Functional Tester ( IBM Maximo Application Suite Experience) in Manchester

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high-profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We Offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role And Responsibilities:

We are looking for a skilled Functional Tester with proven experience in IBM Maximo Application Suite (Maximo v9) to support delivery within a secure Defence programme. The role involves validating functional requirements, ensuring system quality, and supporting mission‑critical asset management solutions in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, document, and execute functional test cases for Maximo v9 modules.
• Perform end-to-end functional and system testing across asset management workflows.
• Validate configurations including Work Orders, Assets, Inventory, Procurement, and Preventive Maintenance.
• Conduct integration testing with interfaced systems (e.g. ERP, logistics, and finance systems).
• Analyse requirements and user stories to define test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Log, manage, and track defects through to resolution using test/defect management tools.
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Ensure compliance with Defence standards, security policies, and data governance requirements.
• Produce and maintain test documentation (test plans, scripts, traceability matrices, reports).
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, SMEs, and stakeholders.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• High attention to detail and quality focus.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work under pressure within secure, time‑critical environments.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's Degree.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise:

• Demonstrable experience as a Functional Tester within enterprise systems.
• Strong hands‑on experience with IBM Maximo Application Suite, specifically Maximo v9.
• Solid understanding of software testing methodologies (functional, SIT, UAT).
• Experience writing structured test cases and executing manual testing.
• Familiarity with defect management tools (e.g. Jira, HP ALM).
• Ability to interpret business and technical requirements into test scenarios.
• Experience working in secure, regulated, or Defence environments.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience:

• Experience with Maximo integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware).
• Exposure to automation tools (e.g. Selenium or similar).
• Knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and asset lifecycle management.
• Previous experience working on Defence or government programmes.