IT Delivery Lead

Equans is looking for an IT Delivery Lead to join our team in any of our UK offices on a temporary basis (12 month secondment). This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.

The primary responsibility of the role is to facilitate the development of multiple teams as well as improve their ways of working and agile mindset using pragmatic governance. The Delivery Lead facilitates both agile as well as waterfall events with the aim to remove impediments, provides coaching to team members, and ensures timely and accurate delivery of the roadmap items. Using agile principles, values, and ceremonies.  You will have the opportunity to work on a range of exciting initiatives across diverse business sectors and be aligned to a portfolio stream. This role is a key member of our delivery team, bridging the gap between business and technical to help Equans IT deliver digital transformation.
This role reports into the IT Infrastructure, Modern Workplace, and Security Portfolio lead.

We invest in our people through a broad range of learning opportunities such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes.    

We care about the health and wellbeing of our people and we’re proud of our Better Health at work Gold certification, achieved through various campaigns and activities supporting our employees.   

We champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and have various forums across Shared Services where we encourage our people to take part, get involved and continue to shape and build on the culture we are proud of here at Equans Shared Services. 

What will you deliver? 

• Coordinate, facilitate, and create visibility of the overall progress, dependency, issues, and risks across the various projects. 
• Guide one or more teams working on projects, work packages and Products.
• Monitor the delivery flow of teams and ensure timely and accurate execution of the roadmap items, while maintaining inter-team alignment.
• Promote Agile principles in the teams and stakeholders and drive process improvements.
• Coach team members and business leaders.
• Remove impediments and distractions to optimize teams’ performance.
• Support agile team transformation and encourage teams to adopt agile values.
• Capture and report team performance metrics.
• Oversee daily activities of the delivery team and provide direction and guidance as needed.
• Perform resource allocations and workload assignments according to delivery requirements.
• Ensure that team maintains a high level of competence and operational excellence.
• Report delivery status to our customers and develop required delivery documentations.
• Work with the teams to ensure critical decisions are taken to meet customer expectations.
• Coordinate resources, prepare project teams for kick-off, ensure practical completion of project milestones, control project scope, and mitigate risk.
• Oversee implementation and ensure all elements are considered and factored into the delivery plan including build, testing, training, analytics, release planning, business readiness and optimization to deliver the client’s end goals.
• Make sure projects are appropriately resourced in terms of people, skills, and expertise.
• Manage all project reporting, providing transparency and updates to client stakeholders and senior management through project dashboards, status reports and financial tracking reports.
• Participating in Quality Reviews.
• Collaborating with project leadership teams and change control committee(s) to monitor dependencies and schedule impacts as they relate to project deployments.
• Supporting IT leadership with issue, risk, and defect resolution/escalations as appropriate.

What can we offer you? 

On offer is a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package, which includes;

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays).
• Free parking at certain offices.
• Life Cover equivalent to 2 times annual salary.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.
• Gym membership discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year.
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes.
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme.
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in Equans), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app.

Who are we looking for? 

• Educated to Degree level and would be advantageous in a numerate (Mathematics, Engineering or Scientific) or Computer Science subject. Will have or working towards a BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or similar.
• Agile qualifications essential (Scrum, Product Owner, SAFe).
• Project Management qualifications.
• A clear, logical and rigorous thinker.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management, with experience of dealing with stakeholders at all levels.
• A confident self-starter with the drive to find solutions.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and keen to take the initiative.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• An organised and efficient working persona.

Who are we? 

In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting-edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to deliver decarbonisation across the built environment and help businesses, communities, public sector organisations and government to accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resilient world.  

Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on 5 continents and a turnover of 19.2 billion euros in 2024. Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group. 

Our ambition

At Equans, we are driven by our ambition to be recognised for our operational excellence and as the best place to work for our employees. This commitment extends to achieving global and sustainable performance through Impact, ensuring that everything we do aligns with our core values—Accountability, Respect, Team Spirit, and Service Focus.  

We take ownership, act with integrity, and set high standards. We listen, support, and care for one another. We collaborate and build trust to achieve shared goals, always striving to meet our customers’ needs in a proactive and pragmatic way. These values shape our culture, strengthen our community, and inspire us to deliver excellence every day. 

What’s next? 

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in Equans), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Professionals Network) and our Disability Network.  

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role.  Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. 

The Equans Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to Equans Managers.