The Section Engineer will play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of defined sections of work on complex infrastructure projects delivered through long-term, regulated frameworks. Working closely with site and project leadership teams, you will take ownership of engineering coordination, technical compliance, and construction quality within your area of responsibility. The role requires a hands-on, solutions-focused engineer who can translate design intent into safe, efficient, and compliant site execution while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and performance across transport and public infrastructure environments.
Engineering & Technical Delivery
- Lead and coordinate engineering activities within your section, ensuring accurate execution of design, installation, and testing works.
- Interpret technical drawings, specifications, method statements, and approved plans to inform on-site delivery.
- Provide technical guidance and support to site teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders.
- Identify and resolve technical/engineering issues promptly, escalating where appropriate.
Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Ensure all activities adhere to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards in line with company and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct site inspections, quality checks, and verification of workmanship against specification.
- Assist in preparation and review of risk assessments, method statements, inspection test plans (ITPs), and compliance documentation.
Programme & Coordination
- Support delivery programme by planning work sequences, coordinating resources, and managing interfaces between disciplines/contractors.
- Attend project and coordination meetings, provide updates on engineering progress, and contribute to issue resolution.
- Maintain accurate records of activities, progress reports, and as-built documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Liaise professionally with clients, design teams, subcontractors, and other delivery partners to ensure collaborative working relationships.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with team members to support project outcomes.
Experience & Qualifications
- Proven experience working as a Section Engineer or similar role within infrastructure, civil engineering, transport, or public works projects.
- Experience in regulated frameworks or long-term infrastructure delivery is desirable.
- Competent with reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Relevant engineering qualification (e.g., HNC/HND/BEng) or equivalent practical experience preferred.
What We Offer
- Exposure to high-profile infrastructure programmes across the UK.
- Opportunity to contribute to delivery across major transport and public infrastructure sectors.
- A supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and growth.
Legal Information:
We act as an employment agency for permanent work and as an employment business for temporary work.
For roles in the UK, applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
We value diversity and promote equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all areas of society and can discuss any reasonable adjustments to support your application.
An established and growing structural engineering consultancy in Glasgow is seeking a Structural Design Engineer to join their team. This opportunity is ideal for an engineer with approximately 2–5 years’ experience and a solid background in structural design.
The role will involve working on a varied portfolio of projects including residential developments, new-build schools, and school refurbishment schemes. Candidates from all structural backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as the consultancy values diverse experience and technical development. You will be involved in the design and delivery of projects from early concept through to completion, producing calculations, drawings, and technical reports while working closely with senior engineers and multidisciplinary teams.
Applicants should hold a degree in Structural Engineering and have experience working within a UK structural engineering environment. A good working knowledge of relevant design codes and structural software is required, along with strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
The company is offering a competitive salary in the region of £30,000–£35,000 depending on experience, along with full support towards Chartership through ICE or IStructE. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineer looking to progress their career within a supportive consultancy that actively invests in professional development.
Legal Information:
We act as an employment agency for permanent work and as an employment business for temporary work.
For roles in the UK, applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
We value diversity and promote equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all areas of society and can discuss any reasonable adjustments to support your application.
Job Responsibilities:
- Payments and File Format Expertise
- Deep understanding of payment processing workflows, especially H2H and SWIFT.
- Hands-on experience with legacy formats (IDOC, EDIFACT) as well as ISO 20022 and GFF.
- Ability to interpret and translate complex file specifications and payment instructions.
- Technical Analysis and Mapping
- Strong analytical skills for field-by-field mapping between client files and internal standard formats.
- Experience creating and maintaining detailed mapping requirement documents and data dictionaries.
- Familiarity with structured and hybrid address fields, and compliance requirements (e.g., CBPR+).
Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:
- 58 Years or more relevant business & technical analysis experience in Payments.
- Graduate in any Computer Science stream.
- Proven capability of applying project management methodology to execute deliverables for complex and strategic implementations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to map and document progress of complex workflows.
- Technical experience with transmissions, ERPs (technical roles) and file formats.
- Knowledge and experience with IDOC, EDIFACT, ISO 20022 and EDI message formats.
