IT Solution Architect

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
SZC is ultimately owned by two shareholders, EDF and HMG. The shareholders hold their investment in SZC through NNB Holdings Company (SZC) Limited. Over the course of the current shareholding arrangements the shareholdings of the two shareholders will change.
The shareholders will fund SZC up until Financial Close through equity in line with the approved schedule and budget. SZC’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure (including activities relating to hydrogen, direct air capture and/or desalination) at Sizewell C in Suffolk. The principal objectives of the current
development phase of the SZC project are to agree and implement the Capital Raise Plan, including completing an equity and debt raise, agree the core supply chain contracts and obtain the regulatory permits and licences required for the construction phase of the Project (including the core environmental permits and nuclear site licence).
Prior to the government investment decision SZC operated as part of EDF in the Nuclear Development business unit and was staffed by EDF colleagues and independent contractors who are now in the process of transferring to the direct employment of SZC. It is setting itself up as an organisation capable of delivering a new nuclear power plant, from investment case and funding, to construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning.
The SZC construction programme has a technical and commercial business case predicated on technical replication of Hinkley Point C. EDF will be an important supplier of nuclear capability for the SZC Programme from its established nuclear business footprint in the UK.
Key stakeholders are: UK Government, relevant Government departments and agencies including Treasury BEIS, EDF, Financial investors and institutions, Regulators, Alliance partners and local communities.
Role Purpose:
The Solution Architect (SA) role sits within the Alliance IT Team, reporting to the Alliance IT Manager, and will support all partners in the Alliance with their IT needs. A key principle of the Alliance IT Team is to ensure partners can work with proven technology. The role will therefore support both the Alliance in validating the right technology, and the partners in deploying the approved technology. The role encompasses traditional solution designs, recommendations of technologies and platforms to fulfil the needs and requirements of the Alliance. Alliance delivery of the works is done in portions and the SA workload will be aligned to this, as well as the Partner IT delivery teams, and to help ensure engagement in work packages and progress to plan across all partners.

What you’ll be doing

• Will work across a range of IT and business engagements, within the Alliance IT Team and partner IT Teams.

Types of work will include:

• Understand client business needs & objectives; participate with client or Product manager to define architecture requirements and strategy.
• Analyse, determine, and document technical requirements for project, work request or defect.
• Work with the Architects team in defining software/hardware requirements and in planning and delivering architecture.
• Build strong internal or external customer relationships and manage expectations at all levels, including customers/end users, and Account Delivery Team(s).
• Lead, direct and participate in new technology adoption.
• Participate in design code and test reviews as appropriate.
• Review, prioritize and research application change requests.
• As a more experienced SA you will help other SAs maintain standards across production of artefacts and general behaviours, and help with development and mentoring of more junior colleagues.

Who we’re looking for

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in Business Analysis, with a minimum of 5-10 years directly related experience.

Expertise in business engagement, and process and data modelling including:

• An understanding of how to engage business stakeholders of all levels (executive committee to blue collar) using analytical techniques to provide clearly documented requirements, process and capability statements.
• The ability to work within a business operating model, and strategic roadmap/programme, to prioritise activities, facilitate workshops, and playback outcomes.
• High level data modelling and information requirements.

Expertise in IT delivery including:

• Supporting the delivery of projects in an IT environment included Infrastructure and Software Solutions both on premise and cloud based.
• Used to delivering projects with multiple external third-party suppliers / partners.
• Experience of different delivery frameworks including Agile, Waterfall etc and when to use them.
• Experience of working within a related or transferable environment. If not IT withinconstruction or engineering, then manufacturing, oil & gas, retail, or supply chain-side would be advantageous.

Other valuable experience includes:

• Working with more junior colleagues and taking ownership for improvement of processes and work quality.
• Working across a variety of governance structures and helping business stakeholders through delivery cycles, and activities such as supporting business stakeholders in the production of business cases.
• Having worked on or being seconded to Joint Ventures or client organisations.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

What you’ll be doing

• Will work across a range of IT and business engagements, within the Alliance IT Team and partner IT Teams

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more