Regional IT Business Partner (HR20056)

Job description

Job Description as Regional IT Business Partner with Stork:

To develop the Business Line, IT Demand, translated into AOPs year plans (budget and delivery plans). Manage supply of local services (Service Desk and local applications and align with Group IT delivery services (Application and Technology & Security Services).

Ensure compliance of local solutions portfolio with Group IT Architecture and standards, as well as compliance with IT Control and Security policies.

Task and Responsibilities as Regional IT Business Partner:

IT Strategy, Policies, Standards and Plans

• Contribute to global IT strategy, architecture and standards from a Business Line perspective. Develop and agree Business Line IT strategy and year plan in line with global IT strategy and IT governance framework.

IT Governance, Performance and Compliance

• Run IT Control Board at least 4 times per year, chaired by Business Line VP and attended by most relevant stakeholders from Finance, HR, HSE and Operations.
• Manage Business Line IT Opex and Capex in line with IT year plan, business cases, governance framework and within assigned approval authority.
• Manage regional IT Performance KPI’s according to agreed standards and SLA’s, and provide reports to regional management and corporate IT management.
• Manage local vendors and negotiate contracts.
• Keep overview of regional IT asset base and value.
• Secure compliance to applicable legislation and policies (global or local) in the Business Line (e.g. Sox, GDPR)
• Ensure Business line compliance with group wide technology and application architecture, roadmaps and standards.

Project Delivery

• Execute local projects according to IT year plan.
• Ensure project delivery in line with global project delivery standards (PMO) and project plan and budget.
• Ensure project progress and health reporting into global KPI reports.

Application Support

• Ensure availability, maintenance and development of local business applications in line with business plans and requirements and IT year plan.
• Service Desk
• Run the Service Desk to ensure handling of all incidents and changes in line with agreed SLAs for the IT Services portfolio w/i the region. This may include major changes / small projects e.g. new site mobilizations / decomms, installations of new applications a/o small infra projects under guidance of the Group Technology Services. Report KPIs on incident / change SLA performance and Customer Satisfaction.

IT Staff Management and Performance

• Provide leadership to regional IT staff.
• Ensure regional IT function is adequately staffed to deliver agreed objectives and plans.
• Establish and manage competence development plan in line with the global IT competence framework.
• Manage performance of IT staff by setting personal and development targets in line with the agreed objectives and plans.
• Develop and manage direct reports and their work environment.

Job requirements

At Stork we attach great value to the key competences of our employees. We expect you always give safety the highest priority and that you are strongly working together with others. You are a specialist in your area of expertise and you have a proactive and entrepreneurial attitude.

Specific Requirements for Regional IT Business Partner:

Education

• Bachelor/Master degree or Equivalent Qualification / Experience in IT or Engineering or commercially oriented discipline such as Finance, Business administration, or related fields
• Prince II certification or equivalent
• ITIL qualification

Experience

• At least 6-8 years of relevant experience in IT applications management, BPM a/o  IT Service Management
• Knowledgeable with the processes operated by the business
• Experience with leading small teams up to 10 people
• Knowledge and experience with application and infrastructure management
• Experience with change and project management
• Experience in preparing and managing IT budgets
• Experience with leading project teams
• Experience with IT management in multisite company

We understand that our people are key to achieving Storks ambition to be the Industry reference every day, everywhere and we are proud to have been awarded the Investors in People Silver standard in recognition of our strong employee engagement focus.

Working conditions

There are many great reasons to work at Stork –

Competitive salary and Benefits

In order to attract and retain skilled, competent and customer focused people we offer a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package providing a suite of both contractual and voluntary benefits including access to corporate discounts. Employee benefits will depend on work location and role, however, may include life insurance, income protection, pension and private medical insurance.

In addition we recognize the importance of providing flexibility to our employees and offer a Flexi Friday working arrangement as well as the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

Location: Dyce, Aberdeen
Hours: 40 Hours
Contract: Permanent
 

Company Information

Stork, a Fluor company, is an expert provider of maintenance, modification and asset integrity services to the global oil and gas, chemicals and process, metals and mining, power, and manufacturing industries. We are dedicated to improving asset performance, safety and cost efficiency for our Clients throughout the complete asset life cycle.

With a team of 19,000 employees in over 100 countries, we serve more than 4,000 Clients across 6 continents.

Stork is dedicated to reducing risk, assuring safety and reducing environment impact through our award-winning value driven HSEQ platform; REACH Beyond Zero.  Whilst safety will always remain our core value, the platform not only communicates on Safety but also on Health, Environmental and Quality issues too.  We are committed to our transparent, employee-led approach to HSEQ.

One Team, One Stork

As one Stork, we treat all people with dignity, respect each other’s perspective and share knowledge and resources to achieve excellence, deliver value and grow individually and collectively.

We are fully committed to the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination and value the difference that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation. Stork recognises that providing equality of opportunity, valuing diversity and promoting a culture of inclusion and flexibility to our employees is vital to our success.

From school leavers and university graduates to transitioning military veterans, we provide career opportunities with targeted development programmes.

Going above and beyond for our wider community

Stork is dedicated to ensuring we are a socially and environmentally responsible employer and undertake a range of activities to give back and support the communities in which we live and work – from various charity work to working with schools as part of Developing Young Workforce.