Senior Software Engineer

 

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer

Location:

Stokesley, North Yorkshire

Benefits:

• Excellent Salary and benefits (Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Salary Sacrifice Schemes (cycle to work scheme and KiddiVoucher scheme)
• 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing to 33 days
• 10 x Rest day Fridays
• Lunchtime finish Fridays
• Annual performance review
• Excellent training opportunities
• Friendly and supportive working environment

The Company

One of the UK’s leading independent systems and software integration company delivering cutting edge automation safety control systems to some of the world's most complex operations including marine, data centres, power stations and chemical plants.  Recently awarded Tier 1 supply chain status to a multinational defence, security, and aerospace giant puts this company in a unique and privileged position within the UK marketplace.  We are an ambitious systems integrator, with a proven track record, that thrives on delivering high quality, on time, in budget solutions into a number of extremely demanding markets.

About the Role:

We are looking for ambitious individuals with an extensive background of PLCs and good knowledge of SCADA and HMI applications.  Full development life-cycle incorporating software design, implementation, testing and undertaking onsite commissioning is essential.  The ideal candidate will be exceptionally organised, determined and will thrive in an expanding development environment. They will have a willingness to work within a dynamic team to get the job done to a high standard.

   

Main Duties:

• Follow company processes to deliver complex control systems to programme schedules within budget
• Involvement in designing, modifying and testing of PLC/SCADA and HMI applications
• Full hardware/software development across multiple industry sectors
• Support creation of technical documents, project meetings and customer witness testing
• To be aware of and comply with Company Standards of Conduct and all relevant statutory requirements
• To carry out any other reasonable management request

 

 

Essential Job Specific Skills & Qualification:

• Experienced with using PLC systems
• Experienced with using SCADA/HMI applications
• Experienced with using Serial Interfaces (Modbus, RS422 and RS232)
• Capable of fault diagnosis within IT and PLC/SCADA System architectures
• Excellent time management and ability to work under pressure
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Ability to travel with full driving license

 

 

 

 

Desirable:

• Experience with developing .net applications
• Knowledge of IEC61508/61511 Safety Guidelines
• Good Presentation and communication skills
• Advanced level of using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio and Access)

 

If you want to make a difference and be part of the team delivering high profile, complex control systems, then e-mail a covering letter, CV and current works package.

Senior Software Engineer

 

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer

Location:

Stokesley, North Yorkshire

Benefits:

• Excellent Salary and benefits (Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Salary Sacrifice Schemes (cycle to work scheme and KiddiVoucher scheme)
• 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing to 33 days
• 10 x Rest day Fridays
• Lunchtime finish Fridays
• Annual performance review
• Excellent training opportunities
• Friendly and supportive working environment

The Company

One of the UK’s leading independent systems and software integration company delivering cutting edge automation safety control systems to some of the world's most complex operations including marine, data centres, power stations and chemical plants.  Recently awarded Tier 1 supply chain status to a multinational defence, security, and aerospace giant puts this company in a unique and privileged position within the UK marketplace.  We are an ambitious systems integrator, with a proven track record, that thrives on delivering high quality, on time, in budget solutions into a number of extremely demanding markets.

About the Role:

We are looking for ambitious individuals with an extensive background of PLCs and good knowledge of SCADA and HMI applications.  Full development life-cycle incorporating software design, implementation, testing and undertaking onsite commissioning is essential.  The ideal candidate will be exceptionally organised, determined and will thrive in an expanding development environment. They will have a willingness to work within a dynamic team to get the job done to a high standard.

