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Integration Engineer
Rullion Limited
Normanton
In office
Mid - Senior
£345/day - £468/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Role: Integration Engineer

Position: Contract

Location: Bridgwater - SDC / HPC

Duration: Ongoing Contract

Pay: £345 p/d PAYE + 36 Days Annual Leave // £468.92 p/d Umbrella

Shape the Infrastructure of the UK’s Largest Construction Project

Rullion is supporting the HPC Delivery Integration Team in appointing a Civil Integration Engineer to help coordinate and de-risk infrastructure works across the site.

This role sits within the Safety & Schedule Assurance / PMO function, supporting the planning and coordination of major civil and infrastructure works outside the main buildings - including access routes, utilities corridors, drainage, earthworks, enabling works and supporting structures.

This is not a pure design role. It is a delivery-facing integration role focused on ensuring work is sequenced, resourced, and buildable before it hits site.

The Role

As an Integration Engineer (Civils), you will support the Area Integration Senior Engineer in ensuring that planned works - typically 16 weeks ahead of implementation - are credible, coordinated, and deliverable.

You will review construction sequences for civil infrastructure and external works, checking that:

  • Activities are logically sequenced
  • Interfaces with other disciplines are understood
  • Materials, plant and access arrangements are available
  • Constraints and clashes are identified early
  • Key schedule milestones are protected
  • You will work across multiple contractors and stakeholders, helping to resolve ‘hotspots’ and supporting Best for Project decision-making.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Review and validate construction sequences for infrastructure and civil works
  • Interrogate Primavera P6 schedules to identify risks, clashes and constraints
  • Assess readiness to commence works (labour, materials, plant, logistics)
  • Support resolution of delivery ‘hotspots’
  • Provide oversight of Delivery Work Packs (DWP) and Interface Data Sheets (IDS)
  • Use 3D / 4D tools (Navisworks / Synchro) to visualise and validate sequencing
  • Manipulate schedule data using Excel and present insights clearly
  • Work collaboratively with Engineering, Planning, Project Management, Procurement, Delivery and Commissioning teams
  • Support transverse issues across multiple areas and systems
  • Safety is the overriding priority. All work must align with HPC Life Saving Rules and Right First Time principles.

What You’ll Bring to the Project

We are specifically seeking a Civil Engineer with approximately 5+ years’ experience delivering complex infrastructure or large-scale construction projects.

You may currently be working as a:

  • Site Engineer
  • Civil Construction Engineer
  • Section Engineer
  • Infrastructure Engineer
  • Project Engineer (Civils)
  • But you understand how work actually gets built - and you can think beyond your immediate scope.

Essential Experience & Qualifications:

  • Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Around 5 years’ experience on complex infrastructure or major projects
  • Strong understanding of construction sequencing and interfaces
  • Experience operating in regulated or high-safety environments
  • Knowledge of planning tools (Primavera P6 preferred)
  • Experience interrogating 3D models (Navisworks desirable)
  • Strong Excel and analytical skills
  • Confident communicator able to influence across disciplines

Desirable

  • Nuclear project experience
  • Experience under CDM regulations
  • IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent)
  • Experience on large infrastructure programmes (power, rail, highways, energy, major civils)

Application Information:

If this sounds of interest, please APPLY NOW with your CV and a cover letter highlighting your suitability for this exciting role.

Good Luck!

This vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd acting as an employment business.

Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion’s approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base, from small start-ups to large household names.

We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Thanks

Rullion

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Contracts Manager / Project Manager - Civil / Groundworks
Henley Chase
Wakefield
In office
Senior - Leader
£40,000 - £70,000
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Contracts Manager

We are seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to take a senior role within a contracting division responsible for nationwide operations. The successful candidate will have a strong background in civil engineering groundworks and a proven track record of managing site operatives and subcontractors.

