Implementation Engineer

OCU Group have an exciting new opportunity for a driven and detail-oriented Implementation Engineer to join our Implementation Team in Preston.

You will play a pivotal role in the rollout of OCU One, our exciting new bespoke in-house developed Workforce Management platform. This platform is critical to streamlining the way we plan, schedule, and manage our workforce across the Energy Transition, Utilities and Digital Infrastructure divisions nationally.

About the role 

In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of technology, operations, and transformation, helping ensure new features, capabilities, and processes are implemented smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to business-as-usual activities. You’ll work closely with operational leaders, technical analysts, developers, and the technology team to configure, test, and deploy platform solutions tailored to our real-world project needs.

This is a rare opportunity to contribute to meaningful, lasting change in a fast-paced, scaling business. As we continue to invest in digital innovation across the group, your work will directly enable our teams to deliver better, faster, and more safely shaping the future of workforce delivery in one of the UK’s most critical infrastructure sectors.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in implementation or systems delivery roles, preferably in a mid-to-large organisation.
• Demonstrated experience delivering digital or software solutions into operational business environments.
• Capability to deal with and support constructive challenge and change resistance.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand complex processes and translate them into system logic.
• Solid understanding of testing and quality assurance practices.
• Excellent communication skills and a confident collaborator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving project environments.
• Experience working with in-house developed or bespoke enterprise software platforms.
• Knowledge of integration practices across ERP, CRM, or HRIS systems.
• Experience supporting change management or training delivery as part of technology projects.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methods or working within cross-functional product teams.

Company Information

OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.