IO Associates
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Job Title: Head of Engineering Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Company Overview: Our client is an innovative fin-tech/legal-tech company, we are exclusively seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a new talented team in Edinburgh. As the Head of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technology landscape (actively hiring a team), driving innovation, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. Responsibilities: Leadership : Provide strategic direction and inspire the engineering team to achieve departmental goals. Project Oversight : Oversee multiple projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. Resource Management : Assign workloads to engineering teams, optimize resource allocation, and foster collaboration. Technical Guidance : Offer hands-on technical guidance, especially in areas such as JavaScript, React.JS, and AWS. Budgeting and Scheduling : Estimate project budgets and schedules, ensuring efficient resource utilization. Stakeholder Communication : Collaborate with senior management, vendors, and clients, providing regular updates and negotiating project requirements. Quality Assurance : Ensure high-quality software development practices and adherence to best practices. Innovation : Drive innovation within the engineering function, exploring new technologies and methodologies. Requirements: Technical Expertise : Proficiency in JavaScript, React.JS, and AWS. You will be teaching and mentoring both junior and senior team members in these areas whilst leading from the front. Leadership Skills : Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional engineering teams. Project Management : Experience overseeing complex projects from inception to completion. Communication : Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strategic Thinking : Ability to align engineering efforts with overall business objectives. Problem-Solving : Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Collaboration : Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred). Minimum of 8 years of relevant engineering experience. Previous experience in a leadership role within a technology-driven organization.
Job Title: Head of Engineering Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Company Overview: Our client is an innovative fin-tech/legal-tech company, we are exclusively seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a new talented team in Edinburgh. As the Head of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technology landscape (actively hiring a team), driving innovation, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. Responsibilities: Leadership : Provide strategic direction and inspire the engineering team to achieve departmental goals. Project Oversight : Oversee multiple projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. Resource Management : Assign workloads to engineering teams, optimize resource allocation, and foster collaboration. Technical Guidance : Offer hands-on technical guidance, especially in areas such as JavaScript, React.JS, and AWS. Budgeting and Scheduling : Estimate project budgets and schedules, ensuring efficient resource utilization. Stakeholder Communication : Collaborate with senior management, vendors, and clients, providing regular updates and negotiating project requirements. Quality Assurance : Ensure high-quality software development practices and adherence to best practices. Innovation : Drive innovation within the engineering function, exploring new technologies and methodologies. Requirements: Technical Expertise : Proficiency in JavaScript, React.JS, and AWS. You will be teaching and mentoring both junior and senior team members in these areas whilst leading from the front. Leadership Skills : Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional engineering teams. Project Management : Experience overseeing complex projects from inception to completion. Communication : Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strategic Thinking : Ability to align engineering efforts with overall business objectives. Problem-Solving : Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Collaboration : Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred). Minimum of 8 years of relevant engineering experience. Previous experience in a leadership role within a technology-driven organization.
Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited
Senior Cyber Security Architect Salary upto £80,000 Description: Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens. Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients. We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. Methods are experts in delivering secure, resilient cyber and information services - keeping systems and data safe. We help reduce risk and vulnerabilities from cyber-attacks by developing a security road-map tailored to your unique needs. We help organisations improve processes such as threat management by building an identity management programme, and establishing prevention, detection and response capabilities to cyber-attacks. Requirements Ability to research, articulate, pitch complex and innovative security advice, at both business and technical levels, for new or existing problems, with the objective to justify and communicate decisions directly to key customer stakeholders including senior management. Able to understand and comprehend the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches Develop vision, principles and strategy for security for multiple projects or technologies; working in a particular field as subject matter expert, to support a team in delivering engagements at scale, which may require subtle security needs and requirements, contributing to development of information security policy, standards, procedures and guidelines. Effective business acumen and an understanding of the cyber security challenges faced by client, with the objective to develop our cyber assurance practice, by supporting business development and practice management. Experience of identifying and applying security risk and familiarity with common control frameworks, with the ability investigating major breaches of security and recommending appropriate control improvements. Maintaining awareness of key business and industry trends and understanding how they impact responses to cyber risk, with the contribution of the development of our team through training and coaching. Managing, delivering, leading cyber security and cyber risk assignments, with the management of portfolio of clients, across a variety of sectors and locations, including producing documentation, presentation, reports, recommendations and quality assuring, for the work produced by team members and being the point of escalation for lower grade roles. Providing our clients with trusted advice, rooted in a pragmatic and agnostic understanding of their business situation and objectives, to help them navigate complex, risk-driven cyber decisions. Working as a subject matter expert in your particular field, owning and delivering initiatives to embed quality through learning and other activity, working seamlessly and collaboratively with colleagues and clients from other service lines, supporting a team or colleagues to deliver engagements at scale, with the appropriate reach and influence across the teams and communities. Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised and encouraged for their contribution. Essential Skills and Experience: An experienced consultant with a background in Cyber Security Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Information Security related positions Minimum 3-5 years of experience in security architecture Cyber Security Certification eg ISC2 CISSP, ISC2 CCSP, ISACA CISM or similar Certification in AWS or Azure for Architecture and Security or similar IASME/Cyber Essentials Plus Certified Expert knowledge of secure network architecture and technical design Experience in creating secure architecture in either AWS and/or Azure Experience providing expert strategy, risk and technical advice, guidance and support on cyber security, both in business-as-usual and for live and planned projects within our clients' business. Expected to be the point of escalation for architects in lower grade roles and lead technical design of systems and services Broad range of cyber and information security skills, knowledge and experience such as security threats and vulnerabilities that impact/and/or emanate from system hardware, software and other infrastructure components, and relevant strategies, controls and activities to prevent, mitigate, detect and resolve security incidents affecting system hardware, software and other infrastructure components. Experience in gap analysis for specific domains, identify gaps in existing capabilities, service maturity. Identify missing cybersecurity and cyber-resiliency capabilities in alignment with changing business needs, threat land scape and technical requirements to increase the quality of the selected solutions also including topics such as products' convergence over time and products decommissioning. Expert knowledge of identifying, developing and communicating threat modelling and understanding the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate subtle design decisions Able to develop vision, principles and strategy for security architects for projects or technologies Demonstrably experienced in working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team and reach & influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities. Excellent stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to interact with senior stakeholders across department and clients Pro-active approach to personal and professional development. Work closely with your peers in the security architecture group, service and solution architects, engineers, project teams. Must hold, or be able to hold, an HMG Security Check (SC) clearance. Ability to apply standards, practices, codes and assessment of certification programmes relevant to the IT industry and the specific organisation or business domain. Experience in writing and creating Cyber Security documents ie Risk Assessments, ESRM, DPIA etc and produce particular patterns and support quality assurance Knowledge of the IT/IS infrastructure (eg databases and LANs) and the IT applications and service processes used within own organisation, including those associated with sustainability and efficiency. Ability to use any tool or system which provides security access control (eg Active Directory) Showing proficiency in the principles and application of cloud/virtualisation (including ownership responsibilities and security implications) and be able to use tools and systems to manage virtualised environments eg Server/desktop virtualisation and SDDC (Software Defined Data Centre). Benefits Holiday: 25 days a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year Pension: 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution Discretionary bonus: based on company and individual performance Life assurance: 4 times base salary Private medical insurance: non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) Worldwide travel insurance: non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 18 months service Wellness: 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme, including counselling Social: Parties and social events, and commitment to charitable causes Professional development: access to LinkedIn Learning, and discretionary training budget Travel: season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
Senior Cyber Security Architect Salary upto £80,000 Description: Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens. Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients. We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. Methods are experts in delivering secure, resilient cyber and information services - keeping systems and data safe. We help reduce risk and vulnerabilities from cyber-attacks by developing a security road-map tailored to your unique needs. We help organisations improve processes such as threat management by building an identity management programme, and establishing prevention, detection and response capabilities to cyber-attacks. Requirements Ability to research, articulate, pitch complex and innovative security advice, at both business and technical levels, for new or existing problems, with the objective to justify and communicate decisions directly to key customer stakeholders including senior management. Able to understand and comprehend the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches Develop vision, principles and strategy for security for multiple projects or technologies; working in a particular field as subject matter expert, to support a team in delivering engagements at scale, which may require subtle security needs and requirements, contributing to development of information security policy, standards, procedures and guidelines. Effective business acumen and an understanding of the cyber security challenges faced by