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upReach Tech500 Technology careers for social mobility

The upReach Tech500 is designed to support widening participation students graduating in 2023 and 2024 who are interested in learning about technology careers.

Delivered in partnership with leading tech employers, including Google, Samsung, GCHQ and Bank of America, the Tech Summer Bootcamp will give participants a headstart in securing internships. As part of the upReach Tech500, participants will also benefit from a free programme of exclusive career events, skills development opportunities, mentoring.

This is a great opportunity for Widening Participation students to receive free, personalised career support for entering the technology sector. 

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Graduate Employment Opportunity – Software Developer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the IS department as a Software Developer at Innovia Films, an Innovative Global Supplier of Specialty BOPP Packaging & Labelling Solutions based at Wigton, Cumbria.

Benefits include:

  • Competitive Salary (£22,000-£45,000) based on experience
  • Long term progression opportunities
  • Pension Scheme matched 9%
  • 25 Days holiday
  • Health shield Care Cash Plan

Description
Working as part of a small team that covers a range of roles, from developing bespoke systems, managing our ERP system, through to developing our BI & Analytics platform, primarily, the Software Developer will:

  • Design and develop bespoke web applications used throughout the business
  • Automate business processes using RPA tools

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the translation of business objectives and requirements into functional solutions
  • Identify areas for process improvements.
  • Develop and implement technical solutions based on existing technologies.
  • Research and recommending new approaches and technologies to improve business productivity
  • Advising on “Buy” vs “Build” decisions
  • 2nd line technical support where required
  • Collect and analyse data to optimize performance
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation
  • Supporting and handing over skills to other members of the team
  • Key role in projects, including project management
  • Interaction with, and management of external partners

Further information about the Software Developer position can be found via the link below:

https://innoviafilms.com/careers/vacancy/

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ITP Aero – Software Graduate – Whetstone

ITP Aero in Leicester is looking for an enthusiastic Software Graduate to join the software development team and to work on the development of our software product ESATAN-TMS.

ESATAN-TMS is a software product developed and maintained by ITP Engines UK Ltd. The
product is used through-out Europe by most Aerospace companies involved in the thermal design of spacecrafts and launch vehicles. The software provides a complete graphical environment for building a 3D geometric model and the definition of all modelling parameters such as orbital missions and thermal boundary conditions. Radiative and thermal analysis is performed by the software.
As a software graduate, you’ll be working with a Senior Software Engineer in the area of
developing the 3D graphical environment as well as introducing new user features to support our user’s needs. You will be working in both Java and C++ on Windows platform, and you will be using Visual Studio and Jetbrains as IDEs.

Main Responsibilities

  • Work efficiently within the development team on the maintenance of the product and on the implementation of new functionality
    o Develop code to a given design and software development standards
    o Perform testing of the code to agreed test plan
    o Identify and implement code fixes for reported issues
  • Actively contribute to ideas on the application of software technologies, ways to improve the product and its associated infrastructure
  • Be flexible and adaptable within the Software team

Technical Skills Required

  • Knowledge of Java, C or C++ programming languages.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle models and software engineering
    practices.
  • Knowledge of object oriented software design.
  • Ideally knowledge of graphic libraries, such as OpenGL, JavaFX or Ardor3D.
  • Ideally some experience of MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, Jetbrains, design tool Visual Paradigm
    and experience with source code configuration control.
  • Good technical problem solving skills.


Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Master’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, preferably 2:1


Person Spec
The ideal person will have a positive attitude, be flexible and adaptable and willing and eager to learn. Must have excellent communication skills and be able to work well as part of a team. To apply for this position: please apply on the company website: www.itpaero.com Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don’t want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
www.itpaero.com

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Junior BI Analyst Opportunity with Harrison Spinks

Who are Harrison Spinks?

We are an award-winning, innovative and rapidly expanding business just 2 miles south of Leeds city centre. A privately owned family business that is very proud of the high-quality products and strong brand heritage we have built. The company is highly vertically integrated from drawing its own wire, blending our own fibre and even owning a 300-acre farm to rear sheep and grow fibres for our natural filling’s blends. Come and join our team and be a part of our success story!

We are recruiting for a motivated team member to join our BI team. Business intelligence is a rapidly expanding area for Harrison Spinks, the role will continue to evolve and grow with the company. There is plenty of scope to challenge new and existing business processes and strengthen how we deliver information across the company. Training will be provided giving you the opportunity to expand your skillset within a supportive environment.

Job title: Junior BI Analyst
Location: Leeds/Remote
Reports to: BI Manager
Travel: Occasional but limited
Reports in: None
Key Stakeholders: Leadership Team, Head of Finance, All Departments
Job Objectives:
• Work closely with the BI Lead to support and develop new and existing internal reporting solutions, alongside a team of IT specialists.
• Help to review, assess and make improvements to the internal reporting systems and visualisations.
• Communicate with end users to analyse and identify where processes can be improved to ultimately refine the quality of data within the business.
• Contribute to the documentation and end user training plans for new and existing BI and reporting systems.

Main responsibilities:
• Regular communication with a variety of end users to understand their requirements and fulfil requests that fit within our BI strategy.
• Work collaboratively to help build the data offered across the business to enable data driven decisions.
• Design a variety of sustainable reports, dashboards, and visualisations to present clear information, predominantly using the Power BI platform.
• Assist in the maintenance, and smooth running of a dimensionally modelled data warehouse (SQL, SSIS)
• Maintain and prioritise workload using the companies ticketing system.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of business process and system documentation.
• Support other ad-hoc related duties to support the IT team.

Relevant Skill

Required:
• Degree in Technical or numerical discipline or equivalent experience within a business environment.
• IT literate, MS Excel Skills.
• Understand concepts of Data Warehousing and analytical structures.
Desired:
• Experience with Power BI or reporting tools
• 365 Platforms
• Fundamentals understanding of SQL (preferably TSQL)
• Developing reports in Microsoft AX 2012 (or other ERP systems)


Personality:
• You are passionate about IT, driven with excellent attention to detail.
• Customer focused, excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships.
• Ability to time manage and priorities workload.

For any questions or to apply email: bicareers@harrisonspinks.co.uk