Senior Data Analyst and SharePoint Developer

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Rail team as a Senior Data Analyst and SharePoint Developer in the Central Rail Systems Alliance (CRSA) and you can build something to be proud of.
CRSA offers the unique opportunity to work with partner organisations across the rail industry. CRSA has been created to make a positive impact on the UK track renewals industry by drawing on the strengths of all alliance partners and collaborative working.
Bringing together knowledge and experience in critical rail infrastructure and track renewals, the alliance deploys innovative working methods to realise efficiencies and create a more reliable railway infrastructure.
What you’ll be doing
This role will function to analyse large/complex datasets to identify trends, patterns and correlations that provide valuable actionable insight in business domains.

The successful candidate will:

• Develop and implement analytical models and algorithms, optimise process and support decision making through tools and ad hoc data story telling;
• Develop Web look Intranet/Extranet Portal Collaboration Intranet Site and Branding on SharePoint 365 platform or using Live Tiles solution;
• Build new landing pages, department templates/pages, newsletter, banner and videos accessible to any device;
• Establish processes and workflows for data collection, storage, retrieval and sharing;
• Perform ad hoc analysis to address specific strategic business questions and challenges;
• Monitor and evaluate KPI and PI structures both for suitability but also monitor performance to identify and highlight areas of improvement;
• Lead change initiatives, continuous improvement projects and develop products to improve Alliance practices, safety & environment monitoring, and supporting the delivery of Key Result Areas (KRAs);
• Have an extensive knowledge of change activities with the tools and techniques implemented in past projects;
• Identify and exploit new innovative processes, techniques, methodologies and equipment for delivery of national programmes maintaining compliance with standards and Network Rail’s safety case and corporate governance;
• Work with the teams and key stakeholders to establish an effective relationships.

Who we’re looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Undergraduate degree in any of the following Computer Science, Statistics and Mathematics, Environmental Sciences or similar;
• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in a SharePoint developer role using SharePoint online/M365 and SharePoint on Premise 2013/2016;
• Strong knowledge of the .Net framework (C#), IIS, Azure Active Directory and SharePoint site configuration;
• Experience in data visualization using BI tools creating drillable dynamic dashboards and on data storytelling and persona led information provision;
• At least 3 years of data analysis experience using Python/R or equivalent;
• Experience of data mining and cleaning approaches;
• Experience in developing statistical models (A/B testing, Regression Models) within a data science framework;
• Experience of SQL for querying relational databases;
• Able to work in a matrix environment with flexibility to perform a range of analytical activities when coordinating with product and business teams;
• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience working as part of a scrum team.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• A proven record in delivering continuous improvement and innovation in the rail industry;
• Knowledge of machine learning approaches and algorithms;
• Some project experience in text analytics and relevant areas (e.g. text classification, topic detection, document information extraction, sentiment analysis, language modelling etc).

Why work for us
Our people are our biggest asset, and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

Some of our key benefits are:

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Pension savings scheme;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc);
• Refer and Earn bonus scheme;
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

About us
Balfour Beatty is a leading Rail infrastructure provider. We work at the heart of the UK’s railway network – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railway that connect communities and underpin growth.
Our expertise covers design and manufacturing, civils, track, reactive maintenance, electrification, signalling, power systems and rail plant.
We have a strong orderbook with and a positive pipeline of opportunities, and we put our customers, rail users, and our people at the heart of everything we do.

Please refer the Job description for details