This is a permanent, salaried position offering long-term career development within an established and growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

* Overall management of nationwide contracting operations

* Leadership and coordination of site operatives and subcontractors

* Responsibility for quality control, health & safety, and training

* Contributing as a senior member of the management team

* Ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to specification

Candidate Requirements:

* Significant experience in civil engineering and groundworks

* Proven site and workforce management experience

* Strong knowledge of health & safety regulations

* Organised, proactive, and capable of working at a senior management level

Terms of Employment:

* Position: Contracts Manager

* Employment Type: Permanent (subject to 3-month probationary period)

* Salary: Negotiable, paid monthly

* Bonus: 3k-4k Dependant on performance

* Company Vehicle: Skoda Enyaq 85 Sportline EV

* Holiday Entitlement: 23 days annual leave (including 3 days during Christmas/New Year shutdown) plus statutory public holidays

* Sickness Pay: 2 weeks full pay, followed by 2 weeks half pay per annum

* Pension: 5% employer contribution with 5% employee contribution

* Healthcare: Private healthcare cover for employee (subject to health check)

Type:

Permanent

Contract Length:

N/A

Digital Senior Solution Developer
West Yorkshire Police
Wakefield
Hybrid
Senior
£45,000/day

Digital Policing
Wakefield / Hybrid Working
1 full-time fixed term post for 1 year

The Digital Policing Innovation Team at West Yorkshire Police have an exciting opportunity for an individual that is looking to enhance and diversify their skills and move into Solution Development within an Agile Digital Delivery Team.

The Team is responsible for the innovative implementation, customisation, and delivery of many products and solutions, supporting all areas of policing in West Yorkshire.

Powered by platforms such as MS Power BI, MS Power Platform, .Net development, Robotic Process Automation, M365 / Azure solutions, among others, the team are a diverse group of individuals that delivers to an internal userbase of over 9000. We provide collaborative solutions with Policing partners by bringing their unique designs and initiatives to solution building, helping Policing colleagues focus on what they do best, protecting and serving communities.

You will work as part of a team and be responsible for turning a business requirement into a functional solution that delivers value to West Yorkshire Police, through Process automation, Business intelligence and digitisation. Together with your team lead and teammates, you will build solutions using your own creativity and a wide range of tools.

Our Focus

Work collaboratively with cross-function stakeholders, both within Digital and Frontline Policing to design, develop & deliver bespoke solutions for complex business needs.
Follow agile project delivery methodologies to produce solutions in a timely manner, supporting deployment of maximum possible value to the organisation.
Ability to guide your own technical and professional development, through in-role experience, shared expertise from colleagues and formal training from the Forces training partners.

What were looking for:

  • Demonstrated ability to develop business improving solutions using a variety of toolsets including any of Microsoft 365 advanced tools, Robotic Process Automation, Sharepoint, Power Bi, Azure, .NET or low code platform among others on a large scale infrastructure environment.
  • Related degree or equivalent or proven relevant and practical experience.
  • Awareness of current, emerging technologies capabilities/services that aid in solution delivery.
  • A proven methodical and analytical approach to problem solving.
  • Clear understanding of information management, data protection principles and policy and data security issues and risks.
  • Knowledge and a working experience of formal project management methodology, such as Prince 2, Scrum, DSDM, Agile etc.
  • Experience of Digital Process Improvement skills.
  • Experience of build and development of data dashboards and visualisations supported by static and interactive reports.
  • Experience of providing training to business users and providing training materials.
  • Experience of presenting demonstrations and the ability to describe solutions to internal stakeholders and external parties.

What You’ll Get In Return

A Hybrid working policy, with a mixture of office and home working, geared towards supporting you in your professional and career development, whilst also encouraging a positive work-life balance"
Market Factors are applied to this role and has a Salary Range of £44,700 to £48,459 dependent on experience and development.

Flexi-time working hours, meaning you manage your own working time over a 6-week period in line with business needs, plus the added benefit of being able to take additional leave in that same time period (if time accumulated).

We have a strong positive team culture within and outside of work, and the team are encouraged to be themselves and know their knowledge and experience is valued and listened to. We have various collaborating events on a regular basis to ensure team bonding is strong

Please exhibit in your CV how you meet the criteria outlined in Expertise in Role at Level 1 of the Role Profile section.

Please attach your CV and Cover Letter below, to qualify you MUST redact all personal information:

  • Name
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Address.

In certain circumstances, West Yorkshire Police may determine that payment of a temporary market factor supplement is appropriate in order to address exceptional pay differentials.

This market factor is temporary and subject to an annual review (the review is from the original decision made). Protection of earnings is not applicable to market factor payments.

