Power Platform & SharePoint Developer

London, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel
  
  

The role is for a developer specialising in the Microsoft Power Platform technology stack (SharePoint Online, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Pages). It is a client-facing role supporting fee-earning projects and programmes. Note that Power BI experience is not a requirement for this role as Mace have a dedicated BI development function, with whom this role would work closely. Any experience with Power BI is an advantage but not a requirement.

Mace is a forward-thinking construction consultancy that can offer you the opportunity to contribute to some of the nation’s largest and most exciting construction projects across a range of industries and sectors, including transport, healthcare, education, government and nuclear.

Our growing digital centre of excellence team is responsible for enabling and enhancing project delivery through the development of digital tools, processes and reports that enable data-driven decision making. As part of your role, you will interface with the Mace project team and occasionally stakeholders from other organisations, if working on a joint venture project or directly for a client.

You will be part of the digital centre of excellence community, sharing knowledge and experience with other BI & data professionals. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from and amongst experienced practitioners and further develop your technical skill set.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Working autonomously on smaller or low complexity projects, or as part of a larger project team responsible for a particular deliverable or area of delivery.
• Contributing to the development of digital tools, processes and outputs, including collaboration sites and associated user interfaces, that support the wider project team and enable better delivery of projects for our clients.
• Adhering to a structured development lifecycle that includes requirements definition, design, development and testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, handover and post-implementation support.
• Gathering basic requirements and create a task list to manage your own deliverables, including maintaining regular contact with direct stakeholders. You will be expected to attend all training and other sessions organised by the Centre of Excellence, contributing through presentation of sessions or content aligned to your interests.
• Keeping your knowledge of Power Platform up to date through self-directed learning and independent exploration of new tools and functionality.
• Recommending the best tools to meet the requirements and develop effective data capture portals that will underpin daily and periodic reporting activity.
• End-to-end development lifecycle of Digital assets on your project, including testing, deployment and handover.
• Providing support to users and colleagues in relation to production assets.
  
  

You’ll Need To Have

• Minimum of 18 months’ experience with the technology stack is expected.
• Microsoft Associate level certification (or equivalent certification issued by another provider) in your area of specialism, e.g. PL-200 for Power Platform.
• Any knowledge or experience of supporting tools and technologies such as Python, JSON, JavaScript, Plumsail or Lists would be a benefit but is not a requirement.
• SharePoint Online - Makes use of PnP PowerShell to create a site schema (columns, content types, Lists, views) and to automate different tasks and creates forms or other user interfaces using custom validation and List controls where appropriate.
• Expertise in controls, screens, collections and variable types, demonstrates some expertise in PowerFX formulas and functions and experience of integrating Power Apps with external services through custom connectors, REST APIs and web services.
• Power Automate - Creates efficient flows by making use of industry best practices, makes effective use of advanced features such as error handling, parallel branches and conditions and knows and uses HTTP connectors, Parse JSON and dynamic expressions.
• To work with Microsoft Teams and the M365 Office suite. There is an opportunity to grow your role into other Microsoft product specialisms such as Power BI, Fabric and Copilot should you choose to, as well as other technologies supported by Mace.
• To be able to clearly articulate the pros and cons of different data capture tools and help colleagues and project teams understand the value of well-structured data.
• Knowledge of Power Platform and other relevant applications up to date by undertaking training and development, independently or as directed.
  
  

You’ll Also Have

• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• A willingness to share knowledge and support the development of others.
• The confidence to ask questions, make suggestions and challenge the status quo.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English) and presentational skills.
• A commitment to working inclusively.
• An aptitude for problem-solving.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Working in a client-facing development role requires a high degree of interaction with colleagues, both from technical and non-technical backgrounds, so the ability to work well with others and maintain open channels of communication is essential.
  
  

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.