Data Analytics Engineer (KTP Associate) - Fixed Term for 24 Months

Closing Date: Wednesday 15 February 2023

Interview Date: Thursday 16 March 2023

King and Moffatt Building Services and The School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Birmingham City University (BCU) are looking to appoint a Data Analytics Engineer Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate to work on on a 24-month project.

King and Moffatt Building Services is an award-winning Mechanical & Electrical Contractors (www.kingmoffatt.com). Recently, the company is planning to apply the latest digital technology to transform the business, and improve productivity and performance.

The graduate known as the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate role presents a unique and exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with leading academics at BCU to apply knowledge and technical innovation, delivered on site at the company. The KTP Associate should have a minimum 2.1 University qualification, and graduated within the last five years and hold at least an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject area.

This position forms part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme co-funding by a grant through Innovate UK. It is essential you understand how KTP works with business and the University, and the vital role you will play if you successfully secure this position. KTPs offer a wide range of benefits including access to a £4,000 Personal Development budget to upskill during the project. For more information on KTP please go to https://bcuadvantage.co.uk/innovate/ktp/ 

When invited for interview, candidates should be prepared to explicitly and effectively explain how their skill-set and goals meet with the requirements described for the position.

 Location and Reporting

This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate position will be based at Courtyard One, Coleshill Manor, Birmingham, B46 1DL (or 2 Venture Court, Broadlands, Wolverhampton, WV10 6TB). The Associate will lead on the technical development of the project, supported by academics from BCU’s Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment.

The 24 month project is expected to start within May 2023.

Goal and Objectives

The goal of the successful candidate is to develop a web-based innovative project analytics tool, called DATA-KAM (Data Analytics Tool for King and Moffatt) to building data analytics to improve estimating, and supervision of progress. The KTP will transform the management of operations, improving productivity, performance, margins, and increasing growth through winning more contracts.

Key objectives include:

• Review of the systems in use by K&M.
• Define of requirements for Data Analytics Tool for King and Moffatt (DATA-KAM)
• Data visualisation and dashboards of KPIs.
• Benchmark projects for building data analytics, e.g. to improve estimating, and supervision of progress,
• Extension of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to electronic data interchange (EDI) with suppliers.    

 The skills developed in this project will support K&M to monitor progress on site using data analytics and visualisation. The recruited data analytics engineer is expected to develop their discipline-specific knowledge of information management for building services works. This role is a steppingstone for an enthusiastic candidate to develop a leading role in information management for K&M.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

You should have a good first degree and post-graduate degree in computing, software engineering, or computer science, or a related discipline, excellent programming skills, and great communication skills and experience of successfully working as part of a team. We expect the post holder to have the following technical knowledge and personal skills:

Technical Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 2.1 and ideally Masters degree in Computer Science, Data Science or a related field (e.g., artificial intelligence);
• Demonstrable knowledge of the software development and software engineering, techniques, and statistics used in computational data analytics;
• Demonstrable experience with the following technologies: web development languages and frameworks (i.e. React), SQL, Python, databases or graph databases
• Demonstrable experience in data pre-processing, data analysis and visualisation
• A good understanding of IT systems development and analytics
• Experience in managing data from different sources

  Desirable

• Strong experience in Semantic web technologies and formats (at least: RDF, OWL, SPARQL) for addressing heterogeneous system interoperability
• Experience with Triple Stores (GraphDb, Virtuoso) and/or Property Graphs (Neo4J)
• Practical working experience of the construction industry is preferably including collaborations with development teams
• Business management experience is preferable
• Building information modelling experience is preferable

Personal Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and should be willing to actively and effectively communicate between a range of specialists.
• Effective interpersonal skills to establish good working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and industrial partners will be essential.
• Ability to develop knowledge and skills in research methods and data analysis techniques.
• Willingness to take ownership of the project, developing skills in financial, project management, multidisciplinary working, etc.
• Excellent communication, time management and problem-solving skills and be confident in dealing with clients. Client management means critical and creative thinking capability so they need to be open, friendly and adaptable.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and able to take a proactive role that will successfully deliver the work plan in the proposal.
• Report writing and ability to give presentations at different levels of understanding

Desirable

• Willingness to learn new technologies independently and look for solutions
• Ability to breakdown a substantial assignment into manageable tasks
• Self-critical and pragmatic in resolving problems throughout the project period
• Work independently and report development in regular meetings with project supervisor and academic team

Company outline

Located in a modern £300m city centre campus in the heart of Birmingham, the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Birmingham City University is a thriving, vibrant, and inspiring learning community committed to excellence in research, high quality teaching and impactful industrial engagement.

 King & Moffatt is a growing M&E Contractors who have been in business for over 40 years, operating throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and Mainland Europe, with an annual turnover in the region of €120 million. K&M aims to provide clients with a complete electrical and mechanical service, from design stage to the installation and the ongoing maintenance of their facilities. The company has expertise to aid clients in reducing their energy consumption, carbon footprint and overall operating costs.

For more information on the role please contact Franco Cheung at franco.cheung@bcu.ac.uk or Edlira Vakaj at edlira.vakaj@bcu.ac.uk

Further details:

• Job Description

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