GRADUATE DATA ENGINEER

LOCATION: Chorley (Working from Home / Hybrid)

SALARY: £26,000

ABOUT US

Parkwood Leisure was established over 20 years ago and is now one of the UK's leading operators of publicly owned leisure facilities. We’re a company that’s proud to deliver a first-class service to each of the facilities we manage and is committed to working with local communities to make a difference and provide a healthier and happier lifestyle to the communities we serve.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The role will work with staff across the organisation to ensure that our various sources of performance data are turned into valuable insight to help shape our business decisions. This will involve analysing our data to help drive our continuous improvement ambitions.

• Assist the development of a data-centric culture within Parkwood Leisure.

• Drive Parkwood Leisure's continuous improvement programme, using data to identify areas for systematic and controlled enhancement.

• Assist in the maintenance and development of data models to ensure clear insights for business strategy.

• Support the IT team in maintaining a 'single customer view' by helping to integrate and clean various data sources.

• Conduct data analysis on available datasets and produce detailed reports to support business decision-making.

• Help identify and troubleshoot systems or processes that negatively impact data collection and quality.

• Work towards automating manual reporting processes using data engineering tools and scripting (replacing manual ad-hoc reporting).

• Assist in translating business processes into technical logic to support continuous improvement programs.

• Contribute to the team's technical roadmap by researching and testing new tools or foundational AI concepts under guidance.

• Participate in code reviews and adopt development frameworks to ensure analytic consistency.

• Monitor existing data solutions and provide regular helpdesk support to ensure reliability.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent problem solver – demonstrable experience of developing solutions to resolve business challenges.

• Demonstrate successful interactions with business and technical stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of SQL for querying large databases (e.g., MySQL, BigQuery) and ETL principles.

• Experience manipulating datasets using SQL or Python.

• Utilising dashboards through third party products (we currently use Google Looker Studio).

• Statistical analysis.

• Analysing performance trends.

• Experience of working in sport and leisure is not required, although an understanding of the industry would be an advantage.

• Understanding of data protection / GDPR principles.

• Have passion for using data to tell stories and learn new technologies such as AI Agents framework.

What Parkwood Leisure offers

• Annual Leave That Grows With You: Your holiday allowance increases the longer you stay!

• Benefits Portal: savings on travel, cinema, high street shops, and days out.

• Wellness On Us: A FREE gym membership at one of our sites.

• Exclusive Attraction Access: discounts at our heritage sites, attractions, outdoor centres and food & beverage.

• Invest In Your Growth: High-quality training and a clear Career Roadmap.