   

Main Duties:

• Follow company processes to deliver complex control systems to programme schedules within budget
• Involvement in designing, modifying and testing of PLC/SCADA and HMI applications
• Full hardware/software development across multiple industry sectors
• Support creation of technical documents, project meetings and customer witness testing
• To be aware of and comply with Company Standards of Conduct and all relevant statutory requirements
• To carry out any other reasonable management request

 

 

Essential Job Specific Skills & Qualification:

• Experienced with using PLC systems
• Experienced with using SCADA/HMI applications
• Experienced with using Serial Interfaces (Modbus, RS422 and RS232)
• Capable of fault diagnosis within IT and PLC/SCADA System architectures
• Excellent time management and ability to work under pressure
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Ability to travel with full driving license

 

 

 

 

Desirable:

• Experience with developing .net applications
• Knowledge of IEC61508/61511 Safety Guidelines
• Good Presentation and communication skills
• Advanced level of using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio and Access)

 

If you want to make a difference and be part of the team delivering high profile, complex control systems, then e-mail a covering letter, CV and current works package.

Our expanding client who is a leading International payments provider is looking for an ambitious Technical Support/1st Line advisor to be the first port of call to merchants, partners and consumers who are having technical issues with payments. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, have previous customer service experience, be happy to take and make calls, deal with incoming emails, and escalate issues where necessary.

You will be working in a fast paced environment, you will be able to multi-task and provide and efficient and accurate service.

Previous experience in a payments/POS environment would be an advantage but not necessary.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity. If you would like to understand how we may use, process, store and disclose your Personal Information, please read our privacy policy.

Our expanding client who is a leading International payments provider is looking for an ambitious Technical Support/1st Line advisor to be the first port of call to merchants, partners and consumers who are having technical issues with payments. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, have previous customer service experience, be happy to take and make calls, deal with incoming emails, and escalate issues where necessary.

You will be working in a fast paced environment, you will be able to multi-task and provide and efficient and accurate service.

Previous experience in a payments/POS environment would be an advantage but not necessary.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity. If you would like to understand how we may use, process, store and disclose your Personal Information, please read our privacy policy.

Job Description

The Travel Chapter are market leaders for self-catering holidays, providing a wide choice of high quality, personally inspected properties across the UK and beyond. Our diverse network of brands ensures customers find their perfect holiday with ease and help our property owners to reach unique markets and a wide variety of audiences. Our exceptional team of people are invaluable in our fast-growing business, their ambition and passion for what they do is the driving force behind our success.

We are looking for a Senior Test Analyst who can design and implement a UI automation framework, suggest areas in the business that would most benefit from automation and contribute to our performance testing on internal and external systems.

Perks:

• Competitive salary and company pension scheme
• Travel Chapter Employee Rewards - exclusive staff discounts
• Healthcare cash plans
• Employee assistance programme
• 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular social and team events with a relaxed, friendly and fun work environment
• Time for training and self-improvement alongside highly effective, motivated and supportive team members!

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and implement an automation framework for existing applications
• Write and maintain a smoke test for some of our key brands
• Integrate Selenium into our build process
• Write, maintain and execute performance tests on some of our internal systems
• Create and execute load tests for our flagship site
• Work with stakeholders to identify key areas for automation
• Setup flexible automation for our commonly repeated test plans
• Work with dev ops on improving our test environments for automation
• Work with test analysts on writing test plans for automation
• Work with developers on implementing with automation in mind

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

Essential

• Experience of delivering performance test solutions on Web UI, APIs and DBs
• Experience in structuring, planning and implementing automated testing frameworks for agile development teams
• Experience in end-to-end QA for agile teams
• Extensive experience working as an automation engineer
• Extensive knowledge of Selenium, ideally in C# and with Appium
• Knowledge of performance testing tools, ideally NeoLoad
• Knowledge of version control and pipeline tools, ideally GitLab
• Knowledge of manual testing tools, ideally XRay
• Knowledge of defect tracking tools, ideally JIRA

Desirable

• Experience of efficient automation testing within iOS and Android platforms
• Knowledge of Load Impact

Competencies:

• A self-driven, independent worker that shows initiative in moving projects forward

King Recruit are acting as a Recruitment Partner for the Travel Chapter, please forward all applications to King Recruit for consideration.

Job Description

The Travel Chapter are market leaders for self-catering holidays, providing a wide choice of high quality, personally inspected properties across the UK and beyond. Our diverse network of brands ensures customers find their perfect holiday with ease and help our property owners to reach unique markets and a wide variety of audiences. Our exceptional team of people are invaluable in our fast-growing business, their ambition and passion for what they do is the driving force behind our success.

