BI Engineer in Chester House, Epsom Ave, Handforth, Cheadle, Greater Manchester, SK9 3DF

Are you ready to make a significant impact by transforming data into actionable insights at Pets at Home? We're on the lookout for a talented Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer to drive the adoption of our BI environment and contribute to our commitment to providing excellent pet care services.

About the Role

We’re seeking a talented BI Engineer to play a crucial role in shaping our data landscape and enhancing decision-making processes. If you're a creative problem-solver with expertise in BI platforms, and a knack for delivering insightful dashboards, we want to hear from you!

As a BI Engineer, you will take the raw data that lands in our data lake and work to clean, refine and categorise it so that colleagues can then utilise it. You’ll work within our Data Platform team and on a hybrid basis from our Support Office in Handforth (Cheshire).

Key responsibilities will include;

• Driving BI Adoption: Leading the development of cutting-edge dashboards and MI to elevate our Business Intelligence environment
• End-to-End Collaboration: Guiding business colleagues from requirements capture to build, test and delivery phases
• Designing and Developing: Defining, designing and maintaining high-performance BI applications and data pipelines, ensuring data quality standards are met
• Evangelising Data Capabilities: Promoting our data platform across departments, bringing in relevant data and contributing to future data-product solutions
• Documentation: Maintaining clear and concise technical documentation to facilitate easy understanding and usage of our data platform
• Maintenance and Support: Providing ongoing support for existing reporting dashboards, BI products and data pipelines
• Analytics and Growth: Actively contributing to data analytics and driving improvements through the adoption of new techniques
• Efficient Design Principles: Applying efficient design and development principles to transform and load data for MI production
• Collaborative Design: Working closely with business stakeholders to design BI layouts that deliver relevant, clear and succinct insights
• Knowledge Sharing: Extending and sharing expertise within the team, contributing to product innovation
• Support: Providing 2nd line support and assisting 1st line support colleagues as required

About you

Experience/Knowledge;

• Advanced knowledge of coding syntax and query languages (e.g., SQL).
• Proficiency in BI platforms and tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Business Objects, Looker, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow
• Strong knowledge of data warehouse design and best practices
• Familiarity with version control and CICD/DevOps processes
• experience designing optimal dashboards and/or data models
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, R, C#, Java (Desirable)
• Mentoring and training experience (Desirable)
• Project leadership experience (Desirable)

Personal Characteristics;

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a detail-oriented mindset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to collaborate effectively with functional experts
• Exceptional verbal and written communication
• Adaptability to new technologies and technical challenges
• Focus on high-quality, reliable and fault-tolerant software/systems
• Commitment to creating simple solutions using the right tools

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and collaborative environment, apply now to be a part of Pets at Home's BI team! Your expertise will drive the future of our data landscape and contribute to solving real business problems.

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

About our purpose

Far more than a retailer, Pets at Home is the UK’s leading pet care specialist, fulfilling every possible pet and owner need, from food and accessories to grooming and vet services. Since 1991, we’ve been building a business around pets and their owners and we’ve set our sights on becoming the best pet care business in the world. Join us now and you can be part of that journey, developing your future as we develop ours. This is a place where you can take pride and passion in your work within an inspiring, professional team that’s focused on supporting pets and their owners to live happier lives together.

We’re driven by the wellbeing of pets and we make sure we look after our people too. We depend on your commitment and innovation, and reward it with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Together we’ll create the future of pet care.