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Level 2 Technical Support Engineer

September 25, 2020

Bluestones staffing has an exciting new role with our client based in Belfast has a requirement for a Technical Remote Support Engineer Level 2.

Role:

Providing a wide range of services including infrastructure Design, Implementation and Support, the company creates, manages, implements and supports IT systems.

An exciting opportunity for a Technical Remote Support Engineer to provide first and second line support to our end user community in support of their server, infrastructure, desktop and laptop environments. Most of our Client base is located in Northern Ireland and in mainland UK however we do support clients in various locations around the world.

The successful candidate’s duties will include:

· receiving and logging IT Service Desk calls using the company standard call logging facility

· working on first and second level IT issues until completion

· liaise with customers and provide information to aid them in their day-to-day IT related activities

· provide the customer with remote technical support and act as their technical liaison

· Document and knowledge base information, including new and changed services

· Provide an escalation point to our Level One engineers

· support a contracted range of hardware and software products and to assist the account team leader in the delivery of outstanding levels of customer service

· report directly into the assigned team leaders and Service Support Manager

Essential Critera

· Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role

· Microsoft Certifications (MCSA/MCSE)

· Experience troubleshooting/supporting:

Windows 2008/11 SBS | 2012R2 | Hyper-V | Microsoft Exchange | Office365 | Active Directory | Group Policies | VPN | Firewalls | Switching | General comms | MS Office | Backup products | Security Products | Printing | Server/PC Hardware faults

· Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate excellent Customer Service skills

· Available to work occasional irregular hours

Desirable:

· MSP Service Desk experience

· Design and implementation of network security solutions, firewalls and switching

· Design and implementation of Active Directory and Group Policies

· Migration between various versions of Windows Server and Microsoft Exchange / Office365

· Experience in installing and migrating Microsoft SQL

· Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

· Knowledge of Dell Sonic WALL security appliances

Other benefits include: healthcare plan, competitive company pension scheme & training and certifications plan.

For further information please contact Debbie on 02895219313 or forward your cv via the link below.

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Compliance Officer

September 25, 2020

Bluestones staffing has a new and exciting role for a Compliance officer for based in South Manchester.

Position: Compliance Officer

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £25 – £30k

Location: South Manchester

About the Role:

As the sole compliance officer you will be responsible for shaping and building the compliance framework within the business.

You will be the the go to person for Data Protection, information security and compliance and you will work with all aspects of the business, including HR, infrastructure, business management, finance, procurement and commercial.

Duties:

Identify and improve controls
Build and audit to support evidence and conformity to information security and governance of controls.
Maintain data protection & GDPR compliance
Be point person for Data protection / GDPR queries
Own and maintain an operations risk log relating to aspects of compliance.
Educate the company with better practice opportunities using appropriate methods such as discussions, newsfeed and presentations.
Execute audits, planned and ad-hoc, present the findings with recommended solutions.
Support continuous improvement of information security (ISO 27001:2013)
Execute the ASE ISO processes, such as Risk Assessments, Risk treatment & incident reporting.
Educate employees on the impacts of, and be willing to challenge non-compliance
Be able to travel
Perform general admin duties in relation to the role
Record, track and close non conformity
Maintenance of an information security objectives and measures framework.

Personal specification:

Personal interests in compliance, information security and technology
Experience in internal auditing
Ability to be impartial to an area under review
Good communication (written and vocal) capabilities
Experience in problem solving
Experience in multi-tasking
Experience of creating compliance or similar frameworks
Experience in organisation within a dynamic work environment

You might also have:

ISO 27001 / ISMS Experience
Internal Audit Training
Motor Industry Experience
Business Analysis Experience

For more information please contact Debbie on 02895219313.

BSNI is acting as a recruitment agency.

HR Administrator / Officer

September 22, 2020

Bluestones staffing is working exclusively with a leading financial company in Manchester. Due to restructuring our client is seeking a HR administrator to join our team. Key responsibilities will be to provide support to all HR areas which cover the full employee life cycle with a focus on recruitment, maintenance of HR records and HR reporting.

Principal Accountabilities.

Forming and maintaining employee records
Updating databases internally, such as sick and maternity leave
Supporting the recruitment activity such as drafting, job descriptions, screening candidates, organising interviews, checking proof of right to work and qualification documents and representing the Company at careers events.
Preparing and amending where necessary HR documents, ie: employment contracts and recruitment guidelines.
Support with management of sickness absence, disciplines and grievance process
Reviewing and renewing company policies and legal compliance
Communicating with external partners
Reporting regularly on HR metrics, such as company turnover
Being the first point of contact for employees on any HR related queries.
Assisting with payroll by providing the department with relevant employee information, ie: holidays and sickness
Support the HR team and managers upload information on People HR management, including training, analysing and creating data reports.

Knowledge, qualifications and experience.