Note: 5 days onsite
Are you a Structural Engineer with 4+ years’ experience looking to take the next step in your career? We’re working with a well-established consulting engineering practice who are looking to add a talented engineer to their growing team.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected consultancy working across a wide variety of small to medium-scale projects. You’ll gain exposure to hands-on engineering, technical design and client interaction, with strong support from senior engineers.
You’ll be involved in:
- Structural design and analysis for a diverse range of projects
- Small works, domestic extensions and timber-frame structures
- Multi-unit residential developments
- Industrial portal frame buildings
- Collaborating with internal teams and external clients
- Progressing towards chartership (or developing further post-chartership)
They are looking for someone with:
- 4+ years’ experience in structural engineering
- Chartered or actively working towards chartership (IStructE / ICE)
- Experience across small projects through to residential and industrial schemes
- Strong communication and client-facing skills
- Able to work both independently and within a collaborative team environment
This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within an established, supportive consultancy and gain exposure to a varied workload with genuine responsibility. This is a great chance for career development and chartership support with flexible hybrid working after the initial six-month period.
If this role appeals to you then please apply now or call Marie on 01786 446651 quoting J46451 for a confidential chat.
Legal Information:
We act as an employment agency for permanent work and as an employment business for temporary work.
For roles in the UK, applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
We value diversity and promote equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all areas of society and can discuss any reasonable adjustments to support your application.
JobTitle:FullStackDeveloper
ContractLength:6months(initial)
Location:GlasgowHybrid(3daysperweekonsite)
Sector:FinancialServices
IR35Status:InsideIR35
Overview
WeareworkingwithaleadingfinancialservicesclientwhoisseekinganexperiencedFullStackDevelopertojointheirtechnologyteamonaninitial6-monthcontract.Thisroleoffersahybridworkingmodel,withthreedaysperweekrequiredonsiteinGlasgow.
Youllbepartofamodernengineeringteamdeliveringscalable,cloud-basedsolutions,workingacrossbothbackendandfrontendtechnologiesinadistributeddata-drivenenvironment.
KeyResponsibilities
- Design,develop,andmaintainfullstackapplicationsinafinancialservicesenvironment
- BuildandenhancebackendservicesusingJavaand/orScala
- Developmodern,responsiveuserinterfacesusingAngularorsimilarframeworks
- Workwithdistributedcomputeanddataprocessingtechnologies
- Contributetocloud-nativesolutionshostedonAzure
- Collaboratewithcross-functionalteamsincludingproductowners,architects,anddataengineers
- Ensurehighstandardsofcodequality,performance,andsecurity
RequiredSkills&Experience
- StrongFullStackdevelopmentexperience
- BackenddevelopmentwithJavaand/orScala
- FrontenddevelopmentusingAngularorasimilarmodernJavaScriptframework
- Experiencewithdistributedcomputeconceptsandtoolssuchas:
- ApacheSpark
- Databricks
- ApacheBeam(orsimilar)
- SolidexperiencewithAzurecloudtechnologies
- Databaseexperiencewithcloudandrelationaldatabases,e.g.Snowflake,Sybase,orsimilar
- GoodworkingknowledgeofUnix/Linuxenvironments
NicetoHave
- Experienceworkingwithinfinancialservicesorregulatedenvironments
- FamiliaritywithCI/CDpipelinesandDevOpspractices
- Exposuretolarge-scaledataplatformsoranalyticssystems
WhatsonOffer
- CompetitiveinsideIR35dayrate
- Hybridworkingwithastrongon-siteengineeringculture
- Opportunitytoworkoncomplex,enterprise-scalesystems
- Initial6-monthcontractwithpotentialforextension
IfyoureaFullStackDeveloperwithstrongbackend,frontend,andcloudexperiencelookingforyournextcontractroleinGlasgow,wedlovetohearfromyou.
We are delighted to be working in partnership with our client, a highly respected multi-disciplinary engineering specialist delivering complex infrastructure projects across Scotland. With a strong reputation for quality, safety, and innovation, our client operates across the civil engineering space.
