Senior User Experience Consultant

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

2 days per week in Belfast office

Job summary

Ocho is seeking a Senior UX Consultant to shape the design foundations of a product suite in a Belfast-based team. You will review existing screens (around 25) and establish a long-term design system and a scalable component library in Figma.

You will collaborate with product and software delivery teams to ensure designs are buildable and well-documented, enabling a permanent UX designer to take over.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing data rich operational interfaces, such as monitoring dashboards, alarms and asset views.
• Track record of building design systems and component libraries from the ground up.
• Confidence reviewing existing designs and presenting recommendations to product and engineering teams.
• A portfolio showing complex, data heavy product work (please include a link when you apply).
• Based in Northern Ireland or able to work from the Belfast office 2 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Review existing mock ups across around 25 screens and recommend clear, practical improvements.
• Create the long term design system for the product suite.
• Build a scalable component library in Figma based on the design system.
• Design data rich operational views covering multiple assets, live data, notifications and alarms.
• Review designs with the software delivery team to identify implementation concerns.
• Write clear documentation so the work can be handed over to a permanent UX designer.
• Champion consistency, accessibility and usability across the product suite.

Skills

Data-rich interfaces

Design systems

Component library

UX review/presentation

Portfolio link

Tools

Figma

Dashboard design

Job description

Senior UX Consultant, Design Systems (Contract)

At a Glance

• Senior UX contract shaping complex operational software for the energy industry
• Up to £500 per day, depending on experience
• 4 month contract with an ASAP start
• Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the Belfast office
• Set the design foundations for an entire product suite, from design system to component library

About the Company

Our client is an established global technology business serving the energy industry. They develop a broad range of software and hardware solutions that help energy companies monitor their assets, analyse large volumes of operational data, detect faults early and keep their networks running safely and reliably. Known for high quality engineering and innovation, they work with customers around the world, and their Belfast based product team is now developing a new software suite.

The Role

This is a chance to shape the design foundations of a product suite at an early stage. Around 25 screens have already been designed for a fault and network insights module, and you will review them, recommend improvements and turn them into a long term design system and component library. You will work alongside product and software delivery teams to make sure the designs can be built well, and document everything so a permanent UX designer can take the work forward. It suits a senior, confident designer who is comfortable critiquing existing work, setting standards and leaving a team in a stronger position than they found it.

Key Responsibilities

• Review existing mock ups across around 25 screens and recommend clear, practical improvements
• Create the long term design system for the product suite
• Build a scalable component library in Figma based on the design system
• Design data rich operational views covering multiple assets, live data, notifications and alarms
• Review designs with the software delivery team to identify implementation concerns
• Recommend where designs should be reconsidered to improve usability or feasibilityWrite clear documentation so the work can be handed over to a permanent UX designer
• Champion consistency, accessibility and usability across the product suite

What You'll Need

• Proven experience designing data rich operational interfaces, such as monitoring dashboards, alarms and asset views
• A track record of building design systems and component libraries from the ground up
• Confidence reviewing existing designs and presenting recommendations to product and engineering teams
• A portfolio showing complex, data heavy product work (please include a link when you apply)
• Based in Northern Ireland or able to work from the Belfast office 2 days per week

Desirable / Nice to Have:

• Experience designing network or topology visualisations
• Experience with GIS or map based interfaces
• Background in energy, utilities, telecoms, SCADA or control room software

Why Apply?

• Up to £500 per day, depending on experience
• 4 month contract with an ASAP start
• Hybrid working: 2 days in Belfast, the rest from home
• Own the design system and component library for a whole product suite
• Work on meaningful software that helps keep energy networks running
• Join a global technology business known for high quality engineering