ICT Support Lead (Service Desk & Onsite Support)

Thetford - Permanent - Full Time

Background

R G Carter is a long-established and respected construction business delivering high-quality projects across the UK. We’re proud of our reputation for reliability, professionalism, and long-term relationship and behind the scenes, our ICT function plays a key role in keeping our teams connected, productive, and secure.

With a busy and growing environment, we’re investing in our ICT support service to ensure it remains responsive, well-managed, and focused on continuous improvement.

We are seeking an experienced ICT Support Lead to take ownership of our Service Desk and end user support function. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will:

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the Service Desk
• Co-ordinate and support a small team of technicians
• Act as the escalation point for technical issues
• Provide onsite ICT support
• Work closely with ICT management to deliver ICT projects and service improvements.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare
• Company Vehicle
• A supportive ICT team of 8 people
• A role with real ownership, variety, and the opportunity to improve how ICT support is delivered across the business.

Salary

  • Competitive

Key Responsibilities

  • Service Desk leadership
  • Lead the daily operation of the Service Desk and ensure a high-quality support experience
  • Manage and coordinate the workload of two service desk technicians, ensuring clear priorities and high-quality outcomes
  • Ensure tickets are logged correctly, categorised, and progressed efficiently
  • Act as the escalation point for complex or high-impact issues
  • Develop and maintain support documentation and a knowledge base to improve consistency and reduce repeat issues

  • Onsite support
  • Provide hands-on onsite ICT support including deskside troubleshooting, device setup, meeting room support, and user assistance
  • Support and maintain laptops, desktops, printers, mobile devices and peripherals
  • Assist with onboarding and offboarding, including account setup, device provisioning, and access management
  • Maintain accurate asset records and support lifecycle management of equipment

  • Project & improvement work
  • Support ICT management with ICT projects, including rollouts, upgrades, migrations, and improvements
  • Identify recurring support issues and implement practical long-term solutions
  • Liaise with third-party suppliers and support partners when required
  • Help promote good cyber security behaviours and ensure ICT policies and best practices are followed

Key Skills & Knowledge

  • Essential
  • Proven experience in an ICT support environment, with responsibility for coordinating service desk activity
  • Strong technical skills across end user support (1st/2nd line)
  • Confident troubleshooting across Windows and Microsoft 365
  • Experience working in a hybrid environment (cloud + onsite services)
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities, escalations, and competing demands
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills, supporting users at all levels
  • Experience using a service desk / ticketing platform
  • Desirable
  • ITIL qualification or practical ITIL knowledge
  • Experience supporting multi-site or fast-paced environments
  • Endpoint management experience (e.g. Intune or similar)
  • Experience supporting ICT projects and service improvement work

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