Careers - Neos Networks

Careers

Join a culture that is professional, fun and thrives on the success of individuals. We actively encourage our people to develop their skills and achieve their career goals.

450+
employees
20+ years
of industry experience
4 sites
nationwide

The people of Neos Networks

Amanda Alexander
Internal Communications Manager

Amanda heads up our Internal Communications team, having joined us from SSE where she carried out a similar role for six years.

During her time in the role, Amanda has helped launch our new brand and values, has played a key part in our separation and transformation programme and has improved our internal comms and platforms substantially.

Josh Newman
Business Change Manager

Josh started his career at SSE, where he spent over seven years working within continuous improvement and digital roles in the retail division of the business.

He joined Neos Networks as a Business Change Manager in 2019, where he played a vital role in the separation and transformation programme and continues to deliver IT, people and cultural change across the business.

Clayton Tudor
Head of Network Operations

Clayton has been embedded within Neos Networks, and prior to this SSE, for a tenure of 30+ years. He started his journey as an Electrical Technician before working his way up, through various engineer-based roles to head of network operations which he has carried out for almost a decade.

His role today involves leading our 24/7 network operation centre, responsible for the build and support of our network and customer services.

Leon Hobson
Fibre Optic Network Designer

Leon started his career at Southern Water where he spent over eight years focused on their geographical information systems, showing telecoms networks against a map background.

Having joined Neos Networks as a Fibre Optic Network Designer in 2014, Leon now helps to design new routes across our 34,000km fibre network as well as actively supporting the growth and development of our national reach.

Poppy Mastrangelo
Marketing Campaign Manager

Poppy forms part of our marketing team, having started her time at Neos Networks as a Marketing Executive and since progressing to Junior Campaign Manager and more recently, Wholesale Campaign Manager where she builds, develops and executes campaigns for our service provider community.

Prior to joining us, Poppy started her career journey at SSE in an apprenticeship, where she worked with multiple different departments, allowing her to gain a deep set knowledge of the business.

Darron Christopher
Chief Network Architect

Prior to joining us in 2020, Darron has held senior telecom leadership roles across operations, engineering and architecture for the past 20 years. During this time, he has lead teams that have delivered European wide back bone networks, B2B and B2C core networks in the UK, the merger of NTL & Telewest Networks, data centre, and access network transformation.

Today, Darron leads the Orchestration and Product Architecture teams, and has recently implemented the Blue Planet Orchestration and Inventory solution amongst other things.

Georgina Pagden
Product Business Manager

Georgina initially started at Neos Networks as a contractor in 2019, and then joined on a permanent basis in 2020 as Product Business Manager. She is responsible for managing business outcomes for product, be that commercial, financial or delivery commitments.

Georgina leads her team’s communications vision across our stakeholder community and ensure colleagues have access to product knowledge and education, so that everyone feels empowered.

Paula Tofield
HR Manager

Paula has been embedded in Neos Networks since 2021. Her role is HR Manager, and prior to joining us she worked as a HR Manager in SSE to develop a diverse and engaged workforce.

She works with managers across our business to educate them on the HR priorities and help align their people strategy. In addition, she coaches and supports managers on all aspects of the employee lifecycle including resourcing and reward, organisational design, performance management and talent.

Craig Radcliffe
Business Assurance Controller

Craig joined Neos Networks in 2017 in our NOC Support Team and shortly thereafter was seconded to be a Voice Technician, before transitioning back to our NOC as an engineer.

During this time he became heavily involved in documentation and auditing and so in April this year he joined our Business Assurance Team, where he is responsible for management of multiple frameworks, internal and external audits and ensuring adherence to five ISO standards.

Vicky Bori
HR Director

With an impressive HR background, Vicky joined us as HR Director in 2019. She is responsible for creating and delivering our people strategy, by introducing an ambitious and enviable culture that promotes growth and determination which will help the company achieve its goals.

Before Neos Networks, Vicky worked at Timico and at Alternative Networks Plc as HR Director.

Kirstin Llewellyn
Personal Assistant

Kirstin stated her career at Neos Networks in 2020 as a Personal Assistant, after working as a Pastoral Tutor in various schools.

She supports Sarah Mills, Chief Revenue Officer, dealing with emails, calendar, travel arrangements, meetings and more. She also helps Sarah’s teams with any queries or requests they may have.

