Data Engineer

Equans is looking for an Date Engineer to join our team in on a 12 month FTC. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

This role presents a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of Equans UK’s data transformation journey, actively shaping and delivering the company’s ambitious data strategy. As the organisation consolidates its data environment into Palantir Foundry, which is the cornerstone of our enterprise data architecture, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Equans’ capabilities in world-class data analytics, data science, and overall business intelligence.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated data engineer with deep expertise in Palantir Foundry. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with data architects, Palantir Foundry specialists, and cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain this platform. You will also guide the transition from our existing multi-cloud environment, ensuring the successful migration of critical datasets and applications to Palantir Foundry. As we aim to grow the team's expertise in Foundry, your ability to mentor others, share knowledge, and cultivate best practices will be crucial to the success of the data transformation initiative.

To accelerate this transformation, we are building a high-performance, cloud-native data platform based in Palantir Foundry. This platform will integrate our data streams, ensuring that analytics, machine learning, and AI pipelines can operate seamlessly and efficiently. As a member of our agile data team, you will contribute to this effort by designing and developing robust data pipelines, ensuring the integrity of the data, and providing innovative solutions for the evolving needs of Equans.

What will you deliver?

• Develop high-performance data pipelines using Python (Pandas) or Spark within Palantir Foundry, ensuring seamless data transformation and integration to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases across the enterprise.
• Design and implement reusable, scalable, and well-documented data workflows that ingest, transform, and curate data within Palantir Foundry, enabling the business to generate actionable insights and drive strategic decision-making.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on enterprise data within EQUANS, with a deep understanding of how data from core business processes flows through Palantir Foundry and is utilised across the organisation to support end-to-end reporting and analytics.
• Lead workshops with business stakeholders to capture data requirements, translating these into flexible and scalable designs that utilise Palantir Foundry's advanced toolsets to deliver reliable, high-quality data solutions that align with strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate Palantir Foundry’s full potential by showcasing its capabilities to a diverse set of business stakeholders, guiding them in leveraging the platform’s full range of functionality to deliver transformative business outcomes.
• Ensure the availability, performance, and integrity of all data services within Palantir Foundry, continuously monitoring and optimising data processes to meet stringent service level agreements (SLAs) and business requirements.
• Develop and implement robust support and operational models for Palantir Foundry data services, ensuring a proactive approach to issue resolution, incident management, and ongoing maintenance to guarantee uninterrupted service.
• Manage and deploy changes to data workflows, ensuring minimal disruption and downtime, while rigorously adhering to change management protocols and governance standards within the Palantir Foundry environment.
• Collaborate closely with Palantir Foundry experts and consultants to continually enhance the platform's capabilities, staying at the forefront of innovations in data management and governance, while continuously growing your own expertise in Palantir Foundry to support strategic data initiatives at EQUANS UK.

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary, car or car allowance, bonus and benefits package, which includes;

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 2x times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

• This role is part of a newly formed agile team, the role offers a great opportunity for the right candidate to hone their modern data management skills in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Able to work effectively as part of a remote team.
• A great opportunity for a motivated data engineer seeking a new opportunity with a friendly, newly formed data team.
• Able to ensure compliance with data protection and security standards: To comply with data protection regulations and corporate information security requirements, ensuring that all data managed within Palantir Foundry is handled with the highest levels of security and governance.

Who are we?

Equans is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros.  

In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables.

Equans’ 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live.

Equans is a Bouygues group company.

What's next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

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As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. 

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you'll find a welcoming and open workplace where you're supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. 

You'll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, Young Professionals, Veterans and Reservists Network (VaR).

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role.  Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.

The Equans Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to Equans Managers.

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