Data Analyst Apprentice

QA Limited
Livingston
3 weeks ago
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Employer description: 
Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider with a workforce of over 4,000 employees operating from sites across the UK. The business is part of the wider Bilfinger group, who are Europe’s largest industrial services provider and have around 30000 employees who are located across four key international business units in Europe, North America and the Middle East.

They have extensive experience in onshore and offshore facilities, specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning. They are now looking for a data analyst apprentice to join their team.

Overview:
As a data analyst apprentice you will be responsible for analysing, reviewing and understanding data across the HSE, scheduling, procurement, commercial and supervision departments to monitor and review our performance on the contract, liaising with the relevant people to help deliver improvements where necessary to provide insights that drive business decisions

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with various departments to understand their data needs and provide data-driven solutions. 
  • Collect, process, and analyse large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights. 
  • Reviewing performance and productivity for each department (scaffolding, insulation, painting), to ensure scope changes, delays, etc are being highlighted by the relevant supervisors, and identifying contract norms that may require review.
  • Generate data models, reports and PowerBI dashboards / visualisations to communicate findings to relevant team members. 
  • Monitoring the weekly schedule to check the accuracy against actual works executed in the period. 
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of data-driven initiatives and provide recommendations for improvement. 
  • Work daily with tools including Excel, PowerBI, SAP, MPower, Synergi and occasionally Word & Powerpoint. 

Desirable skills: 

  • Good attention to detail
  • Good problem-solving skills and a flexible approach to work
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to be self-motivate for planning and executing tasks and projects.

Having some experience or knowledge of tools such as MS Excel, Power BI, etc. would be beneficial.

Salary:£19,000 per annum.

Working week:38hrs a week. From Monday - Friday, 7:45am till 4pm.

Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays
  • Access to private healthcare & dental care
  • Company employee benefit scheme such as discounts across multiple sectors including retail & entertainment etc.
  • Company pension scheme

Future prospects:
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after successfully completing their apprenticeship: this is 20% higher than the national average.

Important information:
This vocational apprenticeship comprehensively supports your specific job role with this particular employer. Throughout your learning journey, you are fully supported by your dedicated QA skills coach and your mentor at work. They ensure you settle in, help you develop all the skills you need to be successful in your job role and pass your assessments, and can provide one to one support.
Starting with insights into your current potential, they plan your growth in a programmatic way, close skills gaps with immersive training and ensure what you learn is applicable to what you do. They talk you through the specifics on the qualifications you gain and how they align in particular to your day to day role.

On completion, as well as the valuable work experience you have gained, you get a nationally recognised qualification atSCQF Level 8.  
If you are interested in starting your career and receiving a work based qualification at the same time,APPLY NOW!

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