Degree in HRM or CIPD level 3 Diploma with min GCSE’s at grade C or above (including English and Maths)
Experience within HR/Recruitment
Strong experience on Microsoft word, excel and outlook and preferably experience on People HR and SharePoint and using video conferencing such a Skype
Self-motivated and driven
Willingness to learn and be involved
Ability to work well within a team
Professional approach with our internal customers, candidates and third party vendors
Work within confidential data professionally
Innovative recruiting and sourcing skills
Highly organised a refined level of time management, ability to work on own initiative

For full JD please contact Debbie on 02895219313 or forward your cv via link below.

Service Desk Engineer

September 15, 2020

Bluestones staffing is working with a leading Technical company in NI. Due to winning new contracts they have a requirement for a Service Desk Engineer.

Our client is not only focused on solving the IT problems of businesses, including Managed Services, Cloud Solutions and Support, but dedicated to delivering the highest level of customer service.

Successfully creating IT strategies, manages IT systems and supports the IT departments of over 400 organisations across the private and third sectors.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Remote Support Engineer to provide second and third line support to our end user community in support of their server, infrastructure, desktop and laptop environments.

Most of our Client base is located in Northern Ireland and in mainland UK however we do support clients in various locations around the world. The role will be based on our busy Service Desk in our Belfast headquarters located on Heron Road. The successful candidate’s duties will include:

Working on second/third level IT issues until completion
Liaise with customers and provide information to aid them in their day-to-day IT related activities
Provide the customer with remote technical support and act as their technical liaison
Document and knowledge base information, including new and changed services
Provide an escalation point to our Level One engineers
Support a contracted range of hardware and software products and to assist the account team leader in the delivery of outstanding levels of customer service
Report directly into the assigned team leaders, Service Support Supervisor and Service Support Manager

Essential Criteria

Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate excellent Customer Service skills
Desirable:

MSP Service Desk experience
Design and implementation of network security solutions, firewalls and switching
Design and implementation of Active Directory and Group Policies
Migration between various versions of Windows Server and Microsoft Exchange / Office365
Experience in installing and migrating Microsoft SQL
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
Knowledge of Dell SonicWALL security appliances

For further information contact Debbie on 02895219313

BSNI is acting as a Recruitment agency

Level 2 Technical Support Engineer

September 11, 2020

Bluestones staffing has an exciting new role with our client based in Belfast has a requirement for a Technical Remote Support Engineer Level 2.

Role:

Providing a wide range of services including infrastructure Design, Implementation and Support, the company creates, manages, implements and supports IT systems.

An exciting opportunity for a Technical Remote Support Engineer to provide first and second line support to our end user community in support of their server, infrastructure, desktop and laptop environments. Most of our Client base is located in Northern Ireland and in mainland UK however we do support clients in various locations around the world.

The successful candidate’s duties will include:

· receiving and logging IT Service Desk calls using the company standard call logging facility

· working on first and second level IT issues until completion

· liaise with customers and provide information to aid them in their day-to-day IT related activities

· provide the customer with remote technical support and act as their technical liaison

· Document and knowledge base information, including new and changed services

· Provide an escalation point to our Level One engineers

· support a contracted range of hardware and software products and to assist the account team leader in the delivery of outstanding levels of customer service

· report directly into the assigned team leaders and Service Support Manager

Essential Critera

· Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role

· Microsoft Certifications (MCSA/MCSE)

· Experience troubleshooting/supporting:

Windows 2008/11 SBS | 2012R2 | Hyper-V | Microsoft Exchange | Office365 | Active Directory | Group Policies | VPN | Firewalls | Switching | General comms | MS Office | Backup products | Security Products | Printing | Server/PC Hardware faults

· Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate excellent Customer Service skills

· Available to work occasional irregular hours

Desirable:

· MSP Service Desk experience

· Design and implementation of network security solutions, firewalls and switching

· Design and implementation of Active Directory and Group Policies

· Migration between various versions of Windows Server and Microsoft Exchange / Office365

· Experience in installing and migrating Microsoft SQL

· Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

· Knowledge of Dell Sonic WALL security appliances

Other benefits include: healthcare plan, competitive company pension scheme & training and certifications plan.

For further information please contact Debbie on 02895219313 or forward your cv via the link below.

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Software Development Manager

July 31, 2020

Bluestones staffing is working with a new and exciting IT site in Belfast city centre. If you are an experienced Software Development Manager and looking for a new and exciting challenge, look no further.

Location: Belfast City Centre

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £55 – £75k

About the Job

As a Development Manager you will be a crucial part of team who will lead by example and set the pace and tone for building a culture of high performing teams.

Providing direction and oversight through all phases of the product release cycle (design, development and quality assurance), aligning development objectives with product milestones and ultimately customer satisfaction.

