40 jobs found in Stockport

Job Title Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) – Telecoms / Software-Focused Systems Contract Details Contract Length: Minimum 9 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Location: Predominantly remote with occasional travel to Cheadle, Stockport Overview An experienced Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) is required to take over an existing role due to retirement. The role supports a rail-based programme currently at GRIP 6, entering SIT/SAT testing, and centres on an Online Key Management System (OKMS). The OKMS is a software-based, cyber-secure telecoms system used by train drivers to log into operational systems. While the solution has strong software and cyber-security elements, this is not a pure software role. A telecoms engineering background is essential. Civils or signalling-only backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable. The OKMS scope represents approximately 40–50% of the workload; however, candidates with a strong telecoms background will be able to support...

Job Title Contractor's Engineering Manager (CEM) - Telecoms / Software-Focused Systems Contract Details Contract Length: Minimum 9 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Location: Predominantly remote with occasional travel to Cheadle, Stockport Overview An experienced Contractor's Engineering Manager (CEM) is required to take over an existing role due to retirement. The role supports a rail-based programme currently at GRIP 6, entering SIT/SAT testing, and centres on an Online Key Management System (OKMS). The OKMS is a software-based, cyber-secure telecoms system used by train drivers to log into operational systems. While the solution has strong software and cyber-security elements, this is not a pure software role. A telecoms engineering background is essential. Civils or signalling-only backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable. The OKMS scope represents approximately 40-50% of the workload; however, candidates with a strong...

Job Title Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) – Telecoms / Software-Focused Systems Contract Details Contract Length: Minimum 9 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Location: Predominantly remote with occasional travel to Cheadle, Stockport Overview An experienced Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) is required to take over an existing role due to retirement. The role supports a rail-based programme currently at GRIP 6, entering SIT/SAT testing, and centres on an Online Key Management System (OKMS). The OKMS is a software-based, cyber-secure telecoms system used by train drivers to log into operational systems. While the solution has strong software and cyber-security elements, this is not a pure software role. A telecoms engineering background is essential. Civils or signalling-only backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable. The OKMS scope represents approximately 40–50% of the workload; however, candidates with a strong...

Senior Network Architect - £550 per day - Outside IR35 - Hybrid working, one day per week on site near Manchester Airport - 3-6 months initial contract. We are working with a global organisation undergoing a major transformation of their entire network estate, and they are seeking a highly experienced Senior / Enterprise Network Architect to define and lead the design of their future-state network. This role is not focused on BAU or incremental change - it is about architecting the network of the future. You'll set the long-term network strategy, design the target architecture, and guide the selection and onboarding of strategic technologies and suppliers as the business transitions to a fully modern, cloud-centric, Internet-first model. The future environment will be built around DIA underlay, clean underlay/overlay separation, and modern SD-WAN/SASE/SSE patterns, aligned with Azure-native cloud connectivity. Therefore, deep experience designing Internet-first architectures is...

Salesforce Developer - Outside IR35 Contract Outside IR35 (Rate depending on experience) 3-month contract Hybrid - Manchester Maxwell Bond have partnered with an organisation in the financial sector, who are looking for a Salesforce Developer on a contract basis. As Salesforce Developer, you'll be working on an integration project to support with the launch of a new product, using Salesforce as the core technology. You’ll be responsible for writing code, creating documentation, integrating with 3rd party systems, and using Apex. Proven experience as Salesforce Developer: Building process flows in Salesforce, using APEX. Experience integrating Salesforce with other 3rd party systems. Ability to write relevant code/trigger messages. Any of the following is advantageous: Experience working on customer/partner portals. Involved in the UX design when creating portals. This is an urgent hire with the view for a Salesforce...

Product Owner: 3 Month Contract - Manchester/Hybrid Interviewing now for a contract Product Owner for 3 month project (Outside IR35.) Your expertise will provide development and delivery of a desirable, feasible, and viable Product. You will work across multiple streams liaising with Senior Stakeholders to understand requirements whilst overseeing software capability to deliver cutting edge solutions in line with the project roadmap. Your role will serve as a facilitator between business requirements and the development team to deliver high quality digital solutions. We require your agile experiences and innovative data driven insights to inform product roadmap to minimize risks and increase customer value whilst overseeing all stages of the development life cycle. Type: 3 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester/Hybrid Start: ASAP Skills -Previous experience delivering as Product Owner. -Expertise of working directly with Software...

Product Owner: 3 Month Contract - Manchester/Hybrid Interviewing now for a contract Product Owner for 3 month project (Outside IR35.) Your expertise will provide development and delivery of a desirable, feasible, and viable Product. You will work across multiple streams liaising with Senior Stakeholders to understand requirements whilst overseeing software capability to deliver cutting edge solutions in line with the project roadmap. Your role will serve as a facilitator between business requirements and the development team to deliver high quality digital solutions. We require your agile experiences and innovative data driven insights to inform product roadmap to minimize risks and increase customer value whilst overseeing all stages of the development life cycle. Type: 3 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester/Hybrid Start: ASAP Skills -Previous experience delivering as Product Owner. -Expertise of working directly with Software...

