• Run the test laboratory, manage testing, report writing and management of risk for the team
• Produce both technical presentations and applied samples as and when required in support of sales for customer demonstration and information
• Assist the Technical Services Department in supporting sales with regard to product testing and application techniques via workshops, occasional customer visits and internal training
• Manage the Bonding Excellence platform in which we ensure that higher risk applications in the façade market are checked, tested and controlled from a Technical view point
• Assist the Head of Technical in ensuring all product groups and customer groups can be serviced by the Technical Services Department
• Fully utilise and become conversant in SalesForce, Sika World, communities etc. to enable coaching level for TM Industry
• Assist the Head of Technical to ensure the Laboratory is set up correctly, kept in an orderly organised manner, conforms to EHS requirements and all documentation and retain samples are monitored and stored according with Sika rules

Summary

Are you looking to sink your teeth into a pivotal role within a growing Engineering team? Do you look at an application and want to know it inside out? Do you have a passion for testing and experimenting, and think outside the box to come up with scenarios no one else considered? Are you excited by the tech space and want to join an innovative, market leading organization? Do you want to work for a fast-paced global company? If the answer to these questions is yes, then we want to hear from you!

D&A recruitment are currently recruiting for a Systems Engineer to join a leading business who offer world class retail applications.

The Role

This role will suit an experienced systems and network administrator with an outstanding track record of maintaining globally dispersed 24/7 systems, who enjoys the challenge of getting to the root cause of complex issues and has a passion for continual service improvement. Please note that this is not the typical infrastructure role and the successful candidate will be required to gain an understanding of the companies’ applications, to maintain them in the SaaS environments. Reporting to the Director of Support, this role will be part of a global infrastructure management team, sharing tasks and responsibilities with colleagues in other countries.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to both communicate internally and represent the business in front of its customers (required).
  
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, with keen attention to detail (required).
  
• Strong customer service orientation (required).
  
• A self-starter, able to join a small, geographically dispersed team and operate with minimal supervision (required).
  
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment, coordinating the team’s tasks when needed (required).
  
• Experience in the transition of products and services from development to operations (required).
  
• A team player with the drive and flexibility to meet the challenges of working in a small but rapidly growing technology-based business (required).
  
• Experience working in regulated environments, compliant with ISO 27001 and PCI DSS (beneficial).
  
• Retail IT experience in support and development roles (beneficial).
  
• Experience working according to DevOps principles and practices (beneficial).
  

Requirements

Required Technical Skills

• 8+ years’ experience as systems and network administrator (required).
  
• Strong Linux administration, preferably Ubuntu (required).
  
• Administration of Azure/AWS subscriptions and environments (at least one required, both highly beneficial).
  
• VMware vSphere/ESX/ESXi (required).
  
• WatchGuard firewalls/routers (preferred) or other mainstream networking devices, e.g. Cisco, Juniper, etc. (required).
  
• Securing environments and hardening systems, e.g. firewalls (including WAFs), servers, etc. (required).
  
• Generation and maintenance of knowledge base articles and documentation (required).
  
• Data centre management (required) and experience with Dell hardware (highly beneficial but not required).
  
• Docker (highly beneficial but not required).
  
• Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Office 365, Google Mail/Apps, Apache Tomcat, ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), nginx (beneficial but not required).
  
• Formal WatchGuard, VMware, ITIL and other relevant certifications (beneficial but not required).
  

About Costain and your project.

Do you know your way around Primevara P6? Enjoy the challenge of creating a plan? We are currently looking for all levels (Senior, Practitioner and Junior) of Planning Engineer to work on our EDF Project Controls Framework nationwide.

Costain helps to improve people’s lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK’s energy, water and transportation infrastructures.

Costain supports EDF Energy Generation to maximise the lifespan of its eight UK nuclear power stations and prepare for defuelling and decommissioning. Costain's role is to provide project controls and commercial managed services to portfolios and programmes of work across all of EDF's eight UK nuclear power stations. As part of this work Costain will develop people capability in core project control skills and provide specialist support to EDFs Central Technical Organisation to improve project performance and deliver cost efficiencies.

What will I be doing?

