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Test Manager Warton | BAE Systems, FCAS Digital Environments Hybrid Working - 3 days on site per week 6 month contract initially £53.24 Umbrella per hour Inside IR35 We’re looking for an experienced Test Manager to lead testing across a secure digital platform within the FCAS programme. You’ll define and drive the test strategy across multiple agile teams, ensuring quality, security, and reliability on a high-impact project.Key responsibilities:\n\n • Lead and implement end-to-end testing strategy\n, • Embed quality across agile teams and stakeholders\n, • Drive test automation, performance, and security testing\n, • Manage risks, environments, and test delivery reporting\nWhat we’re looking for:\n\n, • Proven Test Manager experience across large programmes and worked in the Aerospace sector.\n, • Strong Agile (Scrum/Kanban) background\n, • Experience with test automation frameworks & tools (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps)\n, • Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership skills\n ?? Work on a critical programme, shape testing at scale, and be part of a collaborative engineering environment. ?? Apply now or message to learn more

The Test Manager will lead and coordinate end-to-end testing activities throughout the verification testing phase. We're supporting a major Digital Engineering programme within the Defence sector and are seeking experienced testing professionals across a number of positions to support a large-scale

A Test Manager is required to manage the planning and lead a test analyst and tester team, overseeing all testing activities for a Verification testing phase (similar to UAT) to ensure Digital Engineering applications meet defined quality standards and business requirements.The role involves leading

SP Electricity North West manages and invests in the power network that supplies electricity to the 2.4m homes and businesses across the North West. Our 2,400 colleagues manage the 13,000km of overhead lines, 44,000km of underground cables and thousands of electricity substations to keep power flowing and supporting green growth. We’re one of six distribution network operators in the UK and are regulated by Ofgem. We’re proud that in December 2024 we were named Utility of the Year by Utility Week magazine who said we punched above our weight and used innovation to solve some of the industry’s most difficult challenges. Come and be part of our team and make a difference. Now part of the Iberdrola and ScottishPower group, we’re collectively building smarter, greener electricity networks that will get Britain growing by investing in a better future, quicker. A Fantastic Opportunity: Customer Transformation Business Analyst This a 12 month Maternity Cover. The Customer Transformation Business Analyst works with business stakeholders, colleagues, external partner organisations, and internal support teams to deliver solutions aligned with business strategies and needs. The role holder demonstrates informed knowledge of the business to resolve problems on an ongoing basis and possesses deep expertise in the business capabilities and product lines they support, alongside a detailed understanding of the directorate’s systems, processes, and operational landscape. What you'll be doing: Provide day-to-day leadership and support to a small Business Analysis team, ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs aligned to customer and transformation objectives. Coach and develop team members, building capability in customer-centred analysis, requirements gathering, journey mapping and service design. Manage team priorities and workload to ensure focus on agreed objectives and successful delivery. Assess ideas and improvement opportunities from users and stakeholders, developing impact assessments, options appraisals, risk evaluations and recommendations. Support the development of project mandates, business cases and other governance documentation. Gather, analyse and document business processes, capabilities, systems and requirements, working closely with business and technical stakeholders. Lead requirements elicitation and management activities, translating business needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements. Produce and maintain analysis deliverables, ensuring alignment with agreed standards, methodologies and best practice. Develop stakeholder engagement approaches and facilitate workshops, interviews and feedback sessions. Plan and support user acceptance testing, including test scenario development, execution and outcome review. Maintain process documentation and reusable knowledge assets, supporting continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Support change implementation activities, including pilots, cutovers, issue management and post-implementation review. Contribute to the use of business analysis and process modelling tools and techniques to support service improvement. Manage relationships with third-party telephony suppliers, ensuring successful delivery of customer-focused change initiatives through effective requirements management, testing, financial oversight and stakeholder engagement. What you'll need: Significant experience in a Business Analysis role, including requirements elicitation, process mapping, task analysis and translating business needs into effective solutions. Experience supporting business change, service improvement and technology-enabled transformation programmes. Strong understanding of business processes and service delivery, with the ability to identify, evaluate and implement improvement opportunities. Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leaders to shape decisions and drive outcomes. Experience gathering, analysing and interpreting customer, business and operational insights to inform service improvements. Proven ability to produce high-quality business analysis artefacts, including requirements documentation, impact assessments, options appraisals and business cases. Experience translating high-level business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional requirements and supporting their delivery through to implementation. Understanding of business change delivery, including dependencies, risks, testing, implementation and benefits realisation. Knowledge of business analysis tools, techniques and methodologies, and the ability to apply them appropriately to different scenarios. What we're offering: We value your expertise. In return, you’ll receive: An annual bonus scheme Twenty-five days annual leave plus bank holidays Private healthcare An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands A market-leading contributory pension scheme * Employee assistance programme and opportunity for professional development through our L&D function. At Electricity North West, our people important to us and we’re passionate about creating a great place to work where we can all be ourselves, reach our full potential and build long lasting careers. We’re striving to increase diversity of thought and talent in our people and to recruit highly skilled workforce that’s representative of the communities we serve. Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments please contact our Recruitment team. Any offer made will remain conditional until pre-employment checks are complete to a level deemed satisfactory by Electricity North West. Due to nature of this role, the following pre-employment checks will be required; references from previous employers, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a Drug & Alcohol test. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We don't accept speculative CVs from agencies. Any received we will assert ownership of the candidate and no fee will be payable

Site Electrician – National Travel Role Salary: £40,000–£45,000 plus allowances Start Time: Must be able to arrive on-site by 6:00am Travel: National role with frequent working away from home A hands-on site electrician role focused on installing, servicing and maintaining industrial and high‑security door systems, with national travel, early starts in Preston, and strict security‑clearance requirements. Role Overview As a Site Electrician, you’ll work within a small installation and servicing team, carrying out electrical and mechanical tasks on a wide range of industrial and secure‑site door systems. You’ll support installations, repairs, fault finding, testing and documentation, ensuring all work meets required safety and quality standards. Key Responsibilities Electrical installation & servicing — Work on electrically operated sliding‑folding, bi‑fold, side‑hinged and fire door systems. Maintenance & fault finding — Diagnose issues, test components and complete repairs. Technical problem solving — Apply practical, safe and innovative solutions on-site. Health & Safety compliance — JIB/ECS card required; supervisors require SSSTS. Team support — Work within or lead a team of 3–6 fitters to deliver projects efficiently. Use of power tools — Drills, grinders and other electrical/mechanical tools. Documentation & reporting — Complete all HSE and project paperwork accurately. Reading technical drawings — Follow electrical and installation schematics. Cross‑discipline support — Assist with mechanical tasks when required. Security Clearance Requirements This role involves work on secure and high‑risk sites. Candidates must pass enhanced security checks, including: Employment history checks (minimum 3 years) UK residency checks (minimum 5 years) Medical assessment Random drugs and alcohol testing Essential Electrical Qualifications Latest UK electrical qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds 2365, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) Inspection & Testing qualification (2391 or 2394/2395) ECS Gold Card or equivalent Proven experience wiring control panels and fault finding Experience with industrial containment systems Desirable Skills & Certifications Experience on secure or high‑risk sites Knowledge of automated or high‑security door systems IPAF / PASMA / SSSTS Forklift or Telehandler licence