The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to be assisting this global vehicle charging company. My client is an ever-growing market leader in electrical solutions Sector!

The Role:

My client is currently recruiting to expand their growing team of installation electricians to install domestic Electric Vehicle charging points at customers’ homes and businesses!

They are approved charge point supplier/partner for most of the EV and Plug-in OEM’s and are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic fully qualified electrician to fulfill this role. Applicants must be hard-working and prepared to travel to customer premises. They must be of personable nature, good with customers and ambassadors of the company.

My client is the UK’s most popular home charge installer and is looking for a friendly, reliable and efficient electrician to add to the team.

Key Skills:

• 2 years commercial electrician background
• NVQ level 3 qualified or Equivalent.
• 2391 Inspect test and certification Qualification or equivalent.
• 17th edition qualified with 3rd amendment or already updated to the 18th Edition regulations

The candidate:

You must be a fully qualified electrician to 17th Edition Inspection & Testing (Level 3), with a clean driving license, with excellent customer service and able to work under your own initiative. This is a field role, based on where you live.  There will be a 1 week induction process which will provide you with a guide on how to install electric vehicle charging points.  You will also shadow a senior electrician and be fully trained prior to going out on the road by yourself.

The successful applicant will be working at clients’ homes. We have several requirements and are looking for Electricians in the following areas:

Scotland

• Glasgow/Edinburgh/Motherwell

Southern

• Guilford/Reading
• Oxford

South West

• Plymouth/Exeter
• Bournemouth/Dorchester

London

• East London/ Ilford
• Central London
• Chelmsford/Colchester

Benefits

25 days + bank hols. We offer excellent working conditions, including the use of a fully expensed Citroen Berlingo van and installation related bonus scheme. Full product and installation methodology training will be offered.

Salary: £27,000 – £30,000

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Focus IT have the pleasure of working with this WELL established, rapidly growing Technology Company. They are seeking an IT Support Team Leader / Senior Service Desk Engineer to complement their existing support team.

The Role
Leading and working within their support team, reporting to a senior infrastructure engineer, this role will be responsible for:
Managing the business, as usual, IT support & infrastructure functions to deliver a consistent and quality service to their users (mainly internal staff)
Managing and mentoring their first line support / junior systems administration team of two; ensuring support queue is under control, agreeing their priorities outside of the ticket system, being the point of escalation for all issues with IT support.
Developing and maintaining a solid hands-on working knowledge of the more technical aspects of their infrastructure, Active Directory, Exchange Server, AV, SPAM & web filtering, encryption solutions. Being the go-to technical expert for these solutions.
Managing projects to deliver new IT solutions for the office environment, from requirements through to implementation, with support from the rest of the team, for example, changing SPAM filtering provider or migrating to Office 365
Assisting the senior engineers with major projects, for example, data center hardware refreshes, upgrading hosting environment operating systems, assisting hand on deployment of involved solutions like a new telephony system.

Qualifications/experience
This position would suit someone who is used to working in a high-pressure environment in a 2nd or 3rd line service desk role, supporting internal and external users. A high capacity and desire to learn solutions and retain the information you learn will be key to your success.
Having a flexible approach to working will be essential since the role will require some out of hours work.

Core skills:
Great attitude and approach to technical work, problems, user requests and complaints.
Ability to manage lots of tasks to completion, often prioritising parallel tasks.
Service desk experience and experience managing or mentoring junior staff
Soft skills – gets on well with everyone, easy to approach, nothing is too much of a problem.
Willing and able to learn new tech.
Customer service (internal and external).
Able to solve problems, propose and implement solutions
Windows server experience – AD management, Exchange, File permissions.
Windows 10, printers, file shares, VPN access
Office 365 skills for end-user support

Responsibilities:
Office network, PC and server management.
Solution management – (i.e. Antivirus, Hard drive Encryption, Mimecast, CRM system, Office 365)
AD user and security group management
File and folder permissions management.
Ensuring procedures are maintained for how to do things
Subsidiary IT support for other companies we own or have a stake in
IT Mini projects – Smaller evaluation and implementation of solutions to solve problems the businesses have.
IT support for covering Junior Support when not available and supporting the junior technicians.  Internal issues and external calls for web system support.
Software licensing and good record keeping (software, hardware etc)
Supporting out of hours patching and server maintenance, as required.
Restoration of file backups
Managing external IT suppliers
Telephony – programming, reporting.

