your CV.

Endeavour has a fantastic contract opportunity for an experienced Test Analyst to join a large European Institution based in Luxembourg.

The successful Analyst will be working alongside a hands-on tester. You will be conducting functional testing of a new software developed in Java.

If you are looking for a long-term opportunity that will make you stand out from the crowd, get in touch ASAP!

All-in rate: EUR 400

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting new contract opportunity for a Software Developer in Test to join an international security client in The Hague, Netherlands. It is essential you possess valid/current SC or NATO Secret Clearance. This is initially a 5 month contract at an all-in rate of €53EUR per hour.

The successful Software Developer in Test will be responsible for the following –

• Our client is looking for a motivated, skilled and experienced software developer to kick-start the integration of automated regression testing in their CI/CD system build on Azure Devops.
• The application under test is a large scale (> 1M LOC) Windows Forms application providing support to the full planning cycle of the client’s operations.
• The application uses an interface similar to Office 2016 and is mostly built using DevExpress components. The chosen testing framework to use for the project is Appium + WinAppDriver. This framework is the supported Microsoft framework, uses the same protocol and principles of the leading Web test tool (Selenium) and replaces CodedUI which VS2019 is the last version to support. The test specification will be developed in C#.
• The goal of the project is to complete in 5 months (800 hours) from scratch, the automated test skeleton development, CI adjustment and integration, communication and minimal documentation for a set (minimum 6) of representative large-scale regression scenarios on two applications (OPT and OMT).

The successful Software Developer in Test must have the following experience –

• MUST HAVE VALID/CURRENT SC OR NATO SECRET CLEARANCE.
• University degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
• Strong C#, Microsoft .Net experience
• Experience with test development (particularly integration, system and regression tests)
• Experience with Appium or Selenium
• Knowledge of WinForms controls / applications
• Experience with Azure Devops CI/CD is a plus

If you are pro-active and NATO/ SC cleared wanting to enhance your career and join an international client in the security sector do not hesitate to apply with a copy of your most recent CV for this Software Developer in Test position.

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting career opportunity for a Junior Systems Test Engineer to join a global provider of government infrastructure, cyber security and telecoms mobile products and services. A provider of cutting-edge technology, our client is based in the beautiful town of Blandford in Dorset. This is an excellent opportunity to kick-start a career in system testing, where you can learn and develop skills in all areas linking to the production of our client’s products.

Responsibilities

• Building and configuring Server and computer systems to manufacturing specifications
• Performing system and computer tests
• Configure networks and diagnose faults
• Performing in-coming and out-going QC inspections
• Performing firmware and software programming
• Performing software and hardware testing to board level
• Carrying out repair to component level (soldering SMT IPD class etc.)
• Recording all processes using in-house ticket system
• Creation and updates of manufacturing instructions
• Sales/works order processing
• Calibration and testing of production equipment

Requirements

• A/AS Level (or equivalent) in electronics/computing/software
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Eager to learn about systems

Desirable

• Linux/Unix operating system use/configuration
• Experience in the use of Manufacturing ERP/MRP systems
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing
• Experience of an ISO9001 manufacturing environment
• Electronic repair (fault finding and solder skills)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Non contributory pension scheme
• Private health care insurance
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Free on-site parking

If you are looking to start an exciting career as a Systems Test Engineer, please get in touch with your CV today!