Essential:

5 years managing a software development team
Experience with agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
Expert Level knowledge of OOP concepts and architectural patterns (Inversion of Control, Domian Driven Design, MVC, Etc)
Experience with popular unit testing and mocking frameworks
Experience building loosley coupled applications using microservices and integration patterns
Experience evaluating third-party libraries/frameworks
Familiarity with Continuous integration, Continuous Deployment.
Experience iwht PaaS and Iaas cloud technologies (Azure/AWS)
Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.

Desirable Criteria:

Experience working in healthcare
Experience working in product based company

For further information contact Debbie today on 02895219313 or email cv via link below.

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Warehouse Supervisor

July 21, 2020

Bluestones staffing is working with a leading distribution company in Dundrod close to the air port.

Due to growth and success over the past months our client has a requirement for an experience warehouse supervisor.

Location: Dundrod

Hours of work: Night Shift (No Saturday night required at present time)

Salary: £25k

Duration: Permanent

Duties:

Managing onsite staff
Ensuring KPI’s are achieved
Ensuring Health and Safety is followed onsite
Heavy lifting maybe required
Completing paper work
Completing staff rota
All other duties as required

Essential Criteria:

Warehouse Team leader or Supervisor experience
Managing a team of 6 plus
Distribution management
Customer service experience

For further information contact Tina or Debbie on 02895219313 to discuss further.

HR Consultant

June 9, 2020

Bluestones staffing has a requirement for a HR Consultant.

You will be working directly for our clients, offering a first class service, acting as their own in-house HR Manager. The HR support must balance the operational needs of clients’ businesses, so they can focus on their commercial priorities and have the peace of mind they are compliant in HR and people matters. You will also manage a small team of Sagegreen HR professionals.

This a challenging, generalist role, suitable for someone who is able to work in fast-moving and dynamic environments and able to take up the reigns quickly and efficiently. Experience of dealing with multi-sited operations or having worked in a variety of business sectors would be a distinct advantage.

You will:

· provide on-going HR support services, handling email enquiries and offering bespoke telephone advice;

· be fully competent in handling a variety of employee relations matters

· involved in the development of HR policies and procedures, training and development material, and HR projects

· knowledgeable on evolving HR legislation and its potential business impact

· Required to travel to client sites*

As a Sagegreen HR Manager you need to be highly motivated, able to work under pressure and have the ability to juggle priorities. You will be working as part of a wider team but equally must be comfortable to use your own initiative in making decisions. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running.

This assignment is anticipated to be for an initial period of 3 months with possible extension.

If this sounds of interest, please send your CV to: nkelly@sagegreen.com

Closing date for applications: Friday, 12th June 2020

Print Operative

May 12, 2020

Bluestones staffing is working with a leading print manufacture in NI, due to continued growth and success they have a requirement for a number of Cut and Crease Operator.

Position: Cut Crease operative

Location: Newtownabbey

Salary: Depending on experience

Duration: Permanent

Main Duties:

To working to daily and weekly targets
To achieve established quality standards working within the guidelines outlined int he established quality systems complying with ISO9001 and PS 9000 quality standards.
Maximising machinery efficiency
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives in production.
Log and record duties performed in SFDC.

Machinery:

To assistance in the maintenance of all machinery and equipment in with established planned maintenance programmes.
To keep work area clean tidy ensuring that the highest standards of housekeeping and hygiene are always maintained.

Skills and Experience

Experience of Cut Crease machinery and methodology (1 year min)
Experience with pre-make ready, embossing and PSA scheduling tool or equivalent
Ability to take responsibility for output and quality of cartons produced
Ability to examine cartons to a high-quality standard is essential including knowledge of braille
Specific experience of Bobst 102, 106Per and 104Er formats would be a distinct advantage

Personal Specification:

Communication ability to communicate effectively
Determination ability to overcome obstacles
Be self motivated
For immediate interview please contact Debbie on 02895219313.

BSNI is acting as a recruitment agency

Software Development Engineer

March 11, 2020

Bluestones staffing has a requirement for a number of Software Development Engineer.Net.

Our client is a rapidly growing technology company passionate about improving community health and safety through the power of data. We provide software applications, interoperability and data management solutions to emergency medical services, fire departments and hospitals.

Essentials:

· Two+ years’ experience in software engineering including knowledge of SOLID DRY SRP and other software engineering best practices

· Your experience should include;

o C# and the .NET Framework

o unit testing and mocking frameworks (NUnit / Moq / NSubstitute)

o Git for source control

o Cloud Platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP)

· You should also have;

o Knowledge of OO concepts and design patterns

o Proficiency in SQL and relational database concepts.

o Knowledge of modern .NET web frameworks (WebApi, ServiceStack, etc)

o Exposure to Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment practices

o Familiarity with Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, CQRS patterns

o A passion for what you do and understanding how your work impacts ESO’s success

o Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken

Desirable:

· Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, CQRS patterns

· Cloud Messaging Technologies (Azure Service Bus, Amazon SQS/SNS)

· Java programming

· Functional programming

For a full JD contact Debbie on 02895219313 or email cv via the link below:

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