Test Manager

2 weeks ago

Cumbria, United Kingdom KBR Full time

Title:

Test Manager

TEST MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION

OVERVIEW:

The Test Manager will play a critical role in managing and optimizing the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) within our organization. This role involves overseeing all phases of testing, from requirements analysis to test planning, execution, and reporting. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software testing methodologies, STLC processes, and team leadership.

Job Title: Test Manager for Sellafield Deliver Capability (DELCAP) / Common Data Environment (CDE) / Digital Asset Management (DAM) / Sellafield Coordination Centre (SCC)

Security Clearance Essential UK SC

Desirable UK DV

Sellafield Clearance (Prerequisite - Required Prior to Project Start)

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS

Qualifications - Educational:

Essential: Technical Honours Degree, or equivalent

Desirable: Qualifications - Professional Essential: Incorporated Engineer or equivalent

Certification in Testing Methodology e.g. ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) and/or

CSTP (Certified Software Test Professional)

Desirable: Chartered Engineer or equivalent

Experience and Skills:

Essential: • Proven experience as a Test Manager or similar role, in software testing, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies like V Model methodology, Agile, Hybrid, including manual and automated testing techniques like SCRUM, Kanban, DevOps.

• Proficiency in manual and automated testing techniques, tools and frameworks (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, HPALM, Selenium, Junit, Cucumber, CI/CD, SoapUI, POSTMAN).

• Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages (e.g., Java, Python).

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Proven ability to manage and motivate teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Mentoring junior test team members.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex systems and identify potential areas of improvement.

• Detail-oriented approach with a focus on delivering high-quality results within tight deadlines.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Support the engagement-with and contribute to the work of cross-functional teams to ensure that customer and user needs are being met throughout the deliverable/scope of work.

• Understanding of relevant regulatory standards and compliance requirements e.g. GDPR for data privacy

• Presentation of complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences when engaging with colleagues, users/customers, suppliers and partners.

• Application of creative or innovative thinking and design practises in identifying solutions that will deliver value for the benefit of the customer/stakeholder.

• Be able to work with minimal levels of supervision.

• Sharing knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others.

• Demonstrates good organisational skills giving the ability to deliver to timeframes and estimates.

• Projects within the Civil Nuclear Sector.

• Communications and Information Systems (CIS) delivery projects.

Desirable: • Projects to capture, optimisation, leaning and deploy workflows for business process.

• Projects at or for Sellafield Ltd

• Experience of working with the Sellafield Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, or similar.

• Support the facilitation of collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives.

• Support the management of organisations, customers, suppliers, partners and peers.

• Knowledge of:

 Intelligent Business Process Management tools, such as PEGA, Power Automate or similar.

 Technical projects including Complex data environments; systems integration; business process management; Information security; architectural frameworks.

3. PROJECT BACKGROUND

Delivery Capability (DELCAP):

The role is part of the PPP Digital Testing As a Service (TAaS) Team. DelCap is the mechanism through which project management and delivery will be transformed to enforce optimised processes. Sellafield is seeking to both improve the quality of project delivery across the enterprise and reduce the overspend that has occurred in previous years due to time and physical clashes between projects and programmes on the site.

Common Data Environment (CDE):

The role is part of the PPP Digital Testing As a Service (TAaS) Team who provide support to the Common Data Environment (CDE), a collection of circa 50 applications platformed on a hybrid public, private Microsoft Azure based cloud. The PPP Digital Operations Team is integrated into the wider Sellafield Enterprise Information Services Organisation sharing common processes, policies and tools.

Digital Asset Management (DAM):

The role is part of the PPP Digital Testing As a Service (TAaS) Team. Sellafield Ltd requires Assets to be Operated and Supported more efficiently and consistently, to reduce time and budgetary overspend free up time that can be used to deliver operations and site management to work safer, faster, and cheaper. Vision for PPP support to DAM is to assist Sellafield Ltd to improve and innovate the optimisation, automation and embedding of core processes and solutions, required to manage asset operation and support in line with Sellafield’s Values and Strategic Goals.

Sellafield Coordination Centre (SCC):

The role is part of the PPP Digital Testing As a Service (TAaS) Team. The SCC uses a new digital platform that brings together existing Strategic, Tactical and Operational data from across the enterprise. Delivering an informed view of all sites wide activities in real time. The SCC will enable us to proactively highlight future threats and opportunities for efficient decision making for the benefit of the enterprise. 

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