Data Engineering Manager

Data Engineering Manager

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: £70-80k (DOE)

Perks & Benefits: Competitive pension scheme – Enhanced maternity/paternity pay – Life assurance – HolidayPlus – Cycle2work Scheme & more

Reference: REQ4468

We are looking for….

The Data Engineering Manager has responsibility for implementing and running the Data Engineering and Data Ops functions within SGN. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to lead a forward thinking Data Team and collaborate with the wider business to fuel the achievement of our business objectives.

We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses across the community. Whether you’re supporting from the office or working on the front line, every role plays a part.

How you’ll support us on our mission to keep people safe and warm…

• Own the data engineering strategy and roadmap in order to maximise long term business value.
• Ensure that the demand for Data Engineering is prioritised and planned, and is delivered to time, budget and of the highest quality.
• Ensure that 3rd line support, technology upgrades and introduction of new technology is prioritised and delivered to agreed timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to the team and wider SGN on data engineering problems and solutions.
• Design and architect scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform and load data in in order for SGN to extract the most value from its asset.
• Manage and optimise the platforms used including infrastructure, upgrades and connectivity.
• Recruit, develop and manage a high performing Data Engineering team, both permanent and third party resource.
• Ensure that the team has defined Service Definitions, SLAs and performance expectations and delivers against those.
• Be a champion of data and analytics in SGN and provide positive leadership within the Analytics and Insight team.
• Keep up to date with trends and best practice and evaluate new data technologies and tools to improve our data infrastructure and capability.
• Control the budget for the data related activities and projects within the overall Analytics Budgets.
• Ensure that appropriate 3rd party commercial arrangements are put in place including the selection of preferred suppliers, commercial arrangements and commissioning of Statements of Works.
• Work with stakeholders across different functions to understand data needs and align data engineering initiatives with business goals.
• Understand SGN’s business and data to ensure that initiatives support business goals and derive value.

What you’ll need

We’re looking for a blend of skills and attributes that make you a great fit for this role. If you don’t tick every box, don’t worry – we provide tailored learning and development programs to help you grow and succeed with us.

• Degree or a higher-level qualification in a Data associated discipline and/or the equivalent experience working in high performing Data engineering and Analytics functions.
• Demonstrable leadership experience including managing Data, Environment and Release Delivery teams, resource and cost management.
• Expert in Data Engineering and Environment management, preferably in AWS, with good experience of automated tools.
• Proven expertise in data engineering tools and technologies including a strong knowledge of SQL & Python.
• Experience of working on data science and machine learning projects.
• Experience of working within a Data Ops or Dev Ops environment and within Software Development Life Cycle

This role requires someone who can evidence that they are:

• Good at developing teams and managing for high performance.
• Able to coach and motivate teams to deliver results under pressure and with conflicting demands.
• Good at challenging and support their teams on self -development and keeping up to date with technology.
• Attention to detail.
• Fair, impartial and trustworthy.
• Inquisitive, curious about new techniques, processes and approaches.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to work with stakeholders across business areas.
• Positive leader with a growth mindset who shares ambition to create a high performing data function.
• Strong decision making and problem-solving capabilities.
• Understand business objectives and able to manage the tension between priorities and resource.

Why SGN?

SGN is at the forefront of pioneering research and development in the journey toward a net-zero energy system. Our cutting-edge technologies and innovative thinking are driving change in the gas industry, all while keeping people safe and warm. Join us in making a real difference—today and for the future.