Test Lead

About The Role

As a Test Lead you will take responsibility for ensuring the testing conducted fulfils the business requirements.
You will do this by liaising with the project teams to fully understand user requirements and expected system behaviour to ensure delivery is successful.

This role is all about playing a key part of the project life cycle, from a quality and testing perspective, and being the driving force behind making efficiency improvements and building strong relationships.
You will be required to vocalise issues and/or concerns to the project team effectively.

You will also be required to document procedures and processes once the testing has been signed off, to support the delivery to our operational teams.

If you are someone who enjoys testing to a high standard and learning about different parts of the business, then this role is perfect for you.

This role requires 2/3 days within our head office based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Core Responsibilities

• The ability to understand and analyse technical documentation and have an awareness of quality requirements for any development projects
• Translate functional requirements and specifications into detailed test cases
• Write your own Test Plans and Status Reports
• Run daily triages during the test execution phase
• Perform manual testing for a range of projects and products
• Execute test cases and analyse results
• Report, log, track and manage defects
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the project lifecycle
• Identify and escalate any risks and issues where appropriate
• Document procedure guides or process maps following the implementation of what you have tested
• Work closely with the technical trainer and quality leads to ensure any changes are trained and new ways of working are adhered to
• To comply with all DPA and GDPR guidelines, as well as ensuring all of our people are doing the same.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by Leadership & Management

About You

• Previous system testing experience An eye for detail and be methodical, disciplined and proactive
• Enthusiastic and proactive and comfortable in taking the lead across cross functional departments at all levels
• Curious and enjoy problem solving using proven methodologies, and learning new ways to identify and manage improvements
• Put the customer at the heart of everything you do
• Think outside the box, with the ability to understand the end-to-end customer journey
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and influence people at all levels to solve complex problems across multiple areas
• Highly motivated, with the ability to work on own initiative and deliver to tight deadlines
• Passionate about what they do and about making a difference
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions

About Us

What's in it for you

• Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
• Volunteering Day
• Hybrid Working
• Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events)
• Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) and ability to buy/sell days
• Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team, you will be supporting the Group Environmental Policy and its associated sustainability objectives and targets.

Flexibility statement

The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis.
This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company.
When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind.

Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.

We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills in Britain.
We call this turning 'bills into mills'.

Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's first grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of:
grass.

We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests.

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.