Data Engineer

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SES Business Water provides water and wastewater services for businesses across England and Scotland. Our customers include major high street retailers, supermarkets, hospitality and leisure, local and national government, NHS, independent schools, manufacturing, food processing and an international airport.

We’re proud to be part of Pennon Group, a leader in the UK water sector, working towards a greener future. Our goals? As well as lowering our carbon footprint, we’re working with partners to plant 300,000 trees, restore peatlands and supporting farmers and landowners to improve water quality and wildlife.

Whether you’re starting out or seeking a new challenge, our scale and ambition create opportunities for you to shape your own career.

Data Engineer

Location: Flexible working arrangement, combining remote working with in-person attendance for team meetings, workshops, and key business initiatives.

About the Role

We're looking for a talented Data Engineer to join our growing Data & Analytics team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and improve our data landscape, delivering solutions that enable better decision-making across the organisation.

As a Data Engineer, you'll design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that transform data into valuable business insights. Working with both structured and semi-structured data, you'll develop reliable, efficient solutions that help teams access the information they need when they need it.

You'll collaborate closely with analytics colleagues and stakeholders across the business, translating requirements into sustainable data engineering solutions that support both current and future needs.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-quality data pipelines
• Working with multiple data sources to unlock insights from complex datasets
• Translating business requirements into robust, sustainable data solutions and architectures
• Collaborating with analytics teams to ensure data products are accurate, reliable, and fit for purpose
• Maintaining and enhancing our existing reporting infrastructure, which currently includes a mixture of Microsoft Access and Azure-based solutions
• Creating clear documentation that makes data structures and processes easy to understand and maintain
• Supporting improvements in data quality, accessibility, governance, and reliability across the organisation

About You

You’ll be passionate about building data solutions that make a real difference and enjoy working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Significant experience working as a Data Engineer (typically around five years or more)
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end data engineering solutions
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured datasets
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience

Desirable Skills and Experience

While not essential, we'd be particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience with:

• Microsoft Azure data services
• Microsoft Access and legacy reporting environments
• Modernising, integrating, or transforming fragmented data and reporting systems

If you don't meet every requirement but believe you could be successful in this role, we'd still love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to shape and improve the organisation's data foundations
• Meaningful projects with visible business impact
• A collaborative and supportive environment where ideas and innovation are encouraged
• Opportunities to learn, develop, and grow within a developing Data & Analytics function

We believe in rewarding our people for their hard work and dedication. As our Data Engineer you'll enjoy:

• Competitive Salary - Based on experience and skills
• Bonus Scheme - Rewarding your performance
• Pension Scheme - Helping you plan for your future
• Healthcare Benefits - Access to employee assistance programs
• Professional Development - Support for career growth with training opportunities
• Employee Discounts - On various products and services
• Generous Annual Leave - Take time to recharge with our holiday entitlement

Closing Date: 18th September 2026

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.

Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness.

Our core values, which are essential to our success, are:

Be Rock Solid - Build trust and be trusted. Be the one we all look to and can depend on.

Be You - We want you to bring your best everyday. Be yourself and make your mark in your individual way.

Be the Future - Embrace change. Drive Progress. Own the challenge.