NEC Project Manager Duration: 6 – 12 months Hybrid working – 3 days based in Manchester, 2 days remote (+ ad-hoc visits to Cumbria site) Rate: £100 p/h (outside IR35) 37.5 hours per week Our client is a leading engineering and design consultancy who specialises in civil engineering projects. They currently require an NEC Project Manager to support on a large-scale project for National Highways. The project is the reconstruction of M6 Lune Gorge Bridges. The successful candidate will have both construction and design phase experience working on civil engineering/highways projects, along with PSC and ECC contract experience. Role description: Reporting to Associate/ Project Director. Providing support and engaging to ensure appropriate information is provided and advising on project delivery issues Direct Reports - Assistant Project Manager and Project Manager (4-5 reports and 4-5 resources / in direct reports depending on the scale of the project(s)...

Role: VMware Engineer Salary/Rate: £500-600 per day outside IR35 Location: Mainly remote Contract Duration: approx. 5 months We're working with a highly respected organisation operating in a complex, security-focused environment, looking to bring in an experienced VMware Engineer to support the design, build and improvement of enterprise-scale hypervisor platforms. This role would suit someone who enjoys working across design, build and automation , with a strong focus on secure infrastructure and repeatable processes. This VMware Engineer role is mainly remote, with occasional UK office visits as required by the business. The contract for the VMware Engineer position is for 100 days, with potential to extend, operating outside IR35. Security Clearance: Security Check ('SC Clearance') Essential skills/experience required: Strong hands-on experience designing and building hypervisor platforms Solid knowledge of VMware technologies and virtual machine...

Product Owner: 3 Month Contract - Manchester/Hybrid Interviewing now for a contract Product Owner for 3 month project (Outside IR35.) Your expertise will provide development and delivery of a desirable, feasible, and viable Product. You will work across multiple streams liaising with Senior Stakeholders to understand requirements whilst overseeing software capability to deliver cutting edge solutions in line with the project roadmap. Your role will serve as a facilitator between business requirements and the development team to deliver high quality digital solutions. We require your agile experiences and innovative data driven insights to inform product roadmap to minimize risks and increase customer value whilst overseeing all stages of the development life cycle. Type: 3 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester/Hybrid Start: ASAP Skills -Previous experience delivering as Product Owner. -Expertise of working directly with Software...

Role: VMware Engineer Salary/Rate: £500-600 per day outside IR35 Location: Mainly remote Contract Duration: approx. 5 months We 're working with a highly respected organisation operating in a complex, security-focused environment, looking to bring in an experienced VMware Engineer to support the design, build and improvement of enterprise-scale hypervisor platforms. This role would suit someone who enjoys working across design, build and automation , with a strong focus on secure infrastructure and repeatable processes. This VMware Engineer role is mainly remote, with occasional UK office visits as required by the business. The contract for the VMware Engineer position is for 100 days, with potential to extend, operating outside IR35. Security Clearance: Security Check ( SC Clearance ) Essential skills/experience required: Strong hands-on experience designing and building hypervisor platforms Solid knowledge of VMware...

Product Owner: 3 Month Contract - Manchester/Hybrid Interviewing now for a contract Product Owner for 3 month project (Outside IR35.) Your expertise will provide development and delivery of a desirable, feasible, and viable Product. You will work across multiple streams liaising with Senior Stakeholders to understand requirements whilst overseeing software capability to deliver cutting edge solutions in line with the project roadmap. Your role will serve as a facilitator between business requirements and the development team to deliver high quality digital solutions. We require your agile experiences and innovative data driven insights to inform product roadmap to minimize risks and increase customer value whilst overseeing all stages of the development life cycle. Type: 3 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester/Hybrid Start: ASAP Skills -Previous experience delivering as Product Owner. -Expertise of working...

Role: Infrastructure Manager Salary/Rate: £400-500 per day outside IR35 Location: Mainly remote - UK based Contract Duration: approx. 5 months We are currently looking for an Infrastructure Manager for our IT Services client. This Infrastructure Manager role is mainly remote , with occasional UK office visits as required by the business. The contract for the Infrastructure Manager position is for approx 5 months, with potential to extend, operating outside IR35 . Security Clearance: Security Check ('SC Clearance') Essential skills/experience required: DevSecOps Expertise: Strong technical background in DevSecOps, with hands-on experience in managing infrastructure security. Relevant Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). Industry Certifications: Examples include CISSP, CISM, CCNP Security, ITIL Foundation, or CompTIA Security+. Proven...

