Business Test Analyst

Altrad; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Nuclear project work

Growth culture

Job summary

Altrad in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Analyst/Test Manager to oversee planning, coordination, and execution of testing activities across the MEHA Programme at Hinkley Point C. You will engage senior stakeholders to define objectives, scope, and success criteria while ensuring cross-functional alignment.

You will lead UAT, manage risk and governance, promote equality and nuclear safety culture, and shape practical solutions through modelling, business cases, and rigorous testing.

Qualifications

• Experience in business architecture disciplines and process management.
• Proven workshop facilitation and interview skills.
• Experience in developing business cases and financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders to develop project concepts, scope, and risk identification.
• Define interfaces across departments for cross-functional collaboration.
• Capture and prioritise business requirements and success criteria.
• Collaborate with third parties to evaluate solutions.
• Lead testing planning, design, environments, and defect management.
• Oversee UAT and stakeholder sign-off.
• Ensure adherence to governance, quality standards, and risk controls.
• Promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• Champion Nuclear Safety Culture during delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Requirements gathering

Testing coordination

UAT management

Financial modelling

Business case development

Process modelling

Problem solving

Education

Relevant qualifications in business architecture

Tools

Modelling tools

Collaborative tools

Job description

a streamlined and effective business operating model. The Business Analyst/Test Manager remains actively engaged throughout the development lifecycle, overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of testing activities to ensure successful implementation and high-quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary contact for engaging stakeholders to develop initial project concepts, define business objectives, clarify scope and impacts, and identify risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies critical to project success.
• Identify and align interfaces between departments and functions, integrating procedures and systems to support cross-functional collaboration.
• Consult with senior management and key stakeholders to capture, evaluate, challenge, and prioritise business requirements and success criteria.
• Collaborate with third-party delivery partners to assess and recommend solution options through structured evaluation, ensuring usability, efficiency, and alignment with business needs.
• Develop robust project mandates and investment cases, challenging proposed benefits, quantifying intangible value, and identifying additional opportunities to maximise business outcomes.
• Serve as the custodian of business requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with the defined solution and delivery of intended outcomes.
• Apply knowledge of current and emerging trends to drive continuous improvement, leveraging best practice methodologies and leading-edge technical solutions.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of testing activities across the project lifecycle, including test strategy development, test case design, environment setup, and defect management.
• Oversee user acceptance testing (UAT), including process walkthroughs, validation of system functionality, and stakeholder sign-off to ensure solutions meet business expectations.
• Ensure adherence to core delivery assurance principles, including quality standards, governance frameworks, and risk controls.
• Promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) across all aspects of work and stakeholder engagement.
• Champion and cultivate a positive Nuclear Safety Culture, ensuring safety principles are upheld throughout project delivery and testing phases.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Relevant qualifications and experience in one or more of the Business Architecture disciplines of process management, business analysis, data and management information or IT system development.
• In depth knowledge of business process analysis and design techniques, including the use of modelling and collaborative tools.
• Strong workshop facilitation and interview skills, including negotiation, influence, mediation, and conflict management skills.
• Experience of developing business cases for large complex business change programmes, including financial and numerical modelling and appraisal skills
• Experience in planning, co-ordinating and documenting solution testing
• Experience in User

At Altrad , we're not just a support services company - we're the critical human infrastructure that keeps the UK and Ireland's most vital industries moving. With over 10,000 talented individuals across the region, our people power the extraordinary - delivering innovative solutions that make a real impact on millions of lives. We're driven by ambition, creativity, and a collective commitment to excellence. At Altrad, no two days are the same , and no idea is too small . We value fresh thinking, big-picture problem solving, and people who are ready to rise to a challenge. Our Business Analyst/Test Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Senior Business Architect Lead in shaping, directing, and delivering Digital & IT projects within the MEHA Programme at Hinkley Point C. This role involves close collaboration with senior stakeholders, leveraging advanced business analysis capabilities, broad operational insight, and specialist expertise to design solutions that enable

What we offer:

We know that great people do great work when they're supported, valued, and inspired. That's why we offer:

• A competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• The chance to work on one of the UK's most ambitious nuclear projects
• A culture that rewards ingenuity, fosters personal growth , and celebrates success

At Altrad, your journey starts with a commitment to build a better tomorrow - for our clients, our communities, and your career.