IT Infrastructure Associate Project Manager

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Company Description

IT Infrastructure Associate Project Manager - Bretby

Are you interested in IT? This could be your opportunity to excel as a IT Infrastructure Associate Project Manager, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed.

As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Service Desk Manager to join our team and wear the SOCOTEC badge with pride.

We are looking for a motivated, proactive, and dedicated Associate Project Manager to join our team. You will play a vital role in enhancing our company by supporting the IT Infrastructure team. You will embody our core behaviours of integrity, curiosity, warmth, and ambition. As a member of the IT team, it is key that you can work independently, as well as working efficiently as part of a team.

About Central Services

Based in Burton-on-Trent, SOCOTEC UK's Head Office houses our Central Services teams. These teams provide a corporate structure to support the wider business. Central Services is broken down into four main areas: Human Resources, Marketing and Communications, Finance, and IT. Each of these areas is vital to the day-to-day running of SOCOTEC.

What's in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Think you've got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.

Job Description

Delivery of IT projects, with a dual focus on effective project management and hands-on technical contribution.

SOCOTEC is a business experiencing an exciting amount of growth. Working as part of a friendly and welcoming group, you will be helping us manage and implement a number of IT Infrastructure projects.

Reporting to the Head of IT Operations, and working with various teams. You will help scope, project manage and deliver a range of projects. The projects will mainly be focused on helping us improve our IT landscape, with a particular focus on helping us integrate newly acquired businesses.

This role is ideal for anyone with a technical background looking to move into project management (We are open to helping you develop) or for someone looking for their next step in a fast growing business with plenty of opportunity.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Relevant technical certifications showcasing expertise in IT infrastructure technologies.
• Experience in running projects within IT and IT Infrastructure
• Good understanding of project management disciplines (PRINCE, MSP & AGILE).
• General understanding of infrastructure technologies (O365, AD/Entra, VMs)
• Good presentation and communication skills

Additional Information

Why SOCOTEC?

Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a Service Desk Manager, you will play a pivotal role in providing these services.

We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place. Not to mention the possibility of working locally, nationally, or globally, in the office or remotely. We are committed to your personal and professional development, and you will be supported in every step of your journey with us. #YouGrowWeGrow