The Vacancy

The Enterprise Applications Team are looked for a skilled Data Engineer to join their team, based in Coventry.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the development of MTC’s BI Hub and data infrastructure
• Support requirements gathering, problem solving, data modelling, design, creation, testing and user/colleague guidance for already established BI hub and MTC’s data infrastructure.
• Main focus is on creating and maintaining data models, data pipelines, data processing and data integration in order to enable Application Owners to create PowerBI reports. All of the aforementioned are based within Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
• Support and further develop an established business intelligence data infrastructure.

Person Specification

• Work in a structured and organised manner, ensuring prioritisation and clearly recording activity and progress.
• Resilient to outside pressures and ability to maintain focus.
• Great team player aiming to add value and skills to the team as a whole.
• Ensure a positive support experience for end Users.
• Development of great relationship and trust with colleagues by exhibiting professional attitude and a welcoming approach to understanding customers’ challenges
• Identify and understand when and who to escalate challenges to.

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• Broad knowledge and working experience of various Microsoft Business Intelligence related applications and tools at multiple levels, more specifically: Fabric, Data lakes (BYDL 2.0), Synapse, Data Factory, DevOps (data pipelines), Purview, CDM Utility, Event Grid, Serverless SQL pools, Dedicated SQL pools, PowerBI (admin, apps, pipelines).
• Skill set to communicate effectively at different levels – from individual users and managers to companywide communications.
• Knowledge of D365 Finance, Project Operations, Sales, Customer Insights available and custom entities, data structures – preferred.
• Ability to create, review, feedback on and manage high quality functional documentation. Business analysis skills, ensuring knowledge retention within Enterprise Applications department.
• Able to liaise with 3rd parties and implement required changes.
• ITIL qualification would be desirable at foundation level

About The MTC

For more information, please see the job description attached.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC’s engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC’s engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.