Data Engineer

Data Engineer – Remote / Flexible working 
12 Month Fixed Term Contract 

Job Title: Data Engineer

Contract: 12 month FTC

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, part time hours may be considered 

Salary: £43,421 – £46,464 

Location: Kelvedon Park, Service HQ – Hybrid Working 

Closing Date: 7th April 2024 
 
The Role  

We are committed about getting the right people into our team to ensure that we actively contribute to delivering our Service Priorities. This role does not require you to be in the office 5 days a week, although you can if you want to. We are open to flexible working patterns to ensure that the job fits into your life. 
 
Do you have a passion for data? An opportunity has arisen for a Data Engineer to work as part of Performance and Analytics team within Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.  

Working with our Azure environment to deliver accurate, timely and purposeful data models that enables our colleagues to make data and evidence driven decisions, targeting their activities to those areas of our communities most at risk to harm.  

The role involves various aspects of Data Engineering including creating data models, data warehousing, ingestion, ELT/ETL, ad hoc reporting and re-evaluation of work packages.  You will need strong communication skills and be able to produce clear and legible documentation and code that is logical and reusable. Experience of using of being a Data Engineer is essential. Must be flexible to use multiple technologies and coding languages. 

This is highly rewarding as well as challenging work. Through this recruitment process we will appoint someone who can bring their individual skills and experience to be part of a collaborative and dynamic team. 

How to apply  

You are required to submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 1000 words detailing how you meet the following essential criteria. 

Previous experience in a senior analyst/Data Engineer role with evidence of managing analysis/engineering data and projects. 

Experience of managing changing priorities and situations.

Expert level of interpersonal and negotiation skills, able to communicate professionally and tactfully to build constructive relationships. 

Advanced proficiency presenting to senior audiences of varying technical understanding. 

Please ensure you have uploaded the supporting statement and your CV before clicking Apply.
 
Assessment and selection 
The assessment and selection approach will be: 
 
Stage 1

Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the person specification).  
 
Stage 2  
 
Role specific interview.  
 
Should you wish to have an informal discussion about this role, please email Lucy.Clayton@essex-fire.gov.uk  

Our Culture and Benefits 
 
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.  
 
You can find out more about our benefits at https://join.essex-fire.gov.uk/jobs/benefits/ 
 
Disability Confident 
We are an equal opportunities, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit. 

As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.  

Our employee forums and partners include:  

Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighters operational group.  

Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.  

Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk  

You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk 
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies, application processes and benefits via https://join.essex-fire.gov.uk   
Safeguarding 
 
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. 

It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service. 
 
You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults. 
 
The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying. 

This role maybe subject to a standard/enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. 

Applicants require the right to work in the UK and ECFRS do not sponsor work VISAS.