Due to continued growth and secured long-term programmes of work, our client is now seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of key infrastructure projects across Scotland.
The Role
The Project Manager will take full responsibility for the successful planning and delivery of projects from award through to completion. This includes managing programmes, budgets, resources, subcontractors, and stakeholder relationships, while ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and commercial performance are achieved.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage projects from pre-construction through to handover
- Develop and maintain project programmes, budgets, and risk registers
- Lead site teams and coordinate subcontractors and supply chain partners
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards
- Monitor project performance and report on progress and financials
- Build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
About You
- Proven Project Management experience within civil engineering, construction, or infrastructure
- Strong commercial awareness and experience managing budgets and project controls
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Relevant professional qualifications and/or chartered status desirable
What’s on Offer
Our client offers a stable, supportive working environment with long staff tenure and low turnover, underpinned by strong mentoring and development for technical professionals. Project teams are given early responsibility and broad exposure beyond site delivery, including commercial management, procurement, and contract administration.
Engineers and project managers are not siloed into a single sector, instead gaining experience across a diverse range of infrastructure projects. The business is known for long-standing, collaborative client relationships and a practical, solutions-focused approach to delivery. The role offers the opportunity to work on both technically complex schemes and fast-paced programmes, with a clear emphasis on empowering capable people and matching the right expertise to each project.
Legal Information:
We act as an employment agency for permanent work and as an employment business for temporary work.
For roles in the UK, applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
We value diversity and promote equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all areas of society and can discuss any reasonable adjustments to support your application.
DV Cleared Software Engineer (DBA / Data-Focused)
Contract: 12 months
Location: Cheltenham (5 days per week onsite, occasional travel to Gloucester)
Rate: 500 - 570 per day (Umbrella, Inside IR35)
Must hold live UKIC DV clearance
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Software Engineer with a strong DBA background to support a growing national security programme based in Cheltenham. This role sits within a high-performing technical team delivering solutions that have real-world impact across the UK Government sector.
You’ll work on data-focused systems, contributing across the full software lifecycle while supporting and improving secure Oracle-based platforms and automation using Ansible.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, document and support software components within a secure system environment
- Provide accurate estimates for development effort from given specifications
- Work with a strong focus on data processing and database-driven systems
- Support and develop Oracle and Ansible-based infrastructure, including automation
- Analyse code defects and deliver timely, robust fixes
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong background as a DBA / data-focused software engineer
- Hands-on experience with Oracle and Ansible
- Solid understanding of backend systems and data processing
- Proven ability to troubleshoot, analyse and resolve complex technical issues
- Comfortable working collaboratively within Agile teams
Desirable
- Exposure to cloud or platform technologies such as AWS, Docker, microservices
- Experience working in secure or regulated environments
The Ideal Candidate
You’ll be technically strong, curious, and motivated to solve complex problems. This role would suit someone who enjoys working close to the data layer, values clean, well-documented solutions, and wants to contribute to meaningful, high-impact programmes.
Are you a Senior DCS Engineer looking for your next contract opportunity? If so, please read on…
Senior DCS Engineer
Aberdeenshire
ÂŁ50-55 per hour (Outside IR35)
12-month initial contract
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and commissioning of automation systems based on ABB 800xA and AC800M.
- Manage and deliver full project lifecycle activities, including concept design, software configuration, FAT, SAT, and offshore installation.
- Collaborate with project teams and clients to ensure technical requirements and deadlines are met.
- Support offshore commissioning and maintenance activities as required.
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven experience programming and configuring ABB 800xA and AC800M systems.
- Strong background in automation and control engineering with full project lifecycle involvement.
- Offshore Survival Certificate (BOSIET or equivalent).
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
Desirable Experience:
- Familiarity with legacy ABB systems such as AC450 or Safeguard.
- Experience with virtual machines (VMware or equivalent).
- Offshore work experience with live system cutovers or upgrades.
If this role is of interest to you, please get in touch with Alex Hooton at JAM Recruitment as soon as possible.
Java Engineer | Glasgow based | Must have Azure experience! | ÂŁ550-ÂŁ700 (Inside IR35) | 6 months initially (likely extension)
We’re looking for a Java Engineer, that has previous experience working with Azure, specifically Azure app services for a range of exciting projects. If you don’t hold strong experience in this cloud, it will not be right for you.
Rate: ÂŁ550-ÂŁ700 (Inside IR35)
Length: 6-month initial contract, strong likelihood of extension
Location: Scotland (fully on site)
Key Skills & Experience:
- Strong core Java development background
- Experience with Spring Boot
- Exposure to Azure App Services
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred)
- Terraform experience desirable
- Must have valid Right to Work in the UK (no sponsorship available)
You’ll be joining a well established organisation, working on a range of internal systems and services.
If this sounds like you, apply now for more details!
Java Engineer | Glasgow based | Must have Azure experience! | ÂŁ550-ÂŁ700 (Inside IR35) | 6 months initially (likely extension)
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M&E Project Manager
Temporary
Glasgow
Rate of pay: Umbrella / CIS self-employed / LTD CIS / LTD self-employed = ÂŁ400 per day.
Are you a M&E Project Manager looking for work?
ARC is currently looking for a M&E Project Manager in Glasgow for a 12 month contract on a commercial project.
For this position, you must have the following:
• ECS / JIB
• Full PPE
• Tools
SMSTS
This a 12 month contract for an M&E Project Manager on a commercial job.
You must have previous proven experience in commercial.
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR ARC
• Working with one of East Anglia’s leading Recruitment agencies with 16 years within the marketplace, recruiting for many of the region’s leading companies.
• In a recent survey 96% of our clients stated ARC are their preferred agency labour supplier.
• Paid annual leave pro-rata for PAYE (inclusive of statutory holiday)
• Weekly pay – with a 1 hour pay resolution guarantee.
• Pension contribution (after 3 months continuous service).
• On-going assignments
• Free access to our Health Assured scheme for you and your family.
• Access to Free online training.
Please contact our Mechanical & Electrical Recruitment specialists if you are available for this position
ARC M&E – BUILDING ON SUCCESS
Role: Contract Senior EC&I Engineer
Location: Glasgow (Hybrid 2 Days From Home)
Job Type: 12 month contract outside of IR35
Rate: ÂŁ55 Per Hr
A well-established engineering firm specialising in the design and delivery of complex rotating equipment and handling systems is looking to hire a Senior EC&I Engineer on a long-term outside IR35 contract. (initial 12 month duration).
Youll join a highly skilled team working on a strong pipeline of projects in the energy and industrial sectors. This is a hybrid role (3 days on-site, 2 remote) based in Glasgow.
Key Experience Sought:
- Proven EC&I engineering background within heavy industrial environments.
- Electrical design experience.
- Solid knowledge of MV motors, VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives)
- Hazardous area design experience (IEC 60079, ATEX)
- Experience with skid-mounted/package units (instrument hook-up, loop checks, cabling, glands, JBs)
- Familiarity with machine monitoring systems (e.g. Bently Nevada)
- Strong documentation and drawing skills (AutoCAD, P&IDs, loop diagrams, I/O lists, panel layouts, etc.)
Security Requirement:
Due to the sensitive nature of the work, candidates must be British nationals, holding either a British passport or dual citizenship.
If you would like to apply for this position or would like more information, please send an up to date CV for an immediate consultation.
Test Design Engineer
Location: Glasgow, Cheadle, Crawley, Templecombe
Duration: 6 months
Rate: ÂŁ61.84 ph Umbrella
Inside IR35
SC Clearance required
We are looking for Labview Test Design Engineers who have experience in working with development project teams to develop and deliver test solutions. This can range from a simple test box through to complex fully automated solutions and will require involvement throughout the lifecycle of the solution from concept to completion.
You will have an opportunity to influence product design requirements, develop equipment for both product verification and manufacturing phases, and introduce new technologies and ways of working.
Each successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of Test Solution Engineering and will ideally have experience interfacing with external customers as well as internal stakeholders.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate knowledge in some or all of the following key areas:
- Specifying, designing and proving software solutions to meet project operational requirements.
