Test Analyst in Telford

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Your work ensures that our customers' products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality testing across a diverse range of technology solutions for both Kuehne + Nagel and our external customers.

Working closely with project teams and stakeholders, you will be responsible for planning, preparing and executing testing activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that business and technical requirements are fully validated before release. As a subject matter expert, you will create detailed test scenarios and test cases, execute component, integration, UAT and operational testing, and provide accurate effort estimates to support project delivery. You will monitor progress against agreed schedules, manage defects through to resolution, maintain robust testing documentation, and contribute to the development of regression test packs. This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to identifying risks and supporting successful project outcomes.

How you create impact

• Support the estimation and planning of testing activities for new projects and change requests.
• Create, review and execute comprehensive test scenarios and scripts across multiple testing phases.
• Collaborate with internal teams, external clients and stakeholders to develop effective test plans and ensure full requirements coverage.
• Manage the creation, maintenance and storage of test scripts within JIRA.
• Define and coordinate test data requirements to support successful test execution.
• Execute System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing activities.
• Monitor testing progress, providing timely updates, status reports and insights to key stakeholders.
• Accurately record test results, defects and evidence within agreed testing tools and workflows.
• Facilitate defect triage activities, working with SMEs to assess impact, prioritise issues and drive resolution.

What we would like you to bring

• Proven expertise in software testing, including test planning, script creation and execution.
• Strong experience using Jira and Zephyr to manage testing activities, defects and reporting.
• Demonstrated success delivering testing cycles, tracking progress and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Solid understanding of testing tools, techniques and industry best practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams to deliver testing against agreed timelines.
• Ability to translate business requirements, user stories and use cases into effective test scenarios and scripts.
• Highly organised approach with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Confidence communicating with colleagues and customers at all levels of an organisation.
• Adaptability to apply existing knowledge and experience within new business environments.
• Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining testing quality and delivery standards.

What's in it for you

Join Kuehne+Nagel and build your future with us. We believe in recognising and rewarding the commitment, expertise and passion our people bring every day. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional leave through length of service. You'll also have access to our contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension scheme and our Route 2 Rewards programme, offering employee discounts, recognition initiatives, wellbeing resources and a dedicated wellbeing centre to support you both professionally and personally.

As a proud holder of the Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award, we are committed to being a forces friendly employer and actively welcome applications from service leavers, reservists and veterans. We recognise the valuable skills, experience and perspectives they bring to our business and are proud to support their transition into civilian careers.

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks.

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world. As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference.