BI Visualisation Developer

Thames Water; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company in Swindon seeks a BI Visualisation Developer to create and maintain reporting solutions using Power BI and Azure. The role involves stakeholder engagement, project delivery, and training documentation. Candidates should have extensive experience in Power BI and Agile environments. This role follows a hybrid work pattern with the opportunity to support vital operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience designing Power BI solutions.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong background in stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to build effective Power BI solutions.
• Maintain and enhance reporting artefacts.
• Act as administrator for Power BI capacities.

Skills

Power BI

Azure Data Factory

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Tools

SQL

DevOps tools

Job description

Overview

As a BI Visualisation Developer, you will join our Data Team within the BI division to create and maintain reporting solutions that help deliver actionable insights and support Thames Water’s strategic goals. Your expertise in Power BI and the Azure data stack will be key to driving continuous improvement across the organisation. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to gather requirements, develop and test BI solutions, and support end users through documentation and training.

What you’ll be doing as a BI Visualisation Developer

• Collaborate and Create: Work with stakeholders across all levels to build effective Power BI solutions that meet business requirements and bring the product owner’s vision to life.
• Maintain Excellence: Maintain and enhance a range of reporting artefacts, ensuring performance and accuracy. Act as administrator across all Power BI workspaces.
• Resolve and Support: Act as the administrator for Power BI capacities at Thames Water, including monitoring capacities, managing incidents across the tenant, and providing support to resolve reporting issues.
• Meet and Exceed: Plan and lead the delivery of reporting projects within the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), ensuring requirements are fully understood and met.
• Communicate Effectively: Translate technical concepts for non-technical users and ensure delivery expectations are aligned across all teams.
• Promote Adoption: Prepare training documentation and lead sessions to drive engagement and usage of BI tools, helping business users adopt data-driven practices.

Base Location: Walnut Court, Swindon – Hybrid (1-2 days a week in the office)

Working Pattern: Full Time / 36 hours per week

What you should bring to the role

Essential Experience:

• Extensive hands-on experience designing Power BI solutions that drive business adoption and prompt actionable insights.
• Experience working in Agile environments with a focus on delivering continuous improvements.
• A strong background in stakeholder engagement, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to gather, analyse, and document data requirements, identifying gaps and proposing practical solutions.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, balancing BAU support with the delivery of new reporting solutions.
• Experience administering Power BI capacities and managing incident resolution within a Power BI tenant.

Essential Technical Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficiency working within the Azure stack, including Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, and SQL.
• Expertise in designing intuitive and visually compelling Power BI dashboards and reports.
• Comfortable using DevOps tools to manage and deploy tasks in an Agile setting.

Desirable Experience:

• Familiarity with enterprise-scale data platforms and data governance practices.

What’s in it for you?

• Day Pay rate: up to £450
• Length of assignment: 26 weeks
• IR35 determination: Inside
• Location: Clearwater Court
• Required Start date: ASAP

Please note you will be on assignment at Thames Water via Pertemps

Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.

The overarching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may c lose the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.