ABOUT ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC

As the UK’s largest specialist hire company, Andrews Sykes Group plc provides pumps, heating, and cooling equipment for various needs in the UK. With a focus on helping customers address challenges quickly and cost-effectively. The company has depots strategically located throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East and a dedicated team committed to customer satisfaction.

We are hiring a mid-level Frontend Developer to build fast, accessible, and scalable web experiences across our group sites. You will also manage our external web agency delivering a 16-site migration from legacy PHP sites to WordPress. Reporting to the Group Digital Marketing Director, you will translate business goals into user-centred interfaces and keep the migration on scope, on time, and within budget.
This is a front end first role: modern JavaScript, component-driven UI, and excellent HTML/CSS, working closely with a WordPress stack.

Frontend delivery

• Build responsive, accessible UIs with modern JavaScript.
• Create reusable components and patterns with a design system mindset; implement pixel-precise designs from Figma.
• Integrate with WordPress (themes, blocks, Gutenberg or headless) to deliver modules, landing pages, and marketing journeys.
• Improve Core Web Vitals; manage Lighthouse budgets, caching, and asset strategy.
• Ensure WCAG-compliant accessibility, cross-browser and device compatibility, and SEO-friendly front end.
• Implement analytics and tags (GA4, GTM) with consent-aware event tracking.
• Use Git and modern build tools (Vite or Webpack) with PR reviews and documentation.
• Configure and optimise Cloudflare (CDN, SSL, caching, rules) with IT or vendor support.

Agency and migration leadership

• Own the 16-site migration plan from PHP to WordPress: milestones, scope, risks, and dependencies.
• Act as day-to-day owner for the external agency: sprint planning, backlog grooming, acceptance criteria, and delivery sign-off.
• Define clear Definition of Done and QA processes across functional, visual, accessibility, and performance testing.
• Ensure content parity, 301 redirect mapping, structured data, and sitemaps to protect rankings.
• Coordinate environments, releases, and DNS cutovers in Cloudflare to minimise downtime.
• Track and report progress to stakeholders across regions, including the Dutch site, and align delivery with campaign timelines.
• Maintain an issue and risk log and ensure SOW compliance.

What you will bring

• Proven frontend experience shipping production websites.
• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML5, and modern CSS; experience with a major framework (React or Next.js, Vue or Nuxt).
• Solid WordPress knowledge from a frontend perspective (themes, blocks, ACF, or headless).
• Demonstrated vendor or agency management on multi-site web projects.
• Performance and accessibility expertise (Core Web Vitals, ARIA, WCAG 2.2).
• SEO-aware implementation (structured data, meta, sitemaps).
• Git workflows and familiarity with build tools and simple CI.
• Cloudflare experience (CDN, DNS, caching, rules, security).
• Clear communication, stakeholder management, and attention to detail.

Nice to have

• PHP and MySQL basics (template tweaks, phpMyAdmin).
• Testing experience (Jest or RTL, Playwright or Cypress) and Storybook or design-system tooling.
• Internationalisation and localisation; complex form integrations.