This is an IT Support Team Leader role and can also be known as a Senior Service Desk Engineer, Support Engineer, Team Leader, Helpdesk Manager and Service Desk Manager

Please send CV’s to Amit Gohil or call him for more information.

Salary: £25,000 – £35,000

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The Company:

Focus IT have the pleasure of working with this WELL established IT Solutions Company. Due to demand, they are seeking a Technical Specialist to complement their existing support division.

The Role:

As the Technical Specialist (3rd Line Support) your role is to deliver an excellent technology focused support service to all clients and internal teams. You will be taking ownership of and managing Problems, Major Incidents and escalations as required. There will also be a requirement for some involvement with the delivery of Project work.

Key duties are as follows:

• Provision of escalation support for colleagues and clients. These will typically by the higher priority and more technically challenging issues.
• Taking ownership of these escalated issues and managing them as either Problems or Major Incidents through to resolution.
• Within Problem Management, you will have responsibility for identification and root cause analysis of recurring incidents/problems. This will mean continued investigation with recommendations beyond any initial fix applied to work around the problem.
• Assisting with the delivery of Project work and Change Management requests as required. › Provision of training, knowledge transfer and documentation for Clients and the Technical and Service Delivery teams.
• Keeping up to date with new technologies including relevant technical training and certifications as required by the business.
• You will need to have the ability to present and articulate technical concepts to both internal teams and clients as appropriate.

The Candidate:

The ideal Technical Specialist (3rd Line Support) will come from an outsourced or IT service background, with impeccable customer service skills. You will be proficient in Windows Servers security diagnostics, Terminal Services, and Virtualisation.

Key Skills:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a senior 2nd Line Support role or
• At least 1 years’ experience in a 3rd Line infrastructure support role › Excellent problem-solving skills
• An MCITP qualification or similar for this role would be highly beneficial towards your application.
• Worked within a managed service environment or IT Service Company.

We require you to have knowledge and experience with the following technologies (with relevant certifications to support):

• Microsoft Server and associated infrastructure technologies including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, VPN’s, DFS, etc.
• Strong experience in supporting and diagnosing network related issues
• Desktop / Client Operating Systems
• MS Exchange / Office 365
• Virtualisation technologies (Hyper-V)
• AV and Mail Scanning technologies
• Terminal Services / Virtual Desktop o Could / offsite backup technologies

At least 2 years’ experience in a senior 2nd Line Support role or

At least 1 years’ experience in a 3rd Line infrastructure support role

Excellent problem-solving skills

If you have the above skill sets and great exposure to client facing technical support then this is a great opportunity for you to work for this dynamic and rewarding organisation.

The Location:

The role is based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and is commutable from Northampton, Bedfordshire, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Luton and North London.

This is an excellent opportunity to join this dynamic market leader. Please send CV’s to Amit Gohil or alternatively call Amit Gohil for more information.

Salary:  £30,000 – £40,000

Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

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The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to be working alongside this fast-paced in-house Digital Agency.  My client works with the largest brands in the industry on bespoke integrations in the UK, US and around the world.

The Role

Due to industry growth, we are now seeking a Backend Developer to join the existing development team. This is an excellent opportunity to influence the direction and technologies of a rapidly expanding team. The role is focused on the full stack technical operations and the successful candidate will be an experienced developer.

We are looking to expand the core developer team.  You will be working with the development team to implement frontend and backend solutions.

