Software Manager

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to know the job you do is truly making a difference to the world around us? Here at Servomex, we are on a mission to help create a cleaner and healthier world with our premium gas analysis products and solutions.

We are seeking a talented Software Manager to be an integral part of our newly developed Technology function.

The Software Manager will take responsibility for the planning, reporting, delivery, and quality of software within both product development and optimisation projects. This involves working cross-discipline and cross-function to help ensure customer requirements are identified and translated to technical requirements, guiding your team’s implementation with a consistent, sustainable process.

This role is split 70/30 between team management and hands-on software engineering.

At Servomex, we aim to empower people of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, cultures, backgrounds, or those living with a disability to pursue roles even if they feel they may not fully match all the criteria. We look forward to receiving your application.

Primary responsibilities…

As a line manager of a team of Software Engineers, The Software Manager will oversee daily operations, ensuring the team can resource and deliver projects to agreed schedules, priorities, and quality standards. They will identify development opportunities and co-create development plans for direct reports, work to increase team engagement, and champion change where required. Additionally, coaching and mentoring team members, as well as collaborating with the Discipline Lead to address technical skills gaps and promotion opportunities. Building strong relationships with peers and reports within Engineering and globally across the company, enable collaboration, develop best practices, share knowledge and technologies, and assist in solving technical and non-technical problems.

In direct contribution to Engineering projects, the Software Manager will promote a customer-centric approach by facilitating customer interactions to enhance understanding of end-user needs and expectations for products. Ensure customer requirements are translated into software requirements, managing risks and constraints with suitable mitigation strategies. Oversee and collaborate with sub-contracted software development partners and suppliers as needed. Working with the leadership team, to devise development plans for upcoming work, leveraging the team's capabilities and clearly communicating how these plans align with company strategy. Foster collaboration with stakeholders, enabling clear communication between the team and stakeholders, and collaborate with product owners, project managers, and subject matter experts to align and deliver their needs as part of project deliverables. Accountable to the Senior Engineering Manager, they will actively contribute to a supportive, ethical work environment, working to existing quality and technical standards and processes while supporting continuous improvement.

What we are looking for …

• Lead and Inspire: Demonstrate expertise in team leadership, including line management, performance evaluations, development planning, and resource distribution. Foster team engagement and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Mentor and Coach: Proven history of mentoring team members and knowledge of coaching frameworks to support and develop teams.
• Drive Excellence in SDLC: Experience in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for high availability, mission-critical, embedded real-time systems.
• Master Technologies: Expertise in modern C++ (‘14, ‘17 or later) and Real Time Operating Systems for embedded and deeply embedded systems.
• Embrace Agile/Scrum: Proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies, requirements management, test management, and DevOps.
• Manage Projects Effectively: Strong project management skills to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Build Relationships: Strong interpersonal skills to build successful relationships with colleagues.
• Leverage Industry Experience: Experience in a relevant industrial environment is highly desirable.

We anticipate the Software Manager will be degree qualified in a relevant STEM subject.

About Servomex:

Servomex, part of the FTSE 250 Spectris Group, plays a vital role of advanced gas analysis in creating a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world. This message is more urgent than ever with the world’s climate issues top of the global agenda.

“My Journey with Servomex: A Positive and Transformative Experience”- Carol Tuscano, V& V Engineer

Location: Hybrid working arrangement available; visibility at our facility in Crowborough, East Sussex, UK will be needed – It is anticipated that this person will be required onsite 3 days a week initially.

Job Type: Full time, permanent

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday (flexible start and finish times)

Status: Right to Work in the UK on a permanent basis will be required

Basic salary range - £70,000 - £95,000

The above salary range represents a general guideline; Servomex considers several factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

• Discretionary Company Bonus
• Medical Cover
• Opportunities for growth & development through our structured Talent Management System
• Annual Performance Review
• Personal Pension Plan (up to 10.5% employer contribution)
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits & pay
• 25 days’ annual leave with option to buy more + Bank Holidays + Company Shutdown Day
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Life Assurance (4 x Salary)
• Staff Referral Scheme and Long Service Awards
• Global Recognition Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free Parking

Servomex is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and ensuring the health and wellbeing of its workforce; we are proud of our endorsements and pledges to create a positive workplace where employees feel supported and able to bring their whole selves to work:

WORK180: endorsed as an Employer for all Women by Work180. We champion the importance of a diverse workforce and with the support of Work180 we will continue to drive this forward.

Wellbeing at Work: the first Company in East Sussex to achieve the Gold Wellbeing at Work Award through East Sussex Public Health.

Menopause Workplace Pledge: supporting any employee going through menopause and helping to educate employees to be able to support and be understanding of those experiencing the symptoms.

Disability Confident Scheme: we ensure that we provide employees with disabilities everything needed to become successful within the business and to reach their full potential.

Age-Friendly Employer Pledge: showing our full commitment to providing a workplace where people can succeed and flourish within a multigenerational workforce.

Mindful Employer: we fully understand that everyone has a life outside of work, and so we actively encourage a flexible working pattern and a healthy work-life balance.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates with a disability may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any such adjustments during the application process. Please note we will also make reasonable adjustments wherever possible to enable employees to complete their roles to the best of their ability.

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Working for Servomex

Unleash your true potential with a career at Servomex .

Become part of the Servomex team – with increasing demand within the gas sensing sector, we take our responsibility as the global leader in the sector very seriously. We offer a rewarding and thriving career, where your talent will be honed and unleashed.

As a global organization we have many career paths that suit candidates from entry level, including graduates and apprentices, to experienced candidates seeking opportunities at leadership level. At Servomex we understand that most of the best ideas come from our people and we actively encourage our employees to be involved in company decisions, organisational changes and innovation. The views and ideas of every employee are important to us.

Due to the agile nature of the business, many of our people start off on one career path and end up on another. Discovering and unleashing our employees’ potential is key to our success.

About Us

The world expert in gas analysis, Servomex has established itself as the leading provider of reliable, accurate and stable gas measurement solutions to industries across the globe.

An acknowledged innovator in gas analysis technologies for more than 70 years, Servomex is the originator of, and world leader, in Paramagnetic sensing technology and has an exceptional reputation in the development of Calorimetry, Coulometric, FID, Gas Chromatography, Infrared, Laser Moisture, Plasma, Spectroscopic, Thermal Conductivity Tunable Diode Laser and Zirconia technologies.

With a leading edge in R&D and manufacturing maintained by two Technical Centers based in Crowborough, UK and Boston, Massachusetts, Servomex delivers high‐performance, cost‐effective gas analysis, through a portfolio of dependable products.

Servomex has extensive experience of working with multi-national companies, providing extensive expertise and applications knowledge across a variety of industries, including power generation, hydrocarbon processing, industrial gases, and UHP/semiconductors, closely matching customer requirements.

The company’s commitment to providing a complete industry solution to gas analysis extends across its business, with the Hummingbird Sensing Technology (winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2022) brand delivering sensor technology to OEM partners.

Servomex is committed to providing excellence in customer service, offering full sales and service support through global business centers based in Houston, Texas;Europe, Middle East, Shanghai, China; and Mumbai, India.

Servomex is part of Spectris plc the FTSE 250 company, productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company.

Diversity and Inclusion

Servomex cares about the health and wellbeing of its employees, developing and maintaining a working environment which promotes and supports both physical and mental wellbeing; encouraging openness, flexibility and a healthy work-life balance.

The Company is also committed to creating a culture of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities, where every applicant is assessed fairly for employment based solely on merit, where every employee has the opportunity to fulfil their potential and where fairness, inclusion and equal opportunities exist throughout employment.