Test Analyst

Vacancy Information

We have a great opportunity for a Test Analyst to join our test team on a permanent basis based on site in Innovate House, Newcastle upon Tyne. 

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Newcastle upon Tyne. Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area

What you'll do

• Collaborate with Greggs stakeholders, developers and 3rd party systems integrators to gain full understanding of the requirements to be delivered.
• Utilise existing testing tools for integration and full end to end testing
• As part of the scrum team give test estimates for scoping, planning and execution of tests
• Create and execute test scripts including running full regression tests and sharing results and risks with key stakeholders.
• Log issues within our defect tracking system and ensure collaboration with the team to resolution
• Support the testing function to improve our processes and procedures

About you

You will fit right into this role if you are:

• Experienced in testing fundamentals including planning, scoping and building out test packs
• Experience with API testing and tools like Postman
• Experience with Cloud solutions like MS Azure Services
• Experience in mobile and web site testing
• Experience/knowledge of automation testing and the ability to set up automated mobile/ API tests to support continuous integration/delivery
• Knowledge\Awareness of flutter (UI Software development kit) 
• Knowledge \Awareness of SAP solutions within the retail sector but not essential
• A strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels
• Have proven high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Have experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace
• Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and issues to identify current and potential problems 
• Wanting to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.