We are looking for a Senior Test Analyst who can design and implement a UI automation framework, suggest areas in the business that would most benefit from automation and contribute to our performance testing on internal and external systems.

Perks:

• Competitive salary and company pension scheme
• Travel Chapter Employee Rewards - exclusive staff discounts
• Healthcare cash plans
• Employee assistance programme
• 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular social and team events with a relaxed, friendly and fun work environment
• Time for training and self-improvement alongside highly effective, motivated and supportive team members!

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and implement an automation framework for existing applications
• Write and maintain a smoke test for some of our key brands
• Integrate Selenium into our build process
• Write, maintain and execute performance tests on some of our internal systems
• Create and execute load tests for our flagship site
• Work with stakeholders to identify key areas for automation
• Setup flexible automation for our commonly repeated test plans
• Work with dev ops on improving our test environments for automation
• Work with test analysts on writing test plans for automation
• Work with developers on implementing with automation in mind

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

Essential

• Experience of delivering performance test solutions on Web UI, APIs and DBs
• Experience in structuring, planning and implementing automated testing frameworks for agile development teams
• Experience in end-to-end QA for agile teams
• Extensive experience working as an automation engineer
• Extensive knowledge of Selenium, ideally in C# and with Appium
• Knowledge of performance testing tools, ideally NeoLoad
• Knowledge of version control and pipeline tools, ideally GitLab
• Knowledge of manual testing tools, ideally XRay
• Knowledge of defect tracking tools, ideally JIRA

Desirable

• Experience of efficient automation testing within iOS and Android platforms
• Knowledge of Load Impact

Competencies:

• A self-driven, independent worker that shows initiative in moving projects forward

King Recruit are acting as a Recruitment Partner for the Travel Chapter, please forward all applications to King Recruit for consideration.

Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS - London

Overview:

A fantastic FinTech organisation who work within the Insurance industry is searching for a Lead DevOps Engineer to support the infrastructure, software applications, development and integration teams within their chosen technologies.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead continual implementation and evolution of the AWS Cloud strategy and configuring new environments using automated tools.
• Oversee the design of DevOps processes and encouraging a new, tried and tested approach
• Drive automated management of all server components using Puppet, Packet, Ruby, Docker, Terraform
• Creating and managing KPI's
• Support the software delivery process by identifying and providing appropriate pre-production environments.
• Manage all code deployments and infrastructure changes to control environments in a controlled auditable manner.
• Liaise with 3rd party vendors, hosting services and licence providers.
• Ensure robust Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Managements processes are in place and tested to make sure applications are fit for purpose.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Detailed experience as a Lead DevOps Engineer
• Excellent experience of Docker and Kubernetes
• 5+ years' experience of AWS
• Scripting & coding experience, ideally with either Ruby or Python
• Experience operating 24x7x365 customer focused environment
• System admin level knowledge of Linux, Apache, Tomcat
• Knowledge of Terraform

Package:

•£120k basic salary
• Annual bonus of up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
• Private medical cover and a range of benefits that you would expect from a great employer

Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS - London

Overview:

A fantastic FinTech organisation who work within the Insurance industry is searching for a Lead DevOps Engineer to support the infrastructure, software applications, development and integration teams within their chosen technologies.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead continual implementation and evolution of the AWS Cloud strategy and configuring new environments using automated tools.
• Oversee the design of DevOps processes and encouraging a new, tried and tested approach
• Drive automated management of all server components using Puppet, Packet, Ruby, Docker, Terraform
• Creating and managing KPI's
• Support the software delivery process by identifying and providing appropriate pre-production environments.
• Manage all code deployments and infrastructure changes to control environments in a controlled auditable manner.
• Liaise with 3rd party vendors, hosting services and licence providers.
• Ensure robust Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Managements processes are in place and tested to make sure applications are fit for purpose.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Detailed experience as a Lead DevOps Engineer
• Excellent experience of Docker and Kubernetes
• 5+ years' experience of AWS
• Scripting & coding experience, ideally with either Ruby or Python
• Experience operating 24x7x365 customer focused environment
• System admin level knowledge of Linux, Apache, Tomcat
• Knowledge of Terraform

