VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses.
We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
VolkerWessels UK is looking for a Head of Business Systems to take ownership of the applications that underpin our business operations, ensuring they are reliable, integrated, and aligned with our strategic goals.
Reporting to the ICT Director, you'll lead our Application Development, Testing, Application Support and Application Support Specialist teams, driving innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across our business systems landscape.
A key part of this role will be acting as the recognised business authority for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (4PS), partnering with senior stakeholders across Finance and the wider business to maximise system capability and support future growth.
About our role
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the strategy, roadmap, governance and lifecycle management of our business applications portfolio.
- Acting as the business expert for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (4PS).
- Managing and developing high-performing teams across application development, testing and support.
- Overseeing application development and solutions built on Microsoft Power Platform.
- Driving system integrations, ensuring secure, resilient and scalable data flows.
- Supporting business transformation through technology and process improvement.
- Managing key supplier relationships, including Microsoft and 4PS.
- Working closely with senior leadership to align technology solutions with business objectives.
- Ensuring robust controls, compliance and governance across critical business systems.
About you
We're looking for a strategic technology leader who combines strong technical expertise with excellent business and stakeholder management skills.
You'll bring:
- Significant experience leading business systems, application development and support functions.
- Strong expertise in ERP platforms, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is essential and 4PS advantageous.
- Experience managing technical teams within complex business environments.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, integrations, APIs and application architecture.
- A strong understanding of finance, commercial and operational processes.
- A proven ability to influence and partner with Executive and senior leadership teams, translating complex business challenges into data-driven technology solutions that deliver strategic value, operational improvement, and competitive advantage.
- Experience within construction, engineering, infrastructure or project-led organisations would be highly advantageous.
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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