Bluewater Staffing Solutions

[Full-time] Developers/Analysts at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-10-14 11:25:27

Location: Gauteng
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Are you busy completing your degree or just finished it? Struggling to find work without any experience? Bluewater Staffing solutions is urgently seeking various candidates to start as soon as December 2010 and January 2011. Salary will be between R7 000 – R30 000, depending on the available position, your university marks and experience? You MUST have the following to apply:

1. B.Com/B.Sc/B.Eng degree with computer related subjects at one of the major universities
2. Above average results in all subjects at school and university
3. Successfully completed or completing the above mentioned degree in 2010
3. Must be able to start employment by no later than December 2010 or January 2011
4. Must reside in Johannesburg, Pretoria or Cape Town or be willing to relocate and attend interviews at your OWN cost

If this is you, then we would like to hear from you!

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[Full-time] Analysts/Developers at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-10-14 11:24:14

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

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[Full-time] Systems Analyst at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-10-13 13:00:20

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

SYSTEMS ANALYST (SUPPLY CHAIN): PAROW

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To ensure that the systems and business processes incorporate industry standards and best practices; and to provide business process and technology support to users.

KEY OUTPUTS

• Support of existing business processes and technology
• Research new developments and changes to business processes and technology
• Management of system changes
• System analysis and documentation
• Proposed new developments and changes to business process and technology
• Business Process design – functional and technical specifications
• Training manual development and maintenance
• Facilitation of training workshops
• In-House and remote User support/system problem analysis
• Project management

JOB INCUMBENT REQUIREMENTS

• Business degree with Analytical / Commercial subjects
• Above average computer literacy: MS Office Pro, MS Project, Excel, Access
• Minimum 3 year systems analyst experience
• Experience of the retail process will be an advantage
• Experience in using the Tradestone PLM application will be an advantage
• Retail experience will be an advantage
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Programming experience or knowledge would be an advantage
• Attention to detail, sound business acumen, good interpersonal and problem solving skills, resourcefulness, results driven, self motivator and a team player

SALARY

R20 000 – R25 000

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[Full-time] Technical Lead at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-10-04 17:10:18

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Technical Lead (LIQ9)

My client in Cape Town, an online Advertising Agency, is urgently seeking the services of a skilled, experienced & passionate Senior Technical Producer. This position is a mixture of talents and comprises an end-to-end responsibility in offering online/digital marketing solutions to the financial services sector.

Minimum Requirements:

• Senior Certificate/Matric/Grade 12 & a relevant tertiary education
• Relevant Web Design/Development qualification
• 7 yrs plus PHP experience
• Framework knowledge (JQuery&Joomla&Wordpress)
• 5 yrs MySQL experience
• 5 yrs plus JavaScript experience
• CSS
• HTML
• Linux
• UML
• Symantec webs
• XML & RDF
• Software & Server Architecting
• API Architecting & know how
• Social/API integrations & mashups
• Specification writing
• Wireframing
• Business knowledge i.e. process
• Team Management and Leadership skills
• Zend a plus
• NoSQL/schemeless databases

Other Requirements:

• Communication skills with management, customer representatives, domain experts, and members of the project team
• Excellent team building and leadership skills
• Able to technically provide strategic direction and oversight to members of the project team
• Ability to know when to follow the process and when to obtain waivers
• Able to technically mentor all members of the project team
• Highly self-directed and proactive
• Able to prioritize, multitask, and make critical decisions given incomplete and conflicting knowledge
• Solid knowledge of project requirements, architecture, design, implementation, and testing
• Deep knowledge of project technologies

Duties:

