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IT Operator

  1. Permanent - Full time
£Competitive + Benefits
  1. Travis Perkins plc
  2. Northampton, Northamptonshire

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Full Time

Northampton

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Are you looking to make a break into the IT world? If so this could be the perfect opportunity for you! 

Travis Perkins are looking for a Trainee or an experienced Computer Operator to join the Applications Operations Centre team in Northampton. This role is a great opportunity for an individual looking to start their IT career. This team works 24/7 365 days a year based on a 12 hour shift pattern of 4 on 4 off providing a vital service to the TP group, monitoring business critical servers and services and running batch processing overnight.

Shift pattern: 2 shifts 06:30 to 18:30 and 2 shifts 18:30 to 06:30 per week. 

What you’ll do - Trainee IT Operator 

To run and monitor batch processing, back-up systems and print output in accordance with the daily processing schedule, operations procedures and established quality standards; 

Some accountabilities of the role:

  • To monitor TP Groups servers, services and networks using the prescribed toolsets and escalate alerts with support teams as appropriate.
  • With the support of the Senior Operator/Shift Leader, manage incidents, ensuring accurate logging, reporting and escalation is maintained at all times
  • To Provide out of hours service desk support to the group, logging calls from colleagues in other areas of the business and escalating as appropriate
  • To always maintain the confidentiality of all information processed and printed 
  • To ensure Data Centre and company security procedures are adhered to at all times

Is this you? 
 
  • Good PC skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Self Motivation,  with the ability to work on your own and as a member of a team
  • You are a quick learner
  • Full training will be provided

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
- Competitive bonus
- Save-as-you-earn scheme
- Buy-as-you-earn scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses including; discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses.


A bit about us

We are one of the largest employers of IT professionals in the area. We're Agile, we're Lean, we've gone Google and we're providing in-house designed & built bespoke software and applications. We have grand plans to increase the size of our business further and are forward thinking enough to recognise that investment in IT will give us the leading edge on our competitors. We've restructured, we've adopted new methodologies, and we've brought in award winning IT professionals to take us through this transformation.

Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves. 

You be you, it makes us, us.

Come and Grow with us


To keep our business and customers safe, if you are successful in the role you will be made a conditional offer subject to additional background checks including criminal record (basic DBS), adverse financial, media search and occupational history


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