Key responsibilities

• To mentor team members enabling them to achieve their performance targets
• To support pre-sales activity
• To demonstrate knowledge of website design integrated with Vista’s other services, making sure they are optimised for user experience and conversion by ensuring that their information architecture is carefully considered
• To keep up to date with the latest web design technologies and techniques in order to discuss them for inclusion within our website creations
• To drive consistent standards and approaches throughout the team
• To help develop an ‘integrated solution’ for cinema across a number of digital platforms (i.e. Web, App and Kiosk)
• To produce and oversee design quotes, analysis, specifications to make sure they are complete and accurate
• To support the business development team with pre-sale activities, contributing to RFPs where appropriate and assisting in large pitches to potential clients where required
• To oversee the technical strategy and implementation of our own internal development stream activities – to make sure they apply to the same standards that we would expect for client work
• To provide training and workshops for clients and/or staff as required
• To be willing to share your technical knowledge and mentor less experienced team members
• To lead and input into client meetings as required

The candidate:

You will have between 3-5 years of commercial experience in backend development along with solid PHP knowledge.  This is a great opportunity for a backend PHP Developer seeking there next career challenge within this rewarding and dynamic organisation.

Key Skills we are seeking:

• 3-5 year’s web front end and server-side development experience ideally in a commercial and/or e-commerce organisation.
• Excellent development skills and experience including
• .Net, ASP.net, C#, Razor, MVC, HTML, HTML5, CSS, XML, JavaScript, JQuery
• Experience delivering Umbraco CMS based solutions
• Development experience using Visual Studio IDE
• Excellent communication, team-working and organisational skills.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines • Demonstrable web development experience from conception to execution
• Good interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills.
• Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written.

Desirable:

• Database development experience using Microsoft SQL Server.
• TDD coding principles are desirable.
• Angular / Knockout / ReactJs
• Experience using source control
• Experience in a transactional, consumer eCommerce/digital environment
• Experience in UX & customer journey design

The Location

My Client is based in Hammersmith, London.

Salary: £55,000 – £60,0000 + Great benefits

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The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to assist this leading digital marketing company who are recognised for their high service levels and products they offer.

The Role:

Due to industry growth, we now have a requirement for self-driven Seo senior to come in and build on their expertise in the Industry and complement the existing team.

The overall purpose of this role is to support the head of SEO and lead the SEO account managers and Executives.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver day to day implementation of SEO campaigns across key clients.
• Advocate the client’s SEO strategy and support members of the team where required.
• Stay up to date with new market tools and opportunities.
• Share learnings with the wider Social, display, PPC and analytics teams to drive performance and efficiencies.
• Oversee regular or ad hox projects and delivery of projects within the team.
• Client roadmaps and account development plan

The Candidate:

The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 4 yrs+ experience in a Senior SEO position.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior SEO to progress within this dynamic and rewarding organisation.

In return, my client is offering a great career path with a competitive salary and great company benefits.

Key skills are as follows:

• Digital marketing.
• Seo advertising
• Google analytics
• Microsoft office skills
• Seo
• Analytical and thinking mind

The Location: Shrewsbury

This role is based in Shrewsbury but is commutable from Telford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Kidderminster, Wrexham, Whitchurch and all the surrounding areas of Shrewsbury.

For more information alternatively call on 0844 8759 375.

The salary: £22,000 – £35,000

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The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to assist this leading Digital marketing company who are recognised for their high service levels and products they offer.

The Role:

Due to industry growth, we now have a requirement for a self-driven PHP developer to come in and build on their expertise in the Industry and complement the existing team.

Key responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of PHP web sites from designs, functional specifications and ad hoc client requests
• The configuration of web servers and deployment systems using Apache/Nginx, MySQL and continuous integration
• Communicating with internal team members, clients and third parties at a technical level
• Working with designers and project leaders to deliver on client and user requirements
• Have an eye for detail and work with designers to deliver on the team’s vision

The Candidate:

The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 2 yrs+ experience in an IT Helpdesk position.

This is an excellent opportunity for a PHP developer to progress within this dynamic and rewarding organisation

In return, my client is offering a great career path with a competitive salary and great company benefits

Key skills are as follows:

• Experience of working with PHP-based e-commerce and CMS platforms (especially Magento and WordPress)
• Experience of overseeing the management of server deployment with hosting providers and performing server-side speed and security optimisation
• Experience of integrating systems via APIs
• Excellent PHP skills with experience of maintaining and creating class-based libraries and systems
• Experience of developing applications and systems with security as a priority
• Experience working with version control (.git or similar)
• Experience working with preprocessors (sass or less)
• And managing these tasks with gulp or grunt

The Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

The role is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and is commutable from Gateshead, Sunderland, Blyth, Washington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton on Tees , South shields , Lanchetser , Darlington and all surrounding areas of Newcastle upon Tyne

The salary: DOE + Great benefits

For more information, please forward your CV to aaron@focus-it-uk.com or alternatively call Jamie Cotton on 0844 8759 375.

