Platform & Infrastructure Engineering Manager (Contract) in Manchester

Location: Hybrid – Liverpool, Merseyside (3 days per week on-site)

Contract Type: Initial 6-month contract – Inside IR35 Day-Rate Contract (preferred) or Fixed-Term Employment Contract (FTC)

Remuneration: Competitive, dependent on experience and engagement type

Team: Platform

Reports to: Head of Platform & Service Delivery

Security Clearance Requirements: Please note that holding a current Security Clearance is not essential at the time of application, but eligibility is required. This role requires the successful candidate to be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. To meet this requirement, applicants must:

• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the past 5 years
• Not have spent more than 6 months outside the UK in total during that period
• Be willing to undergo security vetting as part of the onboarding process

About Us: Come and be a part of The Investigo Group (TIG), a dynamic coalition of cutting-edge tech firms specialising in Platform, Software, Data, AI and other bleeding-edge technology solutions. Our innovative prowess spans the globe while proudly hailing from the United Kingdom. The group is multi-functional with a large portfolio of B2B products and services.

About the Role: Are you an experienced Engineering Manager who enjoys developing technical teams, improving delivery and helping engineers do their best work? We're looking for a Platform & Infrastructure Engineering Manager to join our Platform team on an initial six-month contract, supporting the management and delivery of our core technology platform across three key areas: Wintel, Networks and Infrastructure.

This is an experienced engineering management role that combines people leadership, technical understanding, operational oversight and delivery management. Working closely with the Head of Platform & Service Delivery, you'll provide day-to-day leadership across the Platform team, helping engineers and technical leads work effectively, manage competing priorities and deliver reliable outcomes.

Your role will help bring these areas together, strengthen technical leadership across the team and create a more effective flow of work from initial priority through to successful completion.

What You'll Be Doing: As our Platform & Infrastructure Engineering Manager, you'll provide leadership and support across the Wintel, Networks and Infrastructure teams, creating clarity around priorities, responsibilities and outcomes.

• People Leadership & Development: Leading and supporting engineers and technical leads, setting clear expectations and encouraging a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Engineering Leadership & Technical Collaboration: Providing credible technical leadership across Wintel, Networks and Infrastructure without becoming the default technical decision-maker.
• Delivery Management & Continuous Improvement: Managing priorities across the Platform teams, balancing project delivery with operational resilience, security and lifecycle requirements.
• Operational Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Supporting effective service ownership, operational stability and continuous improvement across the Platform environment.

What We Are Looking For: More than anything, we're looking for an experienced, approachable Engineering Manager who combines strong technical credibility with the ability to develop people, improve delivery and support effective decision-making.

Requirements Skills & Experience:

• Engineering & People Leadership: Experience leading infrastructure, platform or operations engineers as an Engineering Manager, Team Manager, Technical Lead or comparable technical people leader.
• Infrastructure & Technical Knowledge: Broad knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies, including areas such as Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualisation, storage, networking, cloud or hybrid infrastructure, security and monitoring.
• Delivery & Operational Management: Demonstrable project and delivery management experience, including planning, prioritisation, resource coordination, dependency management, risk management and stakeholder communication.
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits: Our usual benefits for our perm employees include: Private Medical & Health Cash Plan, 4x Life Assurance, Inclusive Culture, Generous holiday allowance, Access to continuous learning and development opportunities, Bonus potential based on performance and business-related factors, Pension scheme contributions, EV Car Scheme, Hybrid Working Policy.

Contract Arrangements: This opportunity is available on an initial six-month basis, with the potential to extend depending on business requirements. Our preference is to engage an experienced professional on a day-rate contract, assessed as inside IR35. However, we are also open to considering suitable candidates seeking a six-month Fixed-Term Employment Contract (FTC) directly with TIG.

How to Apply: Please note that the talent acquisition team is managing this vacancy directly and we do not require agency support. Candidates who are successful will be required to undergo relevant security checks.

Equal Opportunities: Here at TIG we are committed to equal opportunities and value diversity, equity and inclusion at our company.