Technical Engineer Placement Year
The Phoenix Partnership
Leeds
In office
Graduate
£30,000/day

We are currently looking for bright students studying a computer related degree to join our close-knit technical team. This diverse role will give you a hands on taster into several different areas of the tech industry. Ideally the candidate would have a keen interest in two or more of the below areas:

  • SQL Server Database Administration
  • Cyber Security & Networks
  • Computer Hardware Personal and Enterprise
  • Windows & Server Administration

You will be encouraged to actively participate in the designing, maintaining and upgrading of services that are critical to the NHS and many healthcare organisations around the world.

If you enjoy solving technical problems, have an interest in technology and thrive in a fast-paced environment then this role is for you.

Requirements

  • Currently studying a computer related degree
  • Minimum ABB/AAC at A-level including either Maths or IT

Benefits

We have lots of fantastic benefits here at TPP.

These include:

  • Fantastic holiday entitlement
  • Regular social events
  • Opportunities to travel internationally
  • Life insurance
  • BUPA Health, Dental and Travel cover
  • £300 birthday meal allowance
Compliance Programme Manager
Linsco Ltd.
Normanton
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£60/hour - £70/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Local Authority | South West (Wiltshire area)

A large local authority in the South West is seeking an experienced Compliance Programme Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery and recovery of a critical electrical safety compliance programme across a substantial housing portfolio.

This is a senior interim opportunity for a proven programme leader with strong housing compliance, contractor management, and governance experience, operating within a local authority or housing association environment.

Assignment Details

  • Contract Length: 9 months (ongoing)
  • Pay Rate: £60.77 per hour Umbrella (negotiable for the right individual)
  • Hours: 35 hours per week
  • Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days office / 3 days remote
  • Location: Civic offices in the Swindon area
  • Interviews: Online
  • Closing Date: 27 February 2026

The Role

You will take full accountability for the Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) programme, ensuring timely inspections, remedial works, and robust compliance evidence. The role requires strong leadership across contractors, internal services, and senior stakeholders, embedding a safety-first, risk-based, and data-led approach.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver the full programme plan, milestones, and recovery strategies
  • Lead contractor performance management through KPIs, SLAs, and improvement plans
  • Chair weekly operational meetings and monthly programme boards
  • Oversee procurement activity and contract management in line with public sector requirements
  • Manage programme budgets, forecasts, and financial controls
  • Ensure accurate, auditable compliance records and reporting
  • Lead tenant-focused communications and access/recovery strategies
  • Produce dashboards and reports for senior leaders and Members
  • Maintain risk registers, escalation routes, and continuous improvement actions

Essential Experience

  • Significant programme management experience within housing compliance or asset services
  • Local authority, council, or housing association background (essential)
  • Strong contract and supplier performance management capability
  • Confident governance, assurance, and senior-level reporting skills
  • Data-driven approach to performance, risk, and recovery planning
  • Knowledge of electrical compliance in social housing (policy and programme level)

Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or equivalent
  • Public sector procurement and NEC/JCT contract knowledge
  • Electrical compliance knowledge within social housing

Apply now for a confidential discussion and further details.

Linsco is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

M&E - Welding Engineer - HYBRID
Morson Edge
Normanton
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
Private salary

Location: Site based office attendance minimum 3 days per week AND 2 days remote working
Status: Contract - INSIDE IR35
Duration: Approved until 31dec26 (renewable)
Reports to: Transverse Discipline Lead within the Integrated Transverse Team

Morson Edge are working on behalf of a major player within the Energy Sector who have a current requirement for an experienced Welding Engineer to join their established, site-based, Transverse Engineering Team in Bridgwater, Somerset. This is a (renewable) contract position - inside IR35.

The successful candidate will comprise part of a wider, multi-national Joint Design Office team responsible for supporting Review and Acceptance of design activities of a classified plant. This dynamic and multi-disciplinary design team undertake the important intelligent customer role on behalf of the Project.

The Joint Design Office (JDO) has been created to reinforce site-based engineering to quickly respond to engineering queries/problems coming from site construction to deliver the schedule and to deliver an increased scope of work. By being located close to the construction works the JDO team are able to quickly react and provide technical solutions/answers - thereby crucially assisting construction teams swiftly and efficiently.

