Operating engineer Jobs in Jackson, MS

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Technical Ownership of BI Solutions Leads technical design and implementation within agreed architecture and design standards. 2.
Design Authority & Best Practice Contributes to the design authority for data modelling, visualisation, and BI patterns, contributing to standards and ensuring consistent, high-quality approaches across the team. 3.
Stakeholder & Product Leadership Works closely with product, performance, and business stakeholders to shape requirements, supports KPI definition and success criteria, and ensure BI products deliver meaningful outcomes. 4.
Delivery Leadership & Risk Management Supports reliable delivery by identifying technical risks, dependencies, and constraints early, and guiding teams to pragmatic, timely solutions. 5.
Data Quality, Trust & Governance Applies agreed validation and quality approaches and escalates data trust or security concerns through established governance routes. 6.
Coaching & Capability Development Supports BI Engineers and Junior Engineers, sharing expertise, reviewing work, and raising technical capability within the BI engineering team. 7.
Continuous Improvement & Innovation Drives ongoing improvement in BI tooling, patterns, and practices, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate, and enhance the BI estate. Key Internal Stakeholders & Relationships * Operational Stakeholders * Performance teams * Business Intelligence & Insight team * Business Finance teams * Business Planning (WFM) teams * Technology Data & Analytics team * Technology Platform teams * Senior Operational Leaders Key External Stakeholders & Relationships * Operational system providers and Platform partners * External consultants (where applicable) Essential • A degree level qualification (or equivalent practical experience) in Data Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline. • Significant experience working in data or analytics roles within a complex organisation, delivering BI solutions across multiple business areas or workstreams. • Proven, in-depth experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale business intelligence solutions, ideally using Power BI. • Advanced analytical capability with strong experience in data visualisation, storytelling, and UX design for insight delivery. • Demonstrated experience producing executive-level insight, including shaping narrative, defining KPIs, and supporting strategic decision-making. • Advanced proficiency in analytics and visualisation tools (e.g.
Power BI, advanced Excel; Tableau optional). • Extensive practical experience designing dimensional data models, applying Kimball methodologies, and creating reusable semantic layers. • Strong SQL expertise, including writing and reviewing complex queries for data extraction, validation, and transformation. • Proven experience ensuring data quality, trust, and governance, including validation approaches, testing strategies, and peer review. • Experience acting as technical lead or design authority, reviewing others' work and setting best-practice patterns for BI delivery. • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience shaping requirements, challenging assumptions, and translating business needs into scalable BI products. • Experience supporting reliable delivery within an Agile-oriented or hybrid delivery environment, including managing technical risks and dependencies. • Experience coaching, mentoring, or guiding BI Engineers and Junior BI Engineers, or equivalent roles, to raise overall team capability. • Experience working closely with BI Managers, senior stakeholders, or Delivery Leads to shape roadmaps, priorities, and delivery approaches. • Experience monitoring BI usage and performance metrics and driving product iteration based on adoption and feedback. • Experience with Power BI Service administration and governance, including workspace strategies, dataset endorsement, access models, and deployment pipelines. • Experience designing or contributing to BI standards, including modelling conventions, visualisation frameworks, or delivery patterns. Desirable • Advanced experience writing and optimising complex SQL (CTEs, window functions, performance tuning). • Experience with automation or orchestration tools (e.g.
Power Automate) to support BI delivery, quality, or operational efficiency. • Exposure to modern cloud data platforms (e.g.
Azure data services, Databricks, Synapse, Fabric) and their use in analytics architectures. • Exposure to designing data models that are optimised for Generative AI consumption to support natural language querying and prompt driven insight generation. Maximus Competencies • Partners Effectively • Creates Innovative Solutions • Focuses on the Customer • Demonstrates Compassion • Takes Responsibility & Acts with Integrity Individual competencies Business Understanding • Demonstrates deep understanding of business strategy, priorities, and operational drivers across multiple domains. • Frames BI products in terms of measurable business outcomes, service performance, and organisational impact. • Proactively identifies trends, risks, and opportunities in data beyond stated requirements and challenges assumptions where needed. • Guides others in focusing on value, not just outputs. Stakeholder Engagement • Maintains relationships with stakeholders for complex or high-impact BI products. • Leads discovery and requirement-shaping conversations, helping stakeholders clarify outcomes, KPIs, and success criteria. • Manages expectations confidently, balancing ambition, delivery reality, and technical constraints. • Acts as a trusted technical advisor, bringing a solution-focused and constructive approach to discussion. Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving • Leads analysis of complex, ambiguous problems and defines the analytical approach. • Investigates complex data patterns, anomalies, and edge cases with rigour and persistence. • Uses data to test hypotheses, challenge narratives, and guide strategic choices. • Supports others in applying analytical thinking effectively through collaboration. Data Modelling & Logical Design • Contributes to the design authority for data models, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reuse across products. • Designs and reviews dimensional models, grain decisions, and relationships aligned to business logic. • Anticipates downstream reporting, performance, security, and reuse implications of design decisions. • Leads and contributes to the definition and maintenance of standardised KPI definitions and semantic models. Data Visualisation & Storytelling • Designs advanced, narrative-driven dashboards aligned to personas and decision journeys. • Sets and evolves visualisation and UX standards, ensuring consistent application across the team. • Applies strong UX/UI Lead s, including progressive disclosure, accessibility, and clarity at scale. • Reviews and challenges visual design to maximise insight, trust, and usability. Technical Application • Provides technical leadership in the application of BI tools, SQL, and analytics techniques. • Selects and justifies the most appropriate technical approach for complex use cases. • Demonstrates deep understanding of refresh patterns, latency, dependencies, performance