Senior Programmer Analyst
Location: Cricklade, Swindon
Remuneration: Basic salary £45,000-£55,000 (dependent on experience) + bonus and flexible benefits package, 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday
Sector: Packaging solutions and distribution


Protecting What Matters, Together
At Macfarlane Packaging, we are dedicated to protecting what matters most-our people, our customers, communities, and the environment. Our commitment to customer satisfaction, sustainability, and continual improvement creates a collaborative, supportive, and friendly workplace where you can build a rewarding career.

With over 75 years of history, we offer stability, ongoing growth, and the opportunity for personal and professional development. Our fast-paced, results-driven environment will challenge you but also give you the satisfaction of directly contributing to our success.

We offer competitive pay, personalised incentives, and adaptable benefits to make your rewards package go further. We also prioritise work-life balance and flexibility, empowering you to manage what`s most important. If you value commitment, teamwork, adaptability, and learning, join us to drive change and enable businesses to plan for a better future.

The Senior Programmer Analyst Role
GWP Group, part of Macfarlane Group, specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative, high-performance packaging. You will need to be an experienced Analyst Programmer or developer and able to take responsibility for the development and maintenance of software applications, databases and reports for GWP and several other business divisions within the Macfarlane Packaging Group PLC.

Senior Programmer Analyst Key Responsibilities* Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to a development Team, delegating tasks and ensuring timely issue resolution and project completion.
* Provide high level technical and analytical support for software applications
* Working to KPI`s in line with the business needs
* Collaborate closely with all business departments for software requirements
* Identifying the need for software development, upgrades, configurations or new systems
* Adopt and promote a continuous improvement mentality for the development team
* Independently manage software projects from start to finish


What you will bring
The successful candidate will ideally meet with the following criteria...

Essential: * Experience of working on large multi-faceted projects and establishing frameworks around them for the associated software development
* A working knowledge of agile software development processes
* Minimum of 5 years` experience of VB.Net and VB6 programming
* Experience of using MS Azure Devops
* Experience of MS SQL
* Proven ability to prioritise effectively and manage expectations of stakeholders at all levels
* Excellent communication skills to all levels of the business and technical abilities
* A good understanding of the software development lifecycle


Desirable: * C#.NET Programming Language
* IP Networking design and administration
* Microsoft IT infrastructure (Server, 365 deployments, Azure, Active Directory)


What you will get
We offer a competitive salary, with rewarding bonus/incentive schemes, and flexible benefits including: * We provide a competitive basic starting salary and operate a rewarding bonus scheme.
* The flexible employee benefits can include: -
* 28 days annual leave (including bank/public holidays)
* Long service awards (10-40 years)
* Contributory pension scheme
* Free on-site parking
* Employee assi