Job Description

Data Engineer

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London (UK)

Description

The acquisition, development, construction, and operation of Cubico\'s renewable energy assets, together with the associated business processes, create a diverse mix of data with significant potential for procedural efficiency gains and value add through data analytics and automation.

As a Data Engineer you would support the business to advance its maturity level in relation to data management and help prepare Cubico to face the challenges of the future.

You will be a part of small team that is responsible for delivering Cubico\'s Data Strategy: to build data capabilities of teams across Cubico and to apply these capabilities to better achieve their business objectives. Your role will require interaction with colleagues across all regions, departments and seniority levels in Cubico. You will support the identification and realisation of opportunities to use data, analytics, and automation wherever they align with Cubico\'s business strategies.

Cubico is in the early stages of a journey towards data maturity. By joining the team at this early stage, you have a unique opportunity to help shape and establish the role of data and related processes throughout Cubico. Further to this, by working across business functions you will have a unique opportunity to learn how an independent energy producer functions. This role will also provide an opportunity to travel internationally to visit various Cubico offices/renewable energy assets all over the globe.

The role is based in London, UK, and will report to the Data Manager in a two-person central team which is expected to grow in the future.

Key Responsibilities

Day to day, you will work closely with the Data Manager while also consulting, collaborating, and enabling various teams across Cubico to streamline business processes and arrive at better business decisions using data and analytics. You will drive projects but also contribute to a change in culture around data.

Other responsibilities include:

• Data Opportunities: Actively recognize and act on data opportunities that can benefit Cubico.
• Data Flow Management: Design, monitor, and automate Cubico\'s data processes ensuring consistency and accuracy.
• Strategy Implementation: Regularly refine and apply data management strategies and procedures to keep up with the evolving business needs.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Address and rectify any issues within the data flows, bringing innovative solutions to the table when necessary.
• Project Management: Take the lead on small projects, guiding others through the data problem-solving process from beginning to end.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Engage directly with both internal and external stakeholders, guaranteeing that our data systems are populated reliably.
• Reporting: Aid in the creation of data reports and visualizations to provide insights and clarity to stakeholders.
• System Integration: Oversee and implement integrations with applications, including, but not limited to, APIs.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Competencies:

• Strong communicator with an ability to build strong relationship with people across reporting boundaries and departments and to translate complex problems clearly and in nontechnical terms.
• Collaborative and adept at working in cross-functional teams to identify and prioritise data-related needs
• Driven and able to take initiative while contributing to the ongoing development of our data strategy and envision how data can help Cubico teams achieve their outcomes
• An understanding of how tools such as Python/ Power BI or Azure (or AWS) can help teams build capabilities and achieve business outcomes.

Technical Capabilities:

• Experience in data management and analysis and maintaining data management systems.
• Experience with tools such as: Excel, Power BI and Power Automate
• Data visualisation skills (tools such as Tableau and Power BI)
• Experience in programming languages and tools such as Python, SQL and Git.
• Experience building Data Pipelines preferably through Azure or AWS would be advantageous
• Experience in the management of operational data, preferably from renewable energy assets, e.g., Primary/secondary SCADA data, systems, and analysis an advantage.
• Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer, Data Science, Data Engineering, or related field.
• Keen interest in demonstrating the value of data and use cases to the wider business
• An interest in learning DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD is also advantageous.

Behavioural Competencies:

The ideal profile of an individual in this role is open and outward-looking, self-motivated, with well-rounded interpersonal skills and adept at working in different cultures.

You know how to use data and analytics effectively, are collaborative, inclusive, and passionate about making great products and services that make people\'s lifes easier.

A role in the data team often involves identifying problems and finding solutions using data, so being proactive and innovative is important. More than that you get excited to learn new skills while solving very different problems in each project.

Benefits

This is a great opportunity to work with an ambitious and fast-growing global company supporting the clean energy transition across several countries in a multicultural and fun team.

This role offers competitive salary subject to skills and experience, along with our comprehensive benefits package as follows:

• Additional bonus incentive
• Hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave
• Private health insurance
• Time off for life\'s special events
• Regular social events
• And more

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