client, with the objective to develop our cyber assurance practice, by supporting business development and practice management. Experience of identifying and applying security risk and familiarity with common control frameworks, with the ability investigating major breaches of security and recommending appropriate control improvements. Maintaining awareness of key business and industry trends and understanding how they impact responses to cyber risk, with the contribution of the development of our team through training and coaching. Managing, delivering, leading cyber security and cyber risk assignments, with the management of portfolio of clients, across a variety of sectors and locations, including producing documentation, presentation, reports, recommendations and quality assuring, for the work produced by team members and being the point of escalation for lower grade roles. Providing our clients with trusted advice, rooted in a pragmatic and agnostic understanding of their business situation and objectives, to help them navigate complex, risk-driven cyber decisions. Working as a subject matter expert in your particular field, owning and delivering initiatives to embed quality through learning and other activity, working seamlessly and collaboratively with colleagues and clients from other service lines, supporting a team or colleagues to deliver engagements at scale, with the appropriate reach and influence across the teams and communities. Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised and encouraged for their contribution. Essential Skills and Experience: An experienced consultant with a background in Cyber Security Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Information Security related positions Minimum 3-5 years of experience in security architecture Cyber Security Certification eg ISC2 CISSP, ISC2 CCSP, ISACA CISM or similar Certification in AWS or Azure for Architecture and Security or similar IASME/Cyber Essentials Plus Certified Expert knowledge of secure network architecture and technical design Experience in creating secure architecture in either AWS and/or Azure Experience providing expert strategy, risk and technical advice, guidance and support on cyber security, both in business-as-usual and for live and planned projects within our clients' business. Expected to be the point of escalation for architects in lower grade roles and lead technical design of systems and services Broad range of cyber and information security skills, knowledge and experience such as security threats and vulnerabilities that impact/and/or emanate from system hardware, software and other infrastructure components, and relevant strategies, controls and activities to prevent, mitigate, detect and resolve security incidents affecting system hardware, software and other infrastructure components. Experience in gap analysis for specific domains, identify gaps in existing capabilities, service maturity. Identify missing cybersecurity and cyber-resiliency capabilities in alignment with changing business needs, threat land scape and technical requirements to increase the quality of the selected solutions also including topics such as products' convergence over time and products decommissioning. Expert knowledge of identifying, developing and communicating threat modelling and understanding the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches Research and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate subtle design decisions Able to develop vision, principles and strategy for security architects for projects or technologies Demonstrably experienced in working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team and reach & influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities. Excellent stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to interact with senior stakeholders across department and clients Pro-active approach to personal and professional development. Work closely with your peers in the security architecture group, service and solution architects, engineers, project teams. Must hold, or be able to hold, an HMG Security Check (SC) clearance. Ability to apply standards, practices, codes and assessment of certification programmes relevant to the IT industry and the specific organisation or business domain. Experience in writing and creating Cyber Security documents ie Risk Assessments, ESRM, DPIA etc and produce particular patterns and support quality assurance Knowledge of the IT/IS infrastructure (eg databases and LANs) and the IT applications and service processes used within own organisation, including those associated with sustainability and efficiency. Ability to use any tool or system which provides security access control (eg Active Directory) Showing proficiency in the principles and application of cloud/virtualisation (including ownership responsibilities and security implications) and be able to use tools and systems to manage virtualised environments eg Server/desktop virtualisation and SDDC (Software Defined Data Centre). Benefits Holiday: 25 days a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year Pension: 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution Discretionary bonus: based on company and individual performance Life assurance: 4 times base salary Private medical insurance: non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) Worldwide travel insurance: non-contributory (spouse and dependants included) Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 18 months service Wellness: 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme, including counselling Social: Parties and social events, and commitment to charitable causes Professional development: access to LinkedIn Learning, and discretionary training budget Travel: season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
Scruffy Dog Creative Group
