IT Business Partner

Some see what’s behind them. We see what’s beyond.

Location: Stirling

Challenges. Opportunities. Solutions. At Robertson, we see them our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions. Brave enough to look at things differently. Confident enough to be ourselves. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support services business. And as IT Business Partner, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.

Your new role

To project manage various business systems projects primarily related to Robertson Construction Group, with opportunities to support other Robertson businesses and functions as required. This includes scoping projects, leading selection of solutions, undertaking project management through to delivery, and reviewing and designing business processes to ensure systems enable efficient and consistent ways of working.

Duties:

• Initiate and define business systems projects, agreeing objectives, scope, deliverables, success measures, timelines, and resourcing with stakeholders.
• Gather, document and manage business requirements, facilitating workshops to confirm needs, priorities, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse and redesign end-to-end processes to enable efficient, standardised ways of working, aligning process changes with system change.
• Lead options appraisal and solution selection (market review, demos, scoring, and due diligence), producing recommendations that cover value, risk, data protection, security, integration, scalability and total cost of ownership.
• Own project governance and controls, maintaining plans, budgets and RAID logs, providing clear reporting and timely escalation.
• Deliver projects end-to-end (initiation to handover), coordinating internal teams and third parties to meet agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Demonstrable experience project managing business systems change (scoping, requirements, solution selection and delivery) across multiple stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of information security and assurance principles, including alignment to ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials, and the ability to embed security-by-design into system changes.
• Understanding of software/system lifecycle management (change control, release planning, documentation, support handover, and end-of-life/decommissioning).
• Experience managing technology suppliers and services, including performance oversight, value management, and commercial awareness.
• Resilience in the face of opposition.
• Ability to motivate, explain and influence staff at all levels.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within the construction sector.

What's in it for me

Our Principles - The Robertson Way

Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment of growth, innovation and high performance.

• We listen - Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, and gives customers, partners and colleagues the assurance that their voices are always heard.
• We are professional - Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.
• We take responsibility - Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.
• We are determined to succeed - Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity and quality to find solutions we can be proud of and that provide a positive, lasting benefit.
• We are one team - We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers. We respect each contribution, and everyone stands up to be counted. We are Team Robertson.

For more information on our principles and culture, please visit: Robertson Culture

Benefits of working with Robertson:

• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time or FTC positions, increases with length of service)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App
• Annual Flu Vaccine
• Access to E-Learning
• Health & Wellbeing Support
• Life Management & Financial Support

Diversity & Inclusion: When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.

If you’ve got what it takes to look at things differently, to find new perspectives, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary, we’d love to meet you. To apply for this role and to start seeing things our way, submit your CV.

This role will be subject to pre-employment screening, including references. The level of screening may vary depending on role responsibilities and will be discussed at interview.