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Bid Manager (VN1875)
Providing vital HR, Finance, IT and other key business services in the highways industry is fast paced, fun and fascinating. Our Shared Service functions work collaboratively to provide the essential business infrastructure that supports effective operations out on the network. Based in Horsham, West Sussex, our friendly teams ensure our divisions can access the resources they need to deliver the high standards their clients and the travelling public have come to expect from us.
Activities of the team/department that this role will operate in;
The Group Quality Bids Team is part of the Commercial Team responsible for monitoring tender opportunities and the development of responses to Selection Questionnaires and Invitations for Tender. Support is provided to the business in the collation of best practice, evidence and in the development of Award Submissions.
Purpose of the role and your responsibilities;
The Bid Manager will manage the Quality Submissions elements for Selection Questionnaires and Tenders and assist in overall bid management (as appropriate) – role covers opportunities for Ringway, Eurovia and associated Joint Venture companies. Will lead Bid Teams and ensure clients are provided with persuasive technical submissions to an industry leading standard. This will involve chairing bid meetings and briefing the team, liaising closely with the client team as well as our internal subject matter experts and ensuring bids are completed on time complying with Eurovia’s policies. People management responsibility for Bid Coordinators and Bid Writers.
Formal qualifications required;
Ideally Engineering/Building or possibly Quantity Surveying/ Environmental/ Management degree or qualification
Skills required;
Excellent communicator, articulate and with outstanding written English
Strong IT skills based on the MS office suite. Knowledge and experience of other publishing and document management systems such as Sharepoint.
Proven team/project management and writing ability – producing high quality and high impact submissions on time and to budget
Managing, motivating and gaining commitment from all levels of employees
Proven excellent motivational, communication and interpersonal skills
Collaborative and able to establish good relationships with individuals, and teams, across the organisation
Experience required;
Proven experience of managing Bids/Quality Submissions for infrastructure construction, improvement and maintenance contracts (preferably public sector – local or central government) or other types of service support contracts
Project management experience monitoring progress against programme, managing resources and chairing meetings
Production of high quality submissions on time and to budget
Participation in Competitive dialogue processes
Building and maintaining good relationships with Clients, ideally, making presentations to clients and supporting marketing activities
Working in, and managing, Joint Venture relationships
Monitoring bid team performance
Knowledge;
Practical understanding of contractual, commercial, technical and operational issues relating to infrastructure construction, improvement and maintenance and/or service support contracts
A good working knowledge of the NEC Form of Contract, with an all-round knowledge of different Forms of Contract
Be knowledgeable about procurement legislation, procedures and standards
Personal qualities;
Commitment to promote Health, Safety and Environmental standards
A proactive approach to innovative systems and processes
With an eye for detail
Self-motivated, able to operate with minimal supervision and work effectively against tight
deadlines
Promote creativity and the ability to think laterally within the team
The possibilities are surprising! Working in our Shared Services provides a complete view of our business activities and there are bound to be areas that will unexpectedly pique your interest. We believe in bringing in new talent as much as developing our people to grow in their chosen profession or even taking an unexpected turn in a new direction. We will encourage and support your aspirations for a career you truly enjoy, with a company that truly values your contribution.
| Bids & Estimating | 14/01/2021 |
| West Sussex |
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ICT Security Manager (VN1858)
Providing vital HR, Finance, IT and other key business services in the highways industry is fast paced, fun and fascinating. Our Shared Service functions work collaboratively to provide the essential business infrastructure that supports effective operations out on the network. Based in Horsham, West Sussex, our friendly teams ensure our divisions can access the resources they need to deliver the high standards their clients and the travelling public have come to expect from us.
Activities of the team/department that this role will operate in;
Overall activities of the team/department
The ICT Security Manager is responsible for ICT Security and Governance as well as Network and Technical architecture. They will assist with the resolution of ICT support Incidents and Service Requests escalated by the 3rd line engineers. They will perform other ICT related tasks that contribute to an improved service to ICT users. They will be responsible for ICT security and network architecture
Purpose of the role and your responsibilities;
Purpose of the role and what the post holder will be accountable for delivering
• Based in the Horsham office, although occasional visits to other locations may be required
• Investigating and resolving ICT Security issues
• Regular engagement with parent company defining and supporting security initiatives.
• Highlight risks and present monthly reports to Information Security Management Board
• Detail ICT security policies and procedures
• Review processes and procedures to ensure certification with ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Review tender documents to review risks and ensure compliance with client’s requirements
• Review supplier contracts and assess security capability and potential improvements.
• Assess the security of inbound products and services
• Ensure that firmware levels are maintained and ensure network devices configurations are saved and backed up
• Ownership of overall network architecture, network security and defining network policies and procedures
• Undertake proactive maintenance to prevent incidents occurring, including advice and guidance on best practice
• Create and maintain processes to manage repeatedly logged Incidents
• Resolve escalated ICT Incidents, Service and Change Requests within SLA
• Assist with the restoration of ICT services following system or network outages
• Implement network performance monitoring (availability, utilization, throughput, and latency) and test for weaknesses
• Assist in the troubleshooting high level technical and integration issues
• Oversee support of firewalls and VPNs
• Actively cultivate a positive working relationship between the ICT department and its customers
• Carry out any reasonable task as requested by the Eurovia management team.
• Provide weekly report of progress to the Infrastructure Manager
• Working with outsourced service providers
• Document ICT process and services
Formal qualifications required;
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2016 and Windows 10
• Strong networking skills
• Desirable Azure experience
• Desirable virtualization skills
• Desirable Linux support skills
• Desirable ISO 27001 experience
• Desirable IOS and Android mobile device operating systems
• Customer relationship and communication skills
• Experience of working in an ITIL environment preferred
Skills required;
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2016 and Windows 10
• Strong networking skills
• Desirable Azure experience
• Desirable virtualization skills
• Desirable Linux support skills
• Desirable ISO 27001 experience
• Desirable IOS and Android mobile device operating systems
• Customer relationship and communication skills
• Experience of working in an ITIL environment preferred
Experience required;
2-3 years as an ICT Security Manager
Experience as a technical infrastructure engineer
Experience in managing networks
Knowledge;
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2016 and Windows 10
• Strong networking skills
• Desirable Azure experience
• Desirable virtualization skills
• Desirable Linux support skills
• Desirable ISO 27001 experience
• Desirable IOS and Android mobile device operating systems
• Customer relationship and communication skills
• Experience of working in an ITIL environment preferred
Personal qualities;
• Hands on and active support for colleagues
• Professional and tidy appearance. PPE worn as and when required
• Courteous and professional customer management
• Keeping all promises within deadlines agreed
• Working at a level consistent with, or higher than, agreed service levels
• Encompass the Eurovia UK Group values in all aspects of the way the job is carried out
The possibilities are surprising! Working in our Shared Services provides a complete view of our business activities and there are bound to be areas that will unexpectedly pique your interest. We believe in bringing in new talent as much as developing our people to grow in their chosen profession or even taking an unexpected turn in a new direction. We will encourage and support your aspirations for a career you truly enjoy, with a company that truly values your contribution.
| ICT | 04/03/2021 |
| West Sussex |
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ICT Support Engineer (VN1901)
Providing vital HR, Finance, IT and other key business services in the highways industry is fast paced, fun and fascinating. Our Shared Service functions work collaboratively to provide the essential business infrastructure that supports effective operations out on the network. Based in Horsham, West Sussex, our friendly teams ensure our divisions can access the resources they need to deliver the high standards their clients and the travelling public have come to expect from us.
Activities of the team/department that this role will operate in;
The SharePoint Engineer will work alongside our existing SharePoint resources to help in the development and support of both our SharePoint on premise environment and in Microsoft 365.
Purpose of the role and your responsibilities;
Day-to-day activities will include:
• Incident and problem management of SharePoint related issues
• Change management activities (including testing) ranging from small scale amendments and service requests, to larger projects including (but not limited to) the migration and co-location of various disparate SharePoint instances and their migration to Cloud based services
• Proactive monitoring of SharePoint solutions and architecture - proactively address emerging issues
• Management of SharePoint permissions adopting existing strategy as well as helping to define, implement and enforce Access Management protocols
• Development of new SharePoint workflows (on premise or in the Cloud) and integration with external toolsets, including those provided by our global Microsoft 365 tenancy
• Liaison with colleagues internationally for service management purposes and on-going relationship management
• Provision of a restore process for document management purposes
• Giving advice and guidance to existing users in the shaping of their requirements for SharePoint solutions
• Provide subject matter expertise and end user guidance for all SharePoint solutions –create and maintain user guides and associated service knowledge to enhance user experience and reduce service
• Carry out objectives as defined in annual appraisal
Formal qualifications required;
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010, 13, 16 & 19 (at least 2 of these preferred), including architecture and administration as well as development
• Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online and Power Platform
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• PowerShell
• SharePoint Designer
Skills required;
• XSL, XSLT, HTML, XML languages
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012/16 OS and Active Directory
• Web Services
• STSADM
• Nintex Workflow for SharePoint 2010
• Sharegate
• ITIL Awareness
• Use of IT Service Management tools (i.e. "helpdesk" software for the management of changes, incidents etc.)
Experience required;
• No fewer than five years working in a SharePoint support and/or development capacity
• No fewer than two years’ experience of supporting SharePoint online solutions
• No fewer than two years working in structured, managed ICT service environments
Knowledge;
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Personal qualities;
• Effective communication
• Good telephone manner
• Time Management
• Organisational skills
• Accuracy/attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated initiative
• Ability to work to deadlines
The possibilities are surprising! Working in our Shared Services provides a complete view of our business activities and there are bound to be areas that will unexpectedly pique your interest. We believe in bringing in new talent as much as developing our people to grow in their chosen profession or even taking an unexpected turn in a new direction. We will encourage and support your aspirations for a career you truly enjoy, with a company that truly values your contribution.
| ICT | 19/02/2021 |
| West Sussex |