5 jobs found in Blackwood

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join a mid-market manufacturing business as it introduces greater structure and governance across a significant portfolio of business change projects. You'll need to be comfortable bringing structure to projects already in flight, challenging stakeholders and making sure actions actually get delivered. The portfolio is varied and genuinely business-wide. Projects include manufacturing and product standardisation, inventory accuracy, costing and operational processes, site closures, new material trials and technology change including Oracle, MES, data and security initiatives. What you'll be doing Managing a portfolio of approximately six concurrent projects Establishing clear governance, project plans, timelines and accountability Coordinating stakeholders across operations, manufacturing, finance, sales and IT Working with senior stakeholders and C-suite project sponsors Picking up existing projects, quickly...

Test Manager | SC + NPPV3 Cleared | £DOE/day | Outside IR35 | 12 Month Contract | Hybrid - Occasional Travel to Gloucester I am looking for a Test Manager/Test Architect to own the end-to-end test delivery for a client in the Public sector. You will be responsible for setting the strategy, owning the life cycle from planning through to sign-off, and are the name against the release decision.  Essentials: 8+ years in software testing, of which 3+ leading or managing Test Automation - Selenium, Appium, Postman, Cucumber, NeoLoad or equivalents CI/CD tooling - Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git Experience with API, performance, security and accessibility testing Advanced SDLC/STLC Client-facing stakeholder skills - Consultancy delivery, not internal-only Nice to have: Experience with both Manual/Automation & Performance/NFT teams managed. 12 Month Contract (Oct start) Outside IR35 Commutable distance to Gloucester Must have SC + NPPV3 Clearance If...

🚨 eDV Project Manager / PMO / Business Analyst – Cheltenham I’m currently recruiting for an eDV-cleared Project Manager / PMO / Business Analyst to support a major Public Sector programme in Cheltenham. 🔹 Location: Cheltenham 🔹 Contract: 6 months 🔹 Rate: Up to £700 per day 🔹 IR35: Outside IR35 🔹 Clearance: Active eDV essential 🔹 Start: ASAP / October We’re looking for someone with a strong background across Project Management, PMO or Business Analysis , ideally with experience working on complex Government, Defence, Intelligence or National Security programmes . Key experience: • Project / Programme Management • PMO governance, reporting and RAID management • Business Analysis and requirements gathering • Stakeholder management • Risk, issue and dependency management • Governance and delivery assurance • Experience working within complex Public Sector environments • Active eDV clearance This is a great opportunity to...

Devops Engineer | eDV Cleared | £650/day Outside IR35 We’re looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support critical, highly secure infrastructure environments. Location: Cheltenham 2-3 days a week onsite. Rate: £650/day Outside IR35 Clearance: Active Enhanced DV (eDV) is mandatory. What you’ll be doing Building and maintaining resilient physical and virtual infrastructure Automating infrastructure using Ansible / Terraform Monitoring performance and resolving technical issues Supporting CI/CD, automation and continuous improvement Working across bare metal, virtualised and application environments Collaborating with engineering and technical teams   What we’re looking for: Active Enhanced DV clearance SRE, DevOps, Platform or Infrastructure Engineering experience AWS, Azure or GCP Terraform / Ansible CI/CD and automation experience Monitoring,...

Data Governance SME (Contract) Location: Remote Clearance Requirement: Active SC Clearance (Strictly Required) Rate: £600 Outside IR35 About the Role We are looking for a Data Governance SME to support a critical data and digital transformation initiative within the UK defence sector. In this role, you will help establish robust data standards, metadata management, and compliance frameworks, ensuring that critical data estates remain secure, structured, and audit-ready. Key Responsibilities Define and implement data governance frameworks, policies, and operating models tailored to secure environments. Manage data cataloguing, data lineage, and metadata using enterprise tools (such as Collibra, Microsoft Purview, or Alation). Work alongside stakeholders and Information Asset Owners (IAOs) to ensure compliance with defence data standards and classification rules. Drive data quality improvements and remediation plans to support ongoing digital and...