Data Analytics Consultant

Job Description

Mott MacDonald

*****Closing date for applications 10th September COB*****

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit
Client organisations face increasingly complex and interconnected challenges throughout their business, and drivers for change are both wide ranging and influential on each another. This includes the need to maximise investment, pursuing net zero and making the energy transition. Climate resilience, digital transformation, and environmental and social outcomes also command new ways of thinking and working.

Our range of strategic advisory capabilities help executive teams articulate the future state of their enterprise, programme or problem that aligns their people, processes, information, and technology.

Our integrated management consultancy services leverage our rich technical excellence of complex problem solving, proven through the practical delivery of projects and programmes through our asset management, business change, digital and data, and value chain solutions.

Overview of role
The vision for our new Strategic Advisory portfolio is to “Empower lasting industry transformation”. We enable clients to navigate complex challenges by combining industry leading technical domain knowledge, digital innovation and consulting excellence with our network of collaborative partners. Our trusted advice ensures clients not only thrive, but remain agile, resilient, and in step in a volatile world. We remain pragmatic and outcomes-focused in shaping and implementing transformational change that delivers demonstrable social, economic and environmental value.”

Our dynamic and diverse team is not short on ambition. We want our people to have genuinely exciting and fulfilling careers full of equal opportunities for growth, with a real sense of purpose through meaningful work and relationships. All of this is underpinned by a culture of trust and transparency. We deliver our work online as a fully hybrid team, we continue to embrace technology change to support greater flexibility and work-life balance.

What you will contribute to the team
As a Data Analyst within our growing Data Advisory Team, you will help us empower lasting industry transformation. You will be part of our entrepreneurial and growing team which provides industry-leading, award-winning consulting services. We work with our clients helping them to harness opportunities, including digital to tackle their complex challenges. We do this by bringing together the best of our engineering domain knowledge and digital and data know how.

You will be responsible helping our clients explore and use their data. You will deliver these data projects through the stages of obtaining data, cleaning and modelling the data, and presenting the results to stakeholders. You will be a trusted advisor to clients, and will be a key part of building our capability and reputation; you will therefore need to be comfortable managing stakeholders and accessing support from the broader team as needed.

In this role you will:

• deliver data projects for clients through the stages of obtaining data, cleaning and modelling the data, and presenting the results to stakeholders
• be a trusted advisor to clients, and will be a key part of building our capability and reputation; you will therefore need to be comfortable managing stakeholders and accessing support from the broader team as needed
• support the bidding and scoping process for new projects, and may occasionally be asked to support projects outside of your technical expertise, such as supporting data governance, information management, or digital projects
• manage your professional development, ensuring you have competencies in the tools, approaches and skills that will support your clients.

You will also contribute to the development of the team and organisation, for instance by contributing to wider innovation or support projects, attending or contributing to events, or engaging in peer support.

Candidate Specification
Essential Requirements

• A numerate degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Capable of delivering data [analytics] projects from obtaining data through to communicating results, evidenced through direct experience or relevant training
• Good project management skills, enabling the managed delivery of your work as well as the ability to engage constructively with a broader project team
• Experience with PowerBI, or experience with similar tools coupled with a willingness to learn
• A capable analyst with skills in some or all of: data cleansing, statistics, an understanding of modelling techniques, data visualisation
• Good communication skills, including the ability to engage with clients, present results, and connect the data project with the organisation’s overall approach and vision
• A learning and growth mindset, able to manage change and develop new skills as required.

Desirable Requirements

• Proficiency with data science tools such as python, R, git, SQL, and/or cloud platforms
• A creative approach to scoping projects and an ability to recognise opportunities for data projects that deliver value
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, such as membership or chartership with a professional body
• Experience in one or more of transportation, energy, water, defence, buildings, environment, or technology sectors
• Experience in consultancy roles, with skills in some of: working with clients, bid writing, proposal development, building a network, and business development activity
• Experience working with Office 365 and in particular with the power platform stack.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. #LI-NM1

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.