Lead Test Specialist

7 months ago

Coventry NampW Satellite Villages, United Kingdom Cadent Gas Full time

Location: GB, CV7 9JU- Advertised Salary: Upto 57,500- Job Function: Information Technology- Working Hours: 37- Location Type:
- Contract Type: Permanent- Req ID: 563At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy We’ve got a clear roadmap that will drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Lead Test Specialist to join our Agile Testing Team. As a Lead Test Specialist, you will play a crucial role in managing the Agile Scrum Test Team and shaping the Test Strategy across solution build activities.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Effectively plan and execute work within the team, ensuring optimal resource utilisation and timely delivery to both internal and external customers.
- Take ownership of a specialist service, adhering to internal and external processes, procedures, timescales, and expectations.
- You will be responsible for managing testing within Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
- Create and manage a test improvement and optimisation plan in the Agile Testing space, identifying key enhancements, maintaining a backlog, and driving an action plan for improvement activities.
- Influence the overall Test Strategy for solution build activities, including setting test standards and quality metrics to measure outcomes against defined criteria.
- Foster transparent communication within the Agile Test team, encompassing planning, scheduling, performance monitoring, and investigation of test requirements and problems.

**Skills and Experience**:

- ISTQB/ISEB Certificate in Software Testing or equivalent relevant qualification.
- Strong industry knowledge in QA practices.
- Extensive hands-on experience in managing and conducting various testing phases, including integration, system, performance, regression, operational, and user testing.
- Excellent understanding of IT technical environments, test tools, techniques, and methods.
- Proficiency in planning and scripting test activities.
- Experience contributing to test strategies and influencing the team's vision and direction.
- Ability to build and lead a high-performing test team to support agile scrum teams and deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Develop capabilities for agile scrum-based testing, quality assurance for third-party initiatives, test automation for regression and UAT suites, and ongoing maintenance of automation.
- Implement robust processes and best practices to ensure high-quality testing in the Agile space.

**What’s In It For You**

Here at Cadent, we are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves. For this role in particular we can offer:

- Funding and support towards completing qualifications
- Ample opportunity for progression within the business
- Mentoring and guidance opportunities

**Why Join Us**

We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being. These include:

- Annual bonus
- Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary (i.e., employee contributions of up to 6%, double matched by a Cadent contribution of up to 12%)
- 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more
- Fantastic career development prospects with funded learning options, including support with exams, and internal and external learning and development
- Strong focus on supporting you as an individual including:

- Flexible working
- Strong commitments to ED&I
- Generous family provision policies
- Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurance, and healthcare packages, plus much more
- My Offers membership card - offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers
- 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Free gym access at the Ansty office, as well as a ‘Gympass’ scheme providing free or heavily subsidised local gym memberships

We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it. Let us know about your flexibility requirements, whether that be reduced hours, remote working, flexible start/finish times, or compressed hours, and we will be more than happy to explore what’s possible for the role.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Don’t meet every single requirement listed?

We place great importance on equity, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our employee communities Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive (disability) and the Cadent Military Community can’t wait to welcome you

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