Overview

  • The post-holder will be a Welding or Materials Engineer, contributing to the technical assessment of engineering queries raised by the site Contractor on the M&E scope across the CI/BOP and Nuclear Island buildings.
  • The role will consist of both client and responsible designer activities.
  • The role will be focused on the welding discipline but will interface with other disciplines and with several parties, such the site Contractors (composed of main suppliers and sub-suppliers), Construction teams, Quality teams, Project Management teams, or Design teams (embedded within the JDO organisation on site, or in back office).

Key Responsibilities

  • Responding to General Queries, Non-Conformances, Change Request, and Exemption Requests originating from the MEH Contractor on site, with the support of the Responsible Designer or site Experts when needed.
  • Provide adequate oversight to ensure the Nuclear Safety and Environmental Regulation requirements are met.
  • Support the integrated team with technical assessment of contractor queries (welding defects, and other welding and NDT associated modifications)
  • Carry out nuclear safety and environmental assessment (categorisation) of queries
  • Challenge design decisions so that engineering and design aligns with the project strategy.
  • Assist in co-ordinating support from other external organisations.
  • Contribute to the resolution and closure of Open Points.
  • Assess technical risk and subsequently address this risk.
  • Maintain a strong relationship with EPR Engineering (Responsible Designer)

The Skills

  • Typically degree or equivalent experience in a welding engineering discipline.
  • Experience/understanding of welding engineering and NDT in nuclear or high hazard industries
  • Experience applying multi-disciplinary technical knowledge within the nuclear industry.
  • Knowledge of the construction / installation industry.
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation including CDM
  • Ability to influence a diverse range of stakeholders, particularly those in a site environment.
  • Ability to work independently, be pro-active, report on and escalate relevant issues.
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Software Engineer (contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Mid
£350/day - £450/day
+4

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 £450 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.

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Senior Software Engineer (contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Senior
£450/day - £600/day
+4

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 £450 - £600 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.

User Researcher
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Leeds
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£500,000/day - £550,500/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Leeds/Reading (Remote/Hybrid)
6 Month Contract
£(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35)

User Researcher needed with GDS / Government and/or NHS sector experience. 6 Month Contract based in Leeds and Reading (Remote / Hybrid).

Remote / Hybrid Working - working primarily on a remote basis, with occasional travel to offices based in Leeds and Reading on average once a month.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects:

  • In-depth User Research experience gained within Agile teams and complex programmes, including translating findings into actionable insights.
  • Leading User Research projects for clients across the public and private sectors, applying user-centred (UCD) methods in Agile environments + working with a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • User-Centred Design (UCD): scoping + delivering end-to-end User Research activities across a variety of programmes.
  • Creating appropriate User Research deliverables + supporting clients through all phases of the design process, from ideation to implementation
  • Stakeholder Management: communicating with key stakeholders, influencing, persuading, ensuring buy-in + educating on User-Centred Design (UCD) methods.
  • Strong facilitation skills including for remote and in-person User Research workshops.
  • Government / GDS + NHS Service Standards experience strongly preferred.
Identity Verification Specialist
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Leeds
In office
Graduate - Junior
£14/hour - £15/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Junior Analyst Leeds (LS1)

We are seeking a detail-oriented Junior Analyst to join our team in Leeds. If you are looking for a role that offers comprehensive training and a clear path into the compliance and data industry, this is for you.

The Role

  • Training: Full-time induction for your first two weeks (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).
  • Shifts: 9-hour rotating shifts. Flexibility for early, afternoon, late, and weekend shifts is essential.
  • Location: Based in Leeds LS1 (must be able to commute).

Requirements (Preferred)

  • Experience: Previous office-based admin or data entry work.
  • Knowledge: An understanding of GDPR or the KYC industry.
  • Education: A background in Criminology is highly regarded.

Why Apply?

You’ll start with a dedicated two-week training program to ensure you’re fully equipped for the role before moving into your shift rotation. We offer a supportive environment focused on long-term career development.

Apply now with your CV to be considered.

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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User Researcher (Contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£450/day - £500/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

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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Business Analyst - Senior Consultant (Contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
£490/day - £600/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Check out this brand new role!

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 £490 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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Business Analyst - Consultant (Contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Mid
£380/day - £490/day
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Check out this brand new role!

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 £380 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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Product Manager - Senior Consultant (Contract)
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
Private salary
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Check out this brand new role! 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.

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DevOps Senior Consultant
Opencast
Multiple locations
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
£450/day - £550/day

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.

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