Job Title: Senior BIM Manager Location: Birmingham, UK Business Unit: Scruffy Dog UK Reports to: Director of Project Management Key Purpose of the Job (Position Summary) A Senior BIM Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the BIM process throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with ISO 19650 standards as well as UK BIM Standards. And to work collaboratively with architects, engineers, sub consultants, Manufacturing, Production and other project stakeholders to achieve optimal project outcomes through effective BIM implementation. The role involves utilizing BIM software and methodologies to enhance project collaboration, efficiency, and accuracy. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement BIM execution plans BEP for projects and empower the team throughout implementation phase. Develop, implement, and maintain BIM standards, protocols, and workflows aligned with ISO 19650 requirements. Lead the creation and management of 3D models and associated BIM data. Foster collaboration and communication among project stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and coordinated BIM deliverables. Conduct and oversee BIM quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) processes. Stay current with the latest BIM technologies and best practices. Define BIM standards, protocols, and workflows for the project team. Collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure BIM requirements are understood and met. Select, configure, and manage BIM software tools that align with project goals. Provide technical support and training to project team members on BIM software. Coordinate multidisciplinary design and construction teams through BIM collaboration. Manage and maintain the integrity of the project's BIM models and data. Oversee the integration of BIM data with other project management and analysis tools. Manage the flow of information between various project stakeholders through BIM. Ensure accurate and consistent data exchange between different phases of the project lifecycle. Perform regular reviews of BIM models to ensure compliance with project standards. Verify that models accurately represent the design intent and meet project requirements. Implement quality control processes to maintain data accuracy and consistency. Monitor project performance metrics related to BIM implementation and efficiency. Identify potential BIM-related risks and develop mitigation strategies. Ensure compliance with industry standards, codes, and regulations in BIM processes. Problem-solving skills and a proactive approach. Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively. Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills. Excellent understanding of construction processes and building information modeling principles. Key Skills / Experience Required Educational Qualification Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Engineering, BIM or related Fields. Additional Qualifications / certifications RIBA Certification Computer skills ( Revit, Navisworks dynamo , Excel, Word, Outlook, Photoshop). Prior experience A minimum of 10 years experience in in the construction industry, Experience in the themed entertainment industry In-depth knowledge of ISO 19650 standards and their application in BIM workflows. Proven past experience in Mega BIM Project. Other skills (preferred) BEP creation BIM Software Information Management Industry Standards ISO 19650 Clash Detection Technical Drafting Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud Navisworks Project Management SketchUp Enscape Rhinoceros Bluebeam Microsoft Office Suite Theme Parks Building and Structures Thematic Facade
Job Title: Senior BIM Manager Location: Birmingham, UK Business Unit: Scruffy Dog UK Reports to: Director of Project Management Key Purpose of the Job (Position Summary) A Senior BIM Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the BIM process throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with ISO 19650 standards as well as UK BIM Standards. And to work collaboratively with architects, engineers, sub consultants, Manufacturing, Production and other project stakeholders to achieve optimal project outcomes through effective BIM implementation. The role involves utilizing BIM software and methodologies to enhance project collaboration, efficiency, and accuracy. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement BIM execution plans BEP for projects and empower the team throughout implementation phase. Develop, implement, and maintain BIM standards, protocols, and workflows aligned with ISO 19650 requirements. Lead the creation and management of 3D models and associated BIM data. Foster collaboration and communication among project stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and coordinated BIM deliverables. Conduct and oversee BIM quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) processes. Stay current with the latest BIM technologies and best practices. Define BIM standards, protocols, and workflows for the project team. Collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure BIM requirements are understood and met. Select, configure, and manage BIM software tools that align with project goals. Provide technical support and training to project team members on BIM software. Coordinate multidisciplinary design and construction teams through BIM collaboration. Manage and maintain the integrity of the project's BIM models and data. Oversee the integration of BIM data with other project management and analysis tools. Manage the flow of information between various project stakeholders through BIM. Ensure accurate and consistent data exchange between different phases of the project lifecycle. Perform regular reviews of BIM models to ensure compliance with project standards. Verify that models accurately represent the design intent and meet project requirements. Implement quality control processes to maintain data accuracy and consistency. Monitor project performance metrics related to BIM implementation and efficiency. Identify potential BIM-related risks and develop mitigation strategies. Ensure compliance with industry standards, codes, and regulations in BIM processes. Problem-solving skills and a proactive approach. Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively. Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills. Excellent understanding of construction processes and building information modeling principles. Key Skills / Experience Required Educational Qualification Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Engineering, BIM or related Fields. Additional Qualifications / certifications RIBA Certification Computer skills ( Revit, Navisworks dynamo , Excel, Word, Outlook, Photoshop). Prior experience A minimum of 10 years experience in in the construction industry, Experience in the themed entertainment industry In-depth knowledge of ISO 19650 standards and their application in BIM workflows. Proven past experience in Mega BIM Project. Other skills (preferred) BEP creation BIM Software Information Management Industry Standards ISO 19650 Clash Detection Technical Drafting Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud Navisworks Project Management SketchUp Enscape Rhinoceros Bluebeam Microsoft Office Suite Theme Parks Building and Structures Thematic Facade