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The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to assist this leading IT support company who are recognised for their high service levels and products they offer.

My client is an eCommerce agency with over 23 years’ experience designing, build and marketing websites.

The Role:

Due to industry growth, we now have a requirement for a Backend Magento developer to come in and build on their expertise in the Industry and complement the existing team

Key responsibilities:

• Working with major brands to develop their commerce platform
• Writing technical specifications and documentation
• Quality control of all work submitted to clients
• Keeping up to date with current digital trends

The Candidate:

• At least 2 years experience with Magento 2
• Able to work collaboratively in a team
• Positive, can-do attitude

Desirable skills:

• GIT / Version Control
• KnockOut JS
• Composer

Perks of The Job

• Competitive salary and career progression
• 30 days holiday (inclusive of public holidays)
• Flexible working – start and finish times to suit your needs
• Company pension scheme and private healthcare
• Apple tech set-up just as you like it
• Eyecare & childcare vouchers
• Bike to work scheme
• Working in relaxed, open plan offices with a laid back dress code
• Regular appraisals and personal development plans
• Events and conferences attendance actively encouraged
• Free food & drinks

The Location: Stafford

The role is based in Cannock, Donnington, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent, Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Derby, Newport and Blythe Bridge

For more information, please forward your CV to Aaron@focus-it-uk.com or alternatively call Jamie Cotton on 0844 8759 375.

The salary: £DOE + Great benefits

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The Company:

Focus IT are pleased to assist this leading E-commerce agency who are recognised for their high service levels and products they offer.

The Role:

Due to industry growth, we now have a requirement for self-driven Symfony/ junior to come in and build on their expertise in the Industry and complement the existing team.

Key responsibilities:

• Working with and customising the Akeneo PIM Platform on behalf of our clients
• Writing technical specifications and documentation
• Quality control of all work submitted to clients
• Keeping up to date with current digital trends

The Candidate:

The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 2 yrs+ experience in a Symphony framework position.

This is an excellent opportunity for a symphony/PHP developer to progress within this dynamic and rewarding organisation

In return, my client is offering a great career path with a competitive salary and great company benefits

Key skills are as follows:

• Symfony Framework (Version 3 or 4)
• YAML
• MySQL
• Able to work collaboratively in a team
• Positive, can-do attitude
• A keen eye for detail

Bonus Points

• GIT / Version Control
• TWIG
• KnockOut JS
• Composer

The Location: Stafford

The role is based in Cannock, Donnington, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent, Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Derby, Newport and Blythe Bridge

For more information, please forward your CV to Aaron@focus-it-uk.com or alternatively call Jamie Cotton on 0844 8759 375.

The salary: £18,000 – £20,000 + Great benefits

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As a Technical Support Manager / Support Lead, you will join a leading enterprise cloud software client. You will provide outstanding customer support, lead, coach and be responsible for getting the best out of your team to meet SLA’s.

As a Support Team Lead you will be responsible for providing technical support for the applications, systems, and platforms for EMEA customers.

This role with be 50% team management and remain 50% hands-on. Manage the day to day running of support staff in office and off-site across EMEA. You will focus on offering excellent customer service, satisfaction and promote teamwork.

Our client is recruiting this position due to demand and company growth.

Candidate requirement:

? Excellent hands-on experience

? Understanding of ITIL processes

? Experience leading a group of technical engineers

? Team lead and coaching experience

? Experience working with Microsoft Windows Server, Remote Desktop Services, IIS, Active, Directory and Knowledge of SQL environments

? Working for a software vendor would be advantageous

? Customer facing experience and excellent personal attitude

? Excellent problem-solving skills

This role could be suitable for someone from various backgrounds such as Service Support Team Lead, Customer Support Manager, Software Support Team Lead, Service Desk Team Leader, IT Support Team Lead, IT operations manager or technical team lead.

The Location: Bracknell, Berkshire

Salary:£37000 – £45000 + Bonus and company benefits

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