As a Planning Engineer you will be responsible for providing planning support to the EDF Energy Generation work portfolio. The main focus will be to work with Project Managers to develop & manage schedules to incorporate risk, change, resource requirements and cost in accordance with EDF Energy Generation Company requirements and standards. Key Responsibilities & Outcomes

• Develop, control, monitor, analyse and report on schedule related aspects for designated projects within a Portfolio.
• Establish and monitor a cost and resource loaded, logic linked, baseline plan for the project in accordance with Central Technical Organisation (CTO) Programme Office processes.
• Capture project budgetary costs and resources in the plan to determine time phasing of expenditure and the total project budget.
• Establish robust Work Breakdown and Project Control Structures in terms of project scope, in accordance with Investment Delivery processes, templates and Procedures.
• Work with the Project Manager and the Project team to establish the project activities, cost and durations and ensure that these reflect project scope, constraints and commitments. Challenge as necessary to ensure compatibility and compliance.
• Interface with other departments regarding the project’s activities which may have an impact and ensure these are correctly captured.
• Facilitate acceptance of and ensure that the project plan embraces the full project work scope, is fit for purpose and is achievable. This to be done in collaboration with the Project Manager and the project’s Key Team Members / Task Managers.
• Ensure that any necessary planning interface with the site Work Management Process (WMP) is established.
• Maintain and control project baselines in line with company procedures and guidance.
• Support the EDF Energy business planning process.
• Ensure the reasons for, and the factors influencing each change to the project’s baseline plan plus the implications of such change are understood and communicated with the wider project team.
• Liaise with project team members and contractors with regards to progress and cost forecasting.
• Monitor, control and analyse the project programme and cost information using Earned Value methodologies, identify variances and bring these to the
• attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives, prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs. Challenging schedule and cost variances against the baseline plan with individual task leaders/contractors and or outside stakeholder management as necessary to enable mitigation.
• Integrate 3rd party schedules and data into the overall project plan.
• Contribute to progress meetings, as required, in support of the Project Manager.
• Regular interfacing and integration with the project controls team to maintain an aligned financial position with the Project Plan.

About you

Knowledge

• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. (e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning processes), preferably in a highly regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation.

Skills

• Primavera (P6) trained.
• Experience in building cost and resource loaded plans.
• High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent MS Office skills, well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Exhibits a strong awareness of the level of interaction required with the project team function tosupport the successful delivery of projects.
• The ability to reconcile cost information as it applies to the programmes of work.
• Proficient in the interpretation of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• Proficient in the use of Earned Value Analysis.
• Self motivated with good interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
• Good attention to detail with good time management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills.
• Able to use initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly within the demands of the project, where appropriate, while maintaining the procedural and quality requirements of EDF Energy.

Experience

• Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment
• Evidence of strong engineering background, ideally within a safety/regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Junior - Ideally HNC/HND qualified or relevant experience, but not essential.
• Practitioner - Ideally degree qualified or relevant experience.
• Senior - Ideally degree qualified or significant relevant experience.

Final Statement

Why work for us?

Talent comes in many different guises. At Costain we recognise this and work with employees to take them where they want to go rather than where we think they should go. We are fully committed to creating a safe place to work, where everyone can be at their best, every day. A workplace where everyone can be their true self, feel valued and understood for who they are and what makes them unique.

As a mark of our progress we were named as a Times Top 50 Employer for Women in 2018 and again in 2019. In addition to this, we have won various awards, including IChemE Diversity and Inclusion, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Employer of the year and a Business in the Community (BITC) Game Changer award. Manchester and London Pride parades are now established dates in the Costain calendar, and we are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion. We are a member of Working Families, an early signatory to the BITC Race Charter and a Disability Confident Committed employer. 

Costain value that everyone is different and by being different, our people can bring their own valuable contribution to the business. Creating an inclusive culture makes us more able to recruit, retain and progress a diverse workforce, increasing employee engagement and experiencing higher levels of wellbeing.

Our employee benefits

We’re dedicated to providing a broad range of rewards and benefits. As well as a competitive salary, our employees enjoy a comprehensive core benefits package which includes:

• Group Pension Plan, to help you save for the future
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help employees and their families balance the pressures of work and home life
• Incentive payments to recognise high-performance
• Life assurance, to help protect your loved ones financially
• Funded membership to a professional Institute
• Private healthcare and dental packages
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership, to keep you as fit and as healthy as you can be
• Volunteering days, so you can give back to your local community
• Save as You Earn (SAYE) scheme, that lets you save towards buying shares in Costain

Costain, and the Armed Forces

We actively encourage applications from candidates who have a relationship with the armed forces community whether as a currently serving member or reservist, ex-military or wounded personnel or as a member of a service family.

Right to Work & Security Checks

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK. You may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

Battelle UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute and is comprised of approximately 100 scientists. From our modern state of the art laboratory facilities in Chelmsford, Essex and Havant, Hampshire we offer customers in the agrochemical and associated industries the opportunity to outsource the conduct of studies required to optimise the development of their products.

