IT Project Lead / Project Manager - Development - Information Technology

Full-time EDT Devices practice in Bristol operates globally, primarily in Europe, the USA, and Asia, specialising in conformance testing solutions for the broadcast, media, and consumer electronics industry. We have extensive expertise in R&D, delivering bespoke professional tools to broadcasters, TV operators, standards organisations, and consumer electronics manufacturers. Day to day we operate a flat structure, collaborating across the team, and though we have the benefits of operating within a larger organisation, we have control over all the development tooling, processes, and practices that we follow, where all members of the team contribute towards methodology improvements, our product set, and helping to investigate and innovate on new product ideas.

OUR FINEST ASSET AND GREATEST STRENGTH IS OUR PEOPLE: To us, diversity means a workforce reflective of different genders, generations, cultures, professional experiences, nationalities, race, origins, and all the other unique differences that make each employee individual.

Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT) is on the lookout for a Project Manager / Project Lead candidate to join a practice specialising in the development of software testing products within a world-leading testing company, in a team of great and supportive people where working together we can make a difference to company successes.

Modern office located in Central Bristol, committed to hybrid working both home and onsite, in the long term. A healthy work/life balance with flexible working opportunities is encouraged, part-time hours considered. Close collaboration with all major brands in the Broadcast industry, developing ways to test new technologies. Discretionary annual company bonus, 24 days holiday + bank holidays, pension, life assurance, casual dress code, discount schemes.

YOU NEED TO:

• Have an ability to take ownership of a product line, to lead product development projects and lead new product investigation R&D activities.
• Be able to help support the technical team both within external standards organisation engagements and internally on product design and implementation details.
• Preferably have familiarity with CI, TDD, Agile methodologies and tools such as SVN/GitHub, Jira, Redmine.
• Preferably have a software development background – this role will very much suit someone taking early steps on the project leading path and still close to the technology and guiding design decisions.
• Preferably have some experience of working with international standards.
• Would be desirable to have familiarity with broadcast standards (such as DVB, MPEG) and/or media tools such as FFMPEG.

OUR VALUES:

• Competence & Team Spirit: Working together in an open atmosphere. Employing a team of talented and competent staff.
• Customer Focus: Delivering customer satisfaction by listening to and exceeding customer expectations. Adding value for our customers through our services.
• Quality: Delivering quality in all our work by providing accurate results.
• Integrity: Behaving ethically in all our business and financial activities.
• Leadership & Accountability: Having courage to challenge the obvious, to create a better future. Accounting for and accepting responsibility for your activities.
• Passion: Working with passion and ambition.

Benefits:

• Flexible working to promote a healthy work/life balance.
• We embrace and support hybrid working.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance programme (Offering Legal, Financial, Medical advice and counselling).
• Perkbox Benefits which include: life assurance, pension, gym/retail/entertainment discounts etc.
• Personal development training budget.
• Career progression opportunities … amongst others!

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.