- Proven ability in the design and verification of LabVIEW code, candidates have experience with Small to Medium Scale projects (1-6 Month Development time) in Test Design and LabVIEW Core 1, 2 as a minimum
- Knowledge of specifying and constructing test sequences using Teststand
- Knowledge of electronic/electrical design
- Knowledge of Electronics circuit design
- Cabling and interconnect design
- Ability to work to budget and timescale
- Preparation of test system procurement specifications
- Testing at circuit board and system level
- General understanding of design lifecycle
Additional
Due to the sensitive nature of the product all applicants must have worked within the Defence / Military industry within the last 12 months or be capable of obtaining Security Clearance (SC level minimum).
Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as a Mechanical Engineer Power and Propulsion Systems in Scotstoun, Glasgow on a hybrid basis
Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum national security?
Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for Mechanical Engineer Power and Propulsion Systems to add to their talented, hardworking team in Glasgow (onsite 1-2 days per week) on an initial 12 months contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same.
ÂŁ52.54 per hour inside IR35 / umbrella
The role:
To provide Mechanical Engineering support to the Power & Propulsion Systems Team engaged in the functional design of the latest Naval Ships.
Contribute to mechanical elements of the design of the design of the River Class Destroyer Power and Propulsion systems.
Including:
- Propulsion Motors
- Diesel Generators
- Gas Turbine
- Propulsion Gearbox
- Shaftline
- Steering gear and Stabilisers
Provide suppport to the team in order to assess technical compliance, integration and review of design documentation for the ship’s propulsion motors procurement pack.
Implement change to P&P systems away from baseline ship design, assessing impacts on equipment, systems and spatial design.
Support P&P compartment owners in the Zonal Maturity programme.
Skills:
To succeed within this role, you’ll have experience in a similar position, and you’ll ideally have the following skills:
Minimal experience in engineering or a defence related industry.
2-3 years in experience in a similar role
Has worked in typically one phase of the product lifecycle in the defence/maritime industry or a closely related field.
Has an understanding of the product lifecycle.
Has worked with limited autonomy and has performed routine analysis in one engineering sub-discipline.
Background
This is an exciting opportunity to work for a global business that has developed a strategy of working closely with its contingent workforce. Within the role, you can expect to:
Work on complex, cutting-edge projects
Achieve a work/life balance
Develop your skills
APPLY NOW
If this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you! Send your CV to Stella today!
We are seeking experienced Software Engineers with strong PLC and SCADA expertise to support cutting-edge defence technology development in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. You’ll join a multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality software solutions in line with recognised industry standards.
** Please note \ Applicants MUST be a UK passport holder & born in the UK due to the nature of this contract.
Role: Software Engineers - PLC & SCADA Location: Motherwell Contract: 6 months initially but likely to be extended up to 23 months maximum. 37.5 hours per week. Pay rate: ÂŁ45 - ÂŁ60 per hour (PAYE only)
Main responsibilities:
- Develop innovative, high quality software for leading UK defence projects
- Utilising a variety of tools and programming languages, contribute across the full software lifecycle in a collaborative team
- Support junior team members and lead in review/assurance activities
- Design, implement, test, and deploy control system solutions
Ideal candidate profile:
Background in Instrumentation & Control Engineering (or similar) Strong knowledge of PLC programming, SCADA, and DCS systems Candidates MUST be UK passport holders & born in the UK Vetting process will also include 5 years’ referencing & a drug screen
If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply immediately.
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Ready to work somewhere that cares more about how you build software than how fast you can ship it?
At Opencast, we don’t measure developers by the number of tickets you complete. We care about engineering craft, clean design and thoughtful problem-solving.
Opencast consultants deliver in complex environments, pairing often and working with others who take pride in doing things properly: TDD, emerging design, refactoring and leaving code better than they found it. We build software we are proud of, and our clients trust us not just to code but to think, challenge and guide. If you value simple and robust solutions and want a role where your judgment matters as much as your keyboard, you will fit right in.
The role
We’re looking for Contractors in Software Development (consultant level) to help our major clients transform.