• Technically lead the project team.
• Provide technical vision, thought leadership, and a global view of the application.
• Identify required human resources and evaluate potential technical team members.
• Act as “domain expert” with regard to technology issues.
• Ensures that the non-managerial staff follows the project.
• Coordinate the evaluation of all COTS (Commercial, off-the-shelf) components and their vendors.
• Coordinate the evaluation of all non-managerial project deliverables.
• Explain major technical decisions and their rationales to management, the development staff, and the customer representatives.
• Earn the respect of the management team, the development staff, and the customer representatives.
• Produce high quality work products.
• Iterate and improve the work products whenever practical.
• Develop reusable intellectual capital.
• Understand and follow the endeavor-specific process.
• Stay current with relevant industry advances and trends.
• Maintain and increase his or her required expertise by:
o Reading appropriate technical journals and books.
o Attending relevant conferences, tutorials, and training courses.
o Personal study (e.g., learning a new programming language by using it to program small software components).
• Take part in relevant development and inspection teams.
• Collaborate professionally with other team members.
• Request changes to, and report defects in, work products.
• Provide good faith effort estimates for performing required tasks.
• Provide input for regular team status reports.
• Be honest, have integrity, and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Work to resolve conflicts or differences of opinion by finding areas of agreement that benefit the stakeholder organizations and individuals.
• Develop and maintain friendly, professional, and supportive relationships and networks of contacts with people and organizations who are or might be, useful in achieving work-related goals.
• Provide constructive, timely and specific feedback to others.
• Show a genuine intent in fostering the learning or development of others.
• Participate effectively in group discussions and activities, while also encouraging others to do the same.
• Facilitates meetings effectively, deciding when to advocate, and when to compromise to arrive at mutually acceptable decisions and solutions.
• Seek opportunities to implement innovative new ideas, tools, and techniques.
• Ensure that objectives of self and team are aligned with business goals and the mission of the endeavor.
• Have good communication skills:
o Communicate effectively by responding to his or her audience so that information is clearly conveyed.
o Communicate specialist or technical information in terms that the audience can understand.
o Present information persuasively, analyzing and summarizing the key issues, specifying the benefits and drawbacks of the issues, and supporting a point of view with valid, logical arguments.
o Use the full range of active listening skills, picking up underlying verbal and non-verbal messages and questions.

Salary:

R25 000 – R40 000

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[Full-time] Integration Developer at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-09-28 12:05:03

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Integration Developer: Stellenbosch (T5)

My client, a global leader in providing multi-market commodities and enterprise risk management software solutions, is seeking a Software Developer.

Minimum Requirements:

- Computer Science degree or equivalent thereof – Highly skilled and experienced in SQL and MS SQL Server – Basic accounting knowledge – .Net windows forms knowledge – Strong analytical and communication skills – Be able to work without supervision
Responsibilities:

- Code and test software to conform to approved task requirements and organisational best practises – Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified bugs – Provide second line support as and when required by the Support team – Provide customer support / analysis for WIP integration projects when required – Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation – On occasion, create and maintain HLPD (high level project description), functional and technical specification documentation using standard organisational templates – Update Task list and Tenrox – Where required, participate in user acceptance testing, either remotely or on site

Salary:

R20 000 – R26 000

Please include a copy of your Matric and Tertiary Qualifications as well as result transcripts.

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[Full-time] Technical Director at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-09-21 16:57:08

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Technical Director: Cape Town (LIQ8)

Do you have a background in systems analysis? Are you currently a development team leader? Are you currently project-managing internal or client projects? A leading Digital/Mobile/CRM Marketing agency is looking for the expertise, leadership ability, and energy of an Technical Lead to help them build their business as well as maintain their already excellent client service record. This position relates mainly to Java and IBM frameworks for exciting new and ground breaking developments for the category leading financial service provider clients. The projects are pioneering & cutting edge.

Minimum Requirements:

• Senior Certificate/Matric/Grade 12 & a relevant tertiary education (BSc. / National Diploma)
• Database development experience
• Object orientated methodology
• Project management experience of full life cycle
• Web/Internet on large capacity websites
• J2EE
• Experience with Java ORM preferably Hibernate
• Experience in working with Application Servers, preferably Websphere
• Experience in working with Content Management Systems (CMS)• XML Web Services
• XML & XSLT
• Patterns and Best Practices
• 4+ Years of software development experience
• Full dev life cycle
• A solid understanding of the web and associated interfaces
• Experience working with graphic and creative production teams
• Solid team lead experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Solid understanding of the full development life-cycle, from inception (business analysis, providing timings for project planning and costing from a high level brief/requirements document, application architecture, performing analysis and providing technical documentation, through to the implementation phase where this person will be required to develop the solution (taking the project constraints into account) in conjunction with Junior Developers providing guidance and/or support where required

Other Requirements:

• Strong in CSS and HTML
• JavaScript, AJAX
• Flash Development with Action Script

Duties:

• Provide high profile clients with technical solutions
• Work closely with account director
• Consultation, report back and interaction with business
• Prioritising and executing tasks
• Ensure that software is written is properly
• Implement sound development methodology
• Lead and motivate the dev team
• Serve as a technical expert representative across teams, clients, and the agency
• Offer technical support across practices in offering definition and positioning
• Promote and coordinate technical knowledge harvesting within the organization
• Define, communicates and enforces coding standards
• Identify reusable code required for our code library and ensures the high quality creation of the code
• Manage multiple technical teams within budget and project schedule
• Track and identify new opportunities to improve our methodology and training offerings
• Assist in strategic sales efforts from a technical perspective
• Consistently delivers high-quality service to our clients

Core Competencies:

Technical Expertise
• Possesses significant knowledge of:
• Complex database concepts and assists in establishing standards applied across project teams .
• Various programming languages and assists in establishing standards applied across project teams.
• OO concepts and assists in establishing standards applied across project teams.
• Client/server and internet systems architectures and assists in establishing standards applied across project teams.
• Browser/client specific compatibility issues.

Communication
• Handles difficult personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, HR advice, and respect for the individual.
• Promotes us through speaking engagements at industry conferences and involvement in local business organizations.
• Consistently published in technical / trade journals, writes white papers on chosen technical expertise, or speaks at industry events (at least twice a year).

Professional Qualities:

Leadership
• Achieves excellence in all areas of business.
• Champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas.

Teamwork
• Reinforces team approach throughout development efforts .
• Supports and solicits input from team members at all levels within the organization.

Client Management
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative technical solutions and strategies.
• Continually defines ways to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Maintains lasting client relationships.
• Ensures that we consistently deliver superior technical solutions to clients.

Organisational Responsibilities:

Innovator Development
• Participates in all programs and enforces all policies relating to performance evaluations and career development planning.
• Mentors key technical staff.
• Creates an environment where Innovators can successfully achieve professional career path goals.
• Manages the development of technical managers and senior technical managers.

Internal Operations
• Reviews status reports of Technical Managers and Senior Technical Managers and addresses issues as appropriate.
• Enforces standard policies and procedures.

Salary:

R25 000 – R32 000

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[Full-time] Senior Technical Producer at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-09-21 16:56:02

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Senior Technical Producer: Bellville (LIQ7)

Minimum Requirements:

• Senior Certificate/Matric/Grade 12 & a relevant tertiary education
• Relevant Web Design/Development qualification
• Solid understanding of web technologies in a technically complex environment with proven experience in delivering successful customer facing web based products balancing user experience and financial goals
• 3+ years front end web design and development experience using (X)HTML, CSS, meta tags and JavaScript
• Solid experience in internet best practices and standards, as well as cross-browser compatibility, in specific IE6
• Experience using javaScript frameworks such as JQuery
• Solid understanding and implementation experience with analytics setup and implementation, reporting functions and SEO requirements
• Good knowledge of web marketing trends and campaign components such as writing for the web, newsletters, banners, polling, social media and blogs
• Familiarity with web content management systems, preferably Websphere WCM
• Working knowledge of graphic and web interface design and multimedia tools such as with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop), Dreamweaver and Fireworks preferred
• Experience working collaboratively with web development teams in an agile environment

Other Requirements:

• Familiarity with FTP, Ajax, Java, JSP and relational databases
• Experience in simple Flash animation and integration will be advantageous
• Background in digital marketing strategy and / or product management
• Knowledge and history of dealing with real-time web services & social media
• Background in computer science, mobile applications and internet industry
• Strong track record of effective verbal, visual and written communication with both technical and non-technical team members including multiple levels of management and cross-organizational peers
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Enjoys people & working in a dynamic, fast-paced team
• Strong leadership qualities
• Enjoys staying abreast with leading edge technology
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Duties:

• Assisting the client in defining web solutions by driving the overall strategy and featured implementation effort through to completion.
• Identifying of resources, prioritization and scheduling of work and providing technical direction during the execution across the content administration, design and development teams.
• Work with cross-organizational team members to conceive, design and launch new web offerings
• Applies significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to cultivate and enhance the user experience and drive incremental business
• Conduct market and competitive research to help identify new product feature opportunities that can drive incremental business on the web
• Easily recognizes system deficiencies, suggest and implements effective solutions to meet client requirements more closely
• Serves as liaison between cross-functional teams and client project managers, ensuring regular feedback and closely integrated assistance between front and back end development areas.
• Creates detailed and accurate project schedules/budgets
• Provide guidance and technical mentoring to ensure that content and technical implementation meet client standards, guidelines and objectives and that contributions are made to code/content libraries on a regular basis
• Assists in sales efforts and RFQ’s from a technical perspective

Salary:

R20 000 – R30 000

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[Full-time] Group ICT Unified Communications Leader at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-09-21 16:53:39

Location: Gauteng
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Group ICT Unified Communications Leader: Johannesburg (FQ4)

My client, an international mining company, is seeking a Group ICT Unified Communication Leader who will be responsible to run and optimise the Cisco, Mitel and telephony infrastructure for the Group.

Minimum Requirements:

• Senior Certificate
• Degree / diploma in Information Technology
• Mitel and/or Cisco certification
• At least 10 years experience in telephony communications
• Strong knowledge and well skilled in Mitel, Cisco (unified communications, call manager and cisco voice), LAN / WAN/ CAN, HP Switching & Video conferencing
• Experience on various global sites
• Must be willing to do extensive travelling to sites (e.g. into Africa, Australia, Europe)

Other Requirements:

• Mining production environment experience
• Networking experience
• Telephony communication experience
• Must be a hands on and self motivated individual
• Must be able to work in a team
• Be able to think globally and execute locally
• Must be service/customer orientated

Basic Responsibilities:

• Correct the operation of the current Cisco/Mitel system in the Group
• Create a plan for the telecommunications within the Group
• Optimisation of the current infrastructure
• Network configuration

Salary:

Highly Negotiable

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[Freelance] Junior Technician / Driver at unspecified

2010-09-09 11:37:28

Location:
URL: http://yahoo.com

Description:

I am a hardworking 20 year old man in possession of A+ and Code 10 drivers licence looking for any available position.

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[Full-time] Junior Developer at Bluewater Staffing Solutions

2010-08-18 13:28:38

Location: Western Cape
URL: http://www.bluewaterstaffing.co.za

Description:

Junior Developer: Cape Town (D7)

My client in Cape Town is urgently looking for a Junior Developer with the following requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

- Must have a B.Com, B.Sc or B.Eng degree with computer related subjects as majors – Must have achieved above average results in matric and university – Matric and university transcripts must be submitted with every CV – Current and required salary must be submitted with every CV – No experience required

Duties:

Will be working on projects related to the Financial Services industry. Most of the projects use C# and Microsoft .Net tools and industry standard databases like SQL Server and Oracle.

Salary:

R12 000 CTC

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