Quality Assurance Test Manager

Balfour Beatty (CPS) have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Test Manager to join our growing team in South Mimms

The successful candidate will have experience of defining, maintaining, and running tests for a range of software applications (browser and app-based). Experienced in the asset management or highways industry will be beneficial. They will have experience in different stages of testing and will know how to set these up and run them to help ensure high quality products are delivered to our stakeholders. Testing stages will include ad hoc testing, unit testing, integration testing, UAT and potentially automated testing.

This is a great opportunity for a QA professional to establish, shape and run a testing capability in a high-profile business, working on a wide range of established and new projects.

What you'll be doing
Set up, maintain, and run test suites for browser and app-based applications.
Set up a range of testing plans and capabilities, including unit testing, integration testing, UAT and potentially test automation.
Manage and track bugs / issues.
Contribute to the requirements and design stages of projects, bringing testing knowledge and planning to the process.
Collaborate closely with project team members and stakeholders, building effective relationships.
Live the Connect Plus Services Values
Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
Support the delivery of Connect Plus Services Sustainability activities.

Who we're looking for
The following skills/experience are essential:

At least three years experience in software testing, including unit testing, integration testing, UAT and potentially automated testing
Ability to trace data flows through client-server systems and diagnose issues
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Highly organised and with attention to detail
MS Office (Word, Excel), MS Project, Test automation tool

The following skills/experience are desirable:
Understanding of spatial data and linear referencing systems / models
Strong numeracy and analytical skills
Flexible, motivated and able to persevere in challenging situations.

Why work for us
CPS is a Joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsR alis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over 100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.

About us
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.
To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.
Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/