Sam Gyles
Junior Tier 3 Network Engineer

Sam joined Neos Networks in 2019 as a NOC Technical Support Analyst, dealing with customer faults and ticket management.

He has since progressed to Junior tier 3 network engineer and now spends his time configuring new services onto our network and supporting the maintenance of our networks.

Jack Bennison
FP&A Manager

Jack joined us in 2018 having previously worked in the food and beverage industry in credit control.

On joining us, Jack started in an entry level role as an Accounts Analyst. In 2020 he became CIMA qualified (with support from Neos Networks) and was promoted initially in to an accountant role and thereafter in to an FP&A manager position within commercial finance.

His role today centres around financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, amongst other things.

Diane Hill
Director of Infrastructure Delivery & Cost Transformation Programme

Joining us in 2018, Diane is the Director of Infrastructure Delivery and Cost Transformation Programme, having previously worked at SSE as the Infrastructure Projects and Programme Manager.

Diane and her team are responsible for successful delivery of all Neos Networks Infrastructure Projects & Programmes. She also works to Protect the Business by working to keep the network in good working order by managing projects to replace obsolete, end of life equipment as the network is upgraded.

Praise Moloseni
Graduate Commercial Analyst

Praise started his career in the Healthcare Sector as an M&A analyst, before moving to Neos Networks in 2021 as a Graduate Commercial Analyst.

His role involves providing financial modelling support on commercial business and investment cases and engaging in FP&A and process improvement workstreams within the broader finance function.

Life at Neos Networks

At Neos Networks our greatest asset is our people. As a Living Wage employer, we strive to provide our employees with a fair and collaborative workplace where they can thrive.

We put our people at the centre of everything we do. That’s why we offer an attractive benefits package as well as development opportunities to really allow our people to prosper.

Ready to start your journey with us, download our candidate journey for an overview of the recruitment process.

Our culture

At Neos Networks our employees are connected through their shared goals and collaborative working. We’re passionate about delivering a great customer and colleague experience, where your ideas matter.

We’re ambitious with a culture centred around empowerment and flexibility. There are opportunities to shape your career and grow. In return, we look for you to share your enthusiasm and expertise.

Benefits our employees love

Flexible working

We offer flexible working to get the balance right between career and home-life, whether that be through hybrid working, varying hours or buying up to ten days additional holiday per annum.

Annual leave and your birthday off

We provide all employees with 26 days of annual leave as standard, plus public bank holidays. And as an extra incentive, we offer your birthday off too.

Annual bonus

We incentivise you to meet your goals and objectives, by rewarding your hard work and dedication through our annual discretionary bonus plan.

Pension

We match your pension contribution up to 6%. After five and ten years of continuous service we’ll pay an additional 3%. We also offer a 4x salary life assurance, giving your family a level of financial security and peace of mind.

Volunteering days

We're keen that our people give back. That's why we offer two paid volunteering days per year, that can be used to help charities or your local community.

Supporting you, every day

Access discounted gym membership, opt for private healthcare for yourself, you and a partner or the whole family. Get moving with our Cycle2Work scheme, give tax free to charity or take advantage of a season ticket or technology loan.

LinkedIn Learning

You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning as part of our initiative to provide exciting, blended learning opportunities, so you can refine or develop your professional skills and feel encouraged to develop your career with us.

Employee assistance programme and Nuffield Health

Free professional, independent and impartial information, support and counselling to help with life’s ups and downs. If you’re unwell we partner with Nuffield Health to help you to return to health quicker.

Employee discounts

Save money on your shopping, we offer a wide range of extensive discounts across many retailers of well-known companies and brands, online and in store.

Supporting sustainable practices

Now, more than ever, its imperative that we show our commitment to embedding more sustainable practices into our business. And this journey starts with our people.

We believe it's crucial that we implement positive change across our business, by being a truly inclusive company, ensuring our staffs safety and wellbeing and enabling stakeholder engagement and involvement in our communities.

We can build a better future, together.

 

Recruitment agencies disclaimer

Neos Networks does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed and will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances.

In the event that speculative CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Neos Networks reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question.

This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers for permanent or contractor roles.

If you’re interested in becoming one of our preferred recruitment suppliers in the future, please contact careers@neosnetworks.com

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