Role: Infrastructure Manager Salary/Rate: £400-500 per day outside IR35 Location: Mainly remote - UK based Contract Duration: approx. 5 months We are currently looking for an Infrastructure Manager for our IT Services client. This Infrastructure Manager role is mainly remote , with occasional UK office visits as required by the business. The contract for the Infrastructure Manager position is for approx 5 months, with potential to extend, operating outside IR35 . Security Clearance: Security Check ( SC Clearance ) Essential skills/experience required: DevSecOps Expertise: Strong technical background in DevSecOps, with hands-on experience in managing infrastructure security. Relevant Qualifications: A Bachelor 's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). Industry Certifications: Examples include CISSP, CISM, CCNP Security, ITIL...

Salary: £500 - 600 per day Reference: COR7428B/AP51 AI Software Engineer, GraphRAG, TypeScript, AWS, Remote, CO7428B A pre-seed start-up building a workflow and intelligence platform powered by agentic AI, multimodal analysis and domain-specific insight, requires an AI Software Engineer / Knowledge Graph Specialist. The AI Software Engineer will be contracted initially for a month as they complete the build of their MVP, but with every expectation of extending. Working fully remotely and outside of IR35, the AI Software Engineer will: Own the architecture for the module being built Work directly with the CTO and product specialists to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions Actively code, build and solve complex backend challenges Experience Required: Demonstrable experience of building and deploying complex AI applications using LLMs, RAG and agentic workflows GraphRAG / Knowledge Graph expertise - deep knowledge with...

Methods is actively looking for a Portfolio & Delivery Design Lead on a contract basis. Start Date: Late January / Early February (26th January - TBC) End Date: 8-10 weeks contract from start date Location: Occasional travel to Gov offices (1 per week) e.g. London & Manchester is likely Day rate: £565 IR35: OUTSIDE IR24 - to be confirmed The overall team's deliverables are: To define and implement a group approach and culture that: Supports delivery, risk management and effective prioritisation. Enables transparency and without creating unnecessary reporting burden. Establish a common approach to decision making, management information, and expectations across the group. Develop ways of working that foster seamless collaboration between teams and directorates. Create internal communications patterns that reinforce alignment and shared purpose, including to broader organisation’s new values (expert together; inventive; impact driven)....

Methods is actively looking for a Programme / Engagement Lead on a contract basis. Start Date: Late January / Early February (26th January - TBC) End Date: 8-10 weeks contract from start date IR35: OUTSIDE IR24 - to be confirmed Location: Occasional travel to Gov offices (1 per week) e.g. London & Manchester is likely Day rate: £430 The overall team's deliverables are: To define and implement a group approach and culture that: Supports delivery, risk management and effective prioritisation. Enables transparency and without creating unnecessary reporting burden. Establish a common approach to decision making, management information, and expectations across the group. Develop ways of working that foster seamless collaboration between teams and directorates. Create internal communications patterns that reinforce alignment and shared purpose, including to broader organisation’s new values (expert together; inventive; impact driven). Take the...

Methods is actively looking for Programme / Engagement Lead on a contract basis. Start Date: Late January / Early February (26th January - TBC) End Date: 8-10 weeks contract from start date Location: Occasional travel to Gov offices (1 per week) e.g. London & Manchester is likely Day rate: £565 IR35: OUTSIDE IR24 - to be confirmed The overall team's deliverables are: To define and implement a group approach and culture that: Supports delivery, risk management and effective prioritisation. Enables transparency and without creating unnecessary reporting burden. Establish a common approach to decision making, management information, and expectations across the group. Develop ways of working that foster seamless collaboration between teams and directorates. Create internal communications patterns that reinforce alignment and shared purpose, including to broader organisation’s new values (expert together; inventive; impact driven). Take the best...

Methods is actively looking for a Portfolio & Delivery Design Lead on a contract basis. Start Date: Late January / Early February (26th January - TBC) End Date: 8-10 weeks contract from start date Location: Occasional travel to Gov offices (1 per week) e.g. London & Manchester is likely Day rate: £515 IR35: OUTSIDE IR24 - to be confirmed The overall team's deliverables are: To define and implement a group approach and culture that: Supports delivery, risk management and effective prioritisation. Enables transparency and without creating unnecessary reporting burden. Establish a common approach to decision making, management information, and expectations across the group. Develop ways of working that foster seamless collaboration between teams and directorates. Create internal communications patterns that reinforce alignment and shared purpose, including to broader organisation’s new values (expert together; inventive; impact driven)....

Service Designer: Contract Role - Hybrid Interviewing now for a Service Designer for an initial 3-month project based in Manchester. We are seeking an experienced Service Designer with a focus on discovery for a digital platform build. Your role as a Service Designer will address the need for a cohesive experience flow between the business and end users. This will include extensive user research, service blueprinting, user journeys and discovery work. You will also facilitate stakeholder workshops and identify key pain points through user centric research, removing inefficiencies, leading to a better customer journey. Type: 3 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35)Location: Manchester/Hybrid Start: ASAP Skills-Previous experience as a Service Designer providing user centric and evidence-based design -Proficient at creating artefacts such as service blueprints, user journeys and service concepts. Please apply now to be considered for this role