Data Engineer

at  Surrey County Council

Job Introduction This role has a starting salary of £35,730 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Data Engineer within Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. The team is based in Woodhatch, Reigate but we promote agile working as a team, and we split our time between working from home and working in the office or other council premises. We offer compressed hours and the ability to use flexi hours for this role.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days’ holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service.
• Buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• Up to 5 days of carer’s leave per year
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) supporting health and wellbeing
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave

About the Role The team focuses on gathering intelligence, forming insights and presenting data concerning the highest risk premises, sites and most vulnerable people in Surrey. The information is collected within a bespoke database (Prevent + Protect (P+P) from Infographics) and is provided in user friendly formats. This includes to operational firefighters during incidents on Mobile Data Terminals and using Tableau for trend and performance reporting.
As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for development and maintenance of the P+P system (based on a SQL database) used by the organisation to collect, manage and convert prevention, protection and firefighter risk information. The role will involve data quality management and processing to ensure the data is valid and in accessible formats. You will also build and implement data flows to connect operational systems, and re-engineer manual data flows to enable scalable and repeatable use.

Shortlisting Criteria To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Experience of working with complex multistage information transformation processes
• Problem solving in interlinked systems
• Understanding and experience with SQL
• Understanding of data stewardship
• Organisation and ability to meet deadlines

Contact Us Please contact us for any questions relating to role requirements, flexible working requests, transferable skills or barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Matt Hesketh by e-mail at matthew.hesketh@surreycc.gov.uk.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 29/10/2024 with interviews planned for 07/11/2024.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
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Our CommitmentSurrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups

Please refer the Job description for details