Package:

•£120k basic salary
• Annual bonus of up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
• Private medical cover and a range of benefits that you would expect from a great employer

Your New Job Title:                    IT Helpdesk Administrator – Computers and Communications

The Skills You'll Need:             IT support, 1st line, helpdesk, Japanese, trouble-shooting

Your New Salary:                         £ 25,000

Location:                                          City of London

Who You'll Be Working for:  Global company

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

IT Helpdesk Administrator is the first point of contact when employees in London and other offices within the Europe requires assistance in IT matters.

This could range from trouble-shooting IT issues to actively managing stocks of PCs, company mobiles, ipad devices.

They will also have to liaise with Tokyo HQ as and when is necessary.

• First line provision of hardware, software, network and telephony support to users throughout the region.
• Support of client connectivity and technical problem resolution.
• Installation, configuration and administration including connection to Microsoft Windows network domain.
• Assisting Department with Network, Server and IT Security issues.
• Liaison with service providers.
• Managing the appropriate consumables and spare parts.
• Recording expenses.
• Updating computer records.
• Processing registration of new users.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Ability to communicate effectively with users in a huge number of different countries.
• Proven Helpdesk experience in medium/ large organisation
• Proven Experience of supporting and configuring Windows 10, 2008/2012 /2016 Servers.
• Understanding of Microsoft Exchange, Outlook and Microsoft Office365
• Excellent communication skills in dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Organisational skills – ability to effectively manage and prioritise workload
• Japanese language ability – basic reading and writing capability
• Excellent communicator who is flexible and enthusiastic.
• A person who works their own when needed but also able to work as part of a small team.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and to work under pressure.
• Actively challenge new things/technology.
• Since the department is relatively small - the coverage for the duties will be wide.  Therefore, flexibility is also a must.

Job status:                        Full-time, Permanent

Start date:                        ASAP

Working hours:            Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (lunch 12:30-13:30)

We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.

Your New Job Title:                    IT Helpdesk Administrator – Computers and Communications

The Skills You'll Need:             IT support, 1st line, helpdesk, Japanese, trouble-shooting

Your New Salary:                         £ 25,000

Location:                                          City of London

Who You'll Be Working for:  Global company

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

IT Helpdesk Administrator is the first point of contact when employees in London and other offices within the Europe requires assistance in IT matters.

This could range from trouble-shooting IT issues to actively managing stocks of PCs, company mobiles, ipad devices.

They will also have to liaise with Tokyo HQ as and when is necessary.

• First line provision of hardware, software, network and telephony support to users throughout the region.
• Support of client connectivity and technical problem resolution.
• Installation, configuration and administration including connection to Microsoft Windows network domain.
• Assisting Department with Network, Server and IT Security issues.
• Liaison with service providers.
• Managing the appropriate consumables and spare parts.
• Recording expenses.
• Updating computer records.
• Processing registration of new users.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Ability to communicate effectively with users in a huge number of different countries.
• Proven Helpdesk experience in medium/ large organisation
• Proven Experience of supporting and configuring Windows 10, 2008/2012 /2016 Servers.
• Understanding of Microsoft Exchange, Outlook and Microsoft Office365
• Excellent communication skills in dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Organisational skills – ability to effectively manage and prioritise workload
• Japanese language ability – basic reading and writing capability
• Excellent communicator who is flexible and enthusiastic.
• A person who works their own when needed but also able to work as part of a small team.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and to work under pressure.
• Actively challenge new things/technology.
• Since the department is relatively small - the coverage for the duties will be wide.  Therefore, flexibility is also a must.

Job status:                        Full-time, Permanent

Start date:                        ASAP

Working hours:            Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (lunch 12:30-13:30)

We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.