Software developers at Opencast care about building products right and combine their own experience and approach with our company values. They are tech agnostic, have expertise in agile methodologies, extreme programming practices and use industry-leading programming languages to deliver agile transformation.
Our approach to software development is collaborative, focused on keeping things simple, and we use test driven development and pair programming as best practice.
Working with clients and key stakeholders is a crucial part of a consultancy role. Our developers are inclusive team players that listen, collaborate, can positively challenge and manage expectations when needed but most of all are always willing to teach and help others. Leaving a client with improved ways of working, working technology and a good experience from discovery through to live is the priority.
Contractors at Opencast follow the same principles as permanent consultants. The roles are varied, technical, and never confined to any one provider or solution.
Requirements
Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it.
Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days.
As attendance at client sites is a routine part of the role’s working pattern and involves occasional travel, travel expenses are not covered.
Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be beneficial.
Technical Skills
- Expertise in Java and/or Scala is required
- Experience with Javascript, Typescript, Kotlin, Python or Ruby is also valuable
- Understanding of Object Oriented Programming
- In depth knowledge of concepts and uses of testing
- Knowledge or experience of delivering complex services to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards
- Being comfortable with new technology, t-shaped and comfortable with ongoing learning and development is key to success
- Experience with agile methodology
A contractor in software development at Opencast is responsible for:
- Delivering in the upkeep of their team’s backlog
- Collaborating with the teams testing effort
- Leading on the implementation of user stories
- Embracing mobbing and pairing
- Working with others in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment
Salary
Up to ÂŁ450 per day (working inside IR35)
Where you’ll work
This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.
Want to know more?
Visit our website for more details.
Ready to work somewhere that cares more about how you build software than how fast you can ship it?
At Opencast, we don’t measure developers by the number of tickets you complete. We care about engineering craft, clean design and thoughtful problem-solving.
Opencast consultants deliver in complex environments, pairing often and working with others who take pride in doing things properly: TDD, emerging design, refactoring and leaving code better than they found it. We build software we are proud of, and our clients trust us not just to code but to think, challenge and guide. If you value simple and robust solutions and want a role where your judgment matters as much as your keyboard, you will fit right in.
The role
We’re looking for Contractors in Software Development (Senior level or Technical Lead) to help our major clients transform.
Software developers at Opencast care about building products right and combine their own experience and approach with our company values. They are tech agnostic, have expertise in agile methodologies, extreme programming practices and use industry-leading programming languages to deliver agile transformation.
Our approach to software development is collaborative, focused on keeping things simple, and we use test driven development and pair programming as best practice.
Working with clients and key stakeholders is a crucial part of a consultancy role. Our developers are inclusive team players that listen, collaborate, can positively challenge and manage expectations when needed but most of all are always willing to teach and help others. Leaving a client with improved ways of working, working technology and a good experience from discovery through to live is the priority.
Contractors at Opencast follow the same principles as permanent consultants. The roles are varied, technical, and never confined to any one provider or solution.
Requirements
Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it.
Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days.
As attendance at client sites is a routine part of the role’s working pattern and involves occasional travel, travel expenses are not covered.
Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be beneficial.
Technical Skills
- Expertise in Java and/or Scala is required
- Experience in other languages such as Javascript, Typescript, Kotlin, Python or Ruby is also valuable
- Experience in a technical leadership role
- Deep understanding of programming paradigm, code design, testing, accessibility, performance and security
- Proven ability to apply different testing tools and methods in practice
- Knowledge or experience of delivering complex services to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards
- Being comfortable with new technology, t-shaped and comfortable with ongoing learning and development is key to success
- Experience with agile methodology
A senior level contractor in software development at Opencast is responsible for:
- Driving the elaboration of their team’s backlog
- Setting testing strategies to match industry standards
- Being a technical expert in their team (or acting as the team lead)
- Leading the technical representation in a project discovery
- Acting as a technical lead in the team, enabling them to achieve their full potential
Salary
ÂŁ450 - ÂŁ600 per day (working inside IR35)
Where you’ll work
This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.
Want to know more?
Visit our website for more details.
Check out this brand new role!
Ready to turn curiosity into impact?
