Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Purpose of the Role The IT Support Team Leader is responsible for providing day-to-day support for the company’s IT systems and its users, as well as leading the First Line Support team. The position includes regular UK-wide site visits to support team operations and ensure IT services run smoothly across multiple locations.
Main Responsibilities
Lead the First Line Technical Support team for Colas UK ITSS
Ensure best in class support service and response is provided to the business aligned to the needs of the business
For all technical issues, act as the escalation point and carry out vetting/triaging prior to escalation to L2
Be the single point of contact and provide escalated technical assistance to VIP users
Provide Service Desk cover where necessary
Work closely with the technical support manager where necessary to provide seamless escalation of calls between first and second line.
Use Analytics and AI tools to improve service delivery and efficiency
Use PowerBi to automate team statistics to drive efficiency and improvements
Assist with all service-related investigations for Colas UK ITSS
Assist with Business Continuity Testing
Action Mobile Roaming requests
Support the first line team with IT Orders
Support the first line team with day to day questions
Support the First line team with day to day operations and Technical Incidents
Documentation and regular updating of Project updates, procedures, processes and change management
Proactively Issue Communications of cyber awareness, unplanned and planned outages, notices to all customers who are impacted and keep relevant group informed until the matter is resolved
Create, Own and maintain support related processes and policies
In conjunction with the Technical Support manager, keep the support related topics updated on the UKITSS Intranet. The role will also need to regularly interact and interface with
Colas Ltd and Colas Rail VIPs
Internal and External Customers
CDS
Client IT Teams
Third party suppliers/partners. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate will have proven technical experience in a technical support role with experience in supporting on premise and, cloud and SAAS based IT systems.
You will be a team player with a flexible and dynamic approach to solving problems and designing solutions. You will be experienced with asset management and call logging systems with a knowledge on the ITIL framework, Office 365 tools such as Teams and creation of PowerBi reports would also be advantageous.
Package Description Here at Colas, we offer a great total compensation package, including a salary of £37,000 - £40,000pa
• Our Colas Pension Scheme has combined contributions of up to 10%
• Life Assurance Scheme which is x4 basic salary
• 25 days annual leave per year + Public Holidays
• Holiday Purchase & Selling Scheme
• Hybrid Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
• Opportunities to study towards a fully funded Professional Qualification
• Ongoing personal/professional development
• Discounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits portal