Assistant Digital Developer

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The project: The role is for a BI developer specialising in the Microsoft technology stack. It is a client-facing role supporting fee-earning projects and programmes.

Mace is a forward-thinking construction consultancy that can offer you the opportunity to contribute to some of the nation’s largest and most exciting construction projects across a range of industries and sectors, including transport, healthcare, education, government and nuclear.

Our growing digital centre of excellence team is responsible for enabling and enhancing project delivery through the development of digital tools, processes and reports that enable data-driven decision making.

As part of your role, you will interface with the Mace project team and occasionally stakeholders from other organisations, if working on a joint venture project or directly for a client. You will be part of the digital centre of excellence community, sharing knowledge and experience with other BI and data professionals. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners and further develop your technical skill set.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel
  
  

You will be expected to work with Microsoft’s ‘low code’ Power Platform suite, principally with Power BI, as well as SharePoint, Teams and the M365 Office suite. There is an opportunity to grow your role into other Power Platform applications such as Power Apps, Power Automate and Fabric should you choose to.

Any knowledge or experience of supporting BI and data analytics software and languages such as Python, JSON, R, JavaScript, SQL, etc. would be a benefit but is not a requirement.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• As an assistant Power BI developer, you will generally work under the direction of a senior colleague, although you may work independently on short-term, low complexity projects.
• You will contribute to the delivery of the overall solution by collaborating with others and/or being responsible for a specific area of delivery.
• The principal responsibility of the role is to contribute to the development of digital tools, processes and outputs, including interactive Power BI reports, that support the wider project team and enable better delivery of projects for our clients.
• You will be expected to adhere to a structured development lifecycle that includes requirements definition, design, development and testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, handover and post-implementation support.
• You may contribute to requirements definition, documentation and training materials as part of a wider team, so effective communication skills are a must.
• You will be expected to attend all training and other sessions organised by the centre of excellence, as well as keeping your knowledge of Power BI up to date through self-directed learning.
  
  

You’ll Need To Have

• Demonstrates understanding of effective visual layering, selecting the right visuals for the type of information displayed.
• Makes use of organisational features such as layout, headers and tooltips to convey context.
• Applies the fundamentals of data transformation (such as cleaning and structuring data for reporting), through the use of power query or methods outside of the BI tech stack, such as Python.
• Creates basic DAX measures to support report use cases.
• Able to articulate where to use calculated measures vs query calculations or calculating at source.
• Understands star schema design and its benefits.
• Able to link two related tables in a data model using an ID or key field.
• Knowledge of good data structure and development processes
• Awareness of data security and role-based permissions
• Understanding of techniques for analysis and visualisation of information, e.g. though charts, reports and dashboards
• Understanding of working in a consultancy environment and management of stakeholders including clients, project managers and data owners.
  
  

You’ll Also Have

• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• A willingness to share knowledge and support the development of others.
• The confidence to ask questions, make suggestions and challenge the status quo.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English) and presentational skills.
• A commitment to working inclusively.
• An aptitude for problem-solving.
• Good interpersonal skills.
  
  

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.