Battelle is dedicated to education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We solve global challenges through contract research, lab management, STEM education, philanthropy and volunteerism.

To find out more about Battelle and its activities please visit www.battelleuk.com.

As part of our ongoing growth an exciting opportunity exists for an experienced quality assurance professional to lead our experienced team of  GLP Auditors. Our talented and highly regarded team work on multiple study reviews and ongoing compliance within a wide variety of GLP programs.

We would like to hear from you if you have extensive experience in GLP Quality Assurance in agrochemcials and some exposure to running or supervising a small team. You should be qualified to BSc level in ideally in a scientific discipline but all candidates with relevant experience will be considered.

The incumbent is responsible for ensuring a harmonized quality management system at Battelle UK Ltd across all its UK facilities, and that all groups maintain, utilize and continuously improve quality management systems that are fit-for-purpose. The incumbent is also responsible for ensuring that all UK facilities are compliant with any and all international, national, regional and local laws and regulations relating to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

The Quality Assurance Manager should have a solid understanding of the regulatory and legal frameworks, international requirements, legislation, and processes and procedures related to pre-clinical safety studies conducted to GLP. The incumbent should also be able to combine the scientific and technical aspects of projects and think critically.

Experience

• At least 10 Years of experience in preclinical Quality Assurance.
• Experience in biopharmaceutical and/or pesticide analysis required.
• Project Management skills.
• Technical/Scientific writing and document formatting.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (e.g. WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Project).
• Research Quality Association (RQA) member (desirable).
• Knowledge of Statistics (desirable).

Salary will be commensurate with experience. We offer an attractive package which includes a generous and well managed private pension scheme, private medical insurance and further insurance-related benefits.

Candidates wishing to apply should submit a detailed CV and cover letter.

Battelle Values

• Unity: We do what's right for our customers, employees, our communities and Battelle's future - always with safety and integrity at the forefront of everything that we do.
• Creativity: We use our diversity and curiosity to rapidly deploy science and technology solutions for the world.
• Collaboration: We work together and are accountable to each other, taking personal responsibility for our customers' and Battelle's success.
• Excellence: We are defined by a winning spirit. Coaching each other to be at our best and acting with urgency to create a thriving organisation.
• Appreciation: We value one another and recognise each other's contributions.

Senior QA Engineer? - HealthiVibe, a division of Corrona, LLC - UK

About HealthiVibe 
We're looking for a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer to help us improve the software quality and user experience for HealthUnlocked.com, the world’s largest social network for health. We help millions of people to better manage their health conditions, by connecting them with others with the same needs all over the world for peer support and advice.   

HealthiVibe, a division of Corrona LLC, is a market leader in innovative, evidence-based patient engagement initiatives across the product lifecycle for pharmaceutical clients. The HealthUnlocked platform is a key part of our ambitious plans to create an industry-leading ecosystem centered around the patient voice. By providing access to engaged patients across the globe, we help our clients better understand what matters most to patients.?  

About the role?  

This is a great opportunity to use your current skills and develop new ones while working on a product that really matters. The role is remote first and our team made a successful transition to being fully remote in 2020. You will be working closely with product, tech and business colleagues to define and implement improvements to our test strategy and QA processes. You’ll be experienced in setting up and maintaining testing suites for frontend and backend code, which will be a major part of the role. But you’ll also be able to judge what not to automate, and be expert at defining and executing effective manual testing. Above all, you’ll champion quality across our team processes so we can deliver great experiences to our users. 

Our Technology and Team Culture 
We like to move fast and release in small increments frequently, deploying our code in Docker containers to our Terraform managed AWS infrastructure. We use the functional programming language Clojure heavily on the backend, and our frontend stack is built in React, Redux and Next.js. As a team we really value giving enough time for developers to tackle bug-fixes, refactoring and other technical optimisations, which we do by alternating product feature sprints with maintenance periods, to ensure the long-term technical health of our codebase.   

We are a small team, where every person counts - you'll be able to see your work having an impact immediately. We have a healthy working culture that values autonomy and creativity. You’ll need to be a team-player: collaborative in the way you work and supportive of the people you work with - and you’ll find us very supportive of you and your professional development too.   

We also genuinely care about diversity. We have a roughly 50/50 male/female split across the team (including in technical roles), and welcome applications from people of other genders, and from other groups underrepresented in tech, too. 

About You 

• 3 years plus professional experience in a QA Engineer or Software Tester role, with demonstrable experience and advanced skills with test automation. 

• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken. 

• Strong practical knowledge of Agile, Scrum, BDD/TDD and CI/CD. 

• Able to take a lead role in release management and work closely with developers to drive quality across the CI/CD pipeline.