Do you want to use research to shape services that make a real impact? Are you ready to bring curiosity and insight to projects that improve people’s lives?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a User Researcher, you’ll uncover the needs and voices of people, work in multi-disciplinary teams to feed these needs into design decisions shape impactful services, and bring curiosity, pragmatism and insight to projects. You’ll enjoy, a supportive community whilst working across public sector clients, to solve real problems that impact people’s lives.
What you’ll do within our teams
- Plan research approaches for complex projects that might have multiple research activities running at the same time whilst being delivered by other researchers
- Offer oversight of research conducted by other people, either formally or informally, to improve research practices
- Identify where research points to areas that need more investigation and, where necessary, help to re-define the project scope and priorities in response to this
- Produce the required documentation and materials for research activity, including discussion guides and consent forms
- Recruit participants in line with GDPR and MRS guidelines
- Use your excellent communication skills to clearly explain your approach to your team and stakeholders
You’ll suit this role if you:
- Use a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including things like interviews, surveys, workshops, focus groups, shadowing, diary studies, usability testing, eye tracking, A/B testing, and analytics
- Have a strong understanding of GDS and designing to government service standards, preferably on projects that passed assessment(s)
- Can identify key themes, user needs, business needs, and personas through analysis
- Can explain findings to a range of audiences and translate these into areas of the service that need design focus
- Can produce user research deliverables like personas and journey maps
- Make sure your research is inclusive and includes people with disabilities and those who need support to use digital services
- Can build strong relationships with clients and persuade stakeholders of the importance of research to a project
- Thrive in a multidisciplinary team and encourage teammates to shadow and take part in research
- Understand agile processes
- Enjoy working with clients as they evolve and adapt
- Are naturally curious and able to champion your own learning and development
- Are an advocate for user-centred design
- Are respectful and tactful in your approach to clients who perhaps aren’t as familiar with user-centred design
- Are proactive and will take the initiative to solve a problem rather than seeing it and ignoring it
- Are keen to share your knowledge and experience
If you have any of this experience, please show it on your CV and in the interview.
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Want to solve meaningful problems?
Are you looking to make a positive impact in your work? Do you want to work in an environment where you can grow, while solving problems to help improve government, healthcare and private sector services?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business. As a Business Analyst, you’ll listen, ask questions and turn needs into plans usingstrong analysis, facilitation and problem-solving skills.
The role
You’ll lead business analysis activities within projects and be responsible for planning and achieving deliverables for our clients.
You’ll provide expert advice to our consultants and contribute towards building the BA community at Opencast.
You’ll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client.
Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.
Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you will have experience as a business analyst across different industries and/or clients. You will also ensure BA activities and outcomes align across multiple work streams and/or projects. Please show how you have:
• Experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines.
• Analysed and evaluated complex business systems and processes to recommend improvement opportunities or change initiatives.
• Planned and executed the business analysis deliverables to meet the objectives of a project.
• Delegated and managed the tasks of others.
• Successfully worked within unfamiliar industries and/or clients and quickly adapted to understand the business domain and project needs.
• Built meaningful and lasting relationships with stakeholders to elicit and manage requirements and facilitate the path to delivery.
• Shaped the requirements management approach, including methodology, tools, and processes to enable successful delivery and value.
• Used a variety of BA techniques to solve complex problems and present ideas to stakeholders.
• Coached junior members of a team, sharing your knowledge of best practice and ways of working.
• Experience working in agile delivery teams
In the interview, we’ll ask you questions that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.
Salary
Inside IR35 - from ÂŁ490 per day
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
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Open to a new challenge?
Do you enjoy shaping products and services which positively impact people?
Are you looking for empowerment to deliver for some of the most important services in the UK?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re an independent UK technology consultancy specialising in designing, building and running user-centred digital and technology solutions that make a positive difference to people’s lives.
The role
You’ll already be working as a business analyst in your current role.
You’ll work with our clients to help them achieve their business goals.
You’ll work with other disciplines such as developers and user researchers to solve complex and interesting problems.
You’ll create relationships with stakeholders to understand what they need, then translate these into the requirements of the project.
You’ll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client.
If you take more of a leadership role on projects, you may be more suited to our senior business analyst role.
Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.
Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you need experience of working as a business analyst. You’ll need to show how you have:
• Applied business analysis techniques to solve problems in a methodical and considered way
• Elicited and managed business requirements using different methods
• Presented complex information in a way that is easy to understand
• Built effective working relationships within cross functional teams and across business stakeholders
• Shared knowledge and best practice with BAs and other disciplines
• Planned and managed your own workload to achieve the objectives of your project
• Experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines.
• Working in agile delivery teams
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in agile delivery management and/or product management
As well as business analysis skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant. You’ll need to show how you have:
• Contributed to improving ways of working within teams
• Positively challenged decisions or solutions you don’t agree with
In the interview, we’ll ask you questions that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.
Salary
Inside IR35 - from ÂŁ380 per day
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
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Ready to design products and services that make a difference?
Do you want to create products that make a meaningful impact? Are you ready to lead strategy and delivery on projects that reach large audiences?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Product Manager, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, balancing user needs and business goals across sectors, to create services that are used by millions of UK citizens.
The role
You’ll work on complex business challenges to help deliver solutions that deliver our clients’ goals. You will develop an understanding of those goals to define products and their priority features.
You’ll design, support and lead discovery and ideation workshops with clients and internal teams to devise innovative and impactful solutions. You’ll be responsible for managing relationships with stakeholders and development teams.
You’ll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client.
Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.
Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Essential experience
To succeed as a senior consultant product manager, you will need to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience working in product management roles, on complex projects, across the full product lifecycle in different sectors.
You will have in-depth knowledge of software development, with experience in agile and user-centred design.
In your CV and the interview, you should show how you have:
• Led cross-functional, agile teams to deliver successful products
• Developed product visions, minimum viable products and roadmaps, understanding business problems and contexts
• Communicated objectives, plans and progress to a range of stakeholders
• Used boundary objects to synthesise many different perspectives
• Facilitated conversations to align large groups of diverse stakeholders
• Cultivated high performing, constructive and trusting team environments
As well as product management skills, there are other essential skills you’ll need to be an effective senior consultant.
In your CV, please show how you have:
• Methodically solved complex problems across a range of contexts and environments
• Taken the lead on projects, setting tasks and objectives to get the best out of others
• Adapted ways of working to suit the specific needs of projects
• Supported the development of others through coaching and/or mentoring
• Demonstrable experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines
Desirable experience
There are some areas of experience which are not essential but are relevant to this role.
• Active contribution in wider product community events and workshops
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or agile delivery management
In the interview we’ll ask you to that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
The Role
You’ll lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping open communication channels.
You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently.
You’ll be keen to understand our clients’ ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed.
Essential experience
We want you to have demonstrable experience in DevOps practices and appreciate that Cloud & Platform Engineering are big topics. Ultimately, we’re looking for talented engineers who can learn modern technologies in the digital space.
In the interview, please show your experience in:
· Designing, building, and testing software release processes that cover the entire SDLC.
· Creating, modifying, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines.
· Creating dashboards and visualisations for application performance that proactively identify and address potential problems before they occur.
· Using automated testing to detect security issues/vulnerabilities in application and/or infrastructure code, thereby detecting issues before it reaches production (aka Shift-Left).
· Strong experience in operating and maintaining services primarily in any of the BIG three public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
Desirable experience
Some other areas of experience that are not essential but still relevant to the role:
· Identifying problems using RCA or 5-Whys methods and suggesting solutions to reduce the likelihood of incidents reoccurring.
· A strong understanding of cloud networking and security concepts.
· Understanding the principles of containerisation, and how to control and orchestrate groups of containers in production environments.
· Writing clean, organised, structured and version-controlled code.
· Knowledge of at least one scripting language that enables you to perform more complex automation tasks thereby reducing manual toil.
· Preference for using CLI tools over relying on web portals.
· Understanding SRE (live services) ways of working, that enables you to better increase reliability and availability of the service you support.
· Auditing your service for FinOps and SecOps related compliance issues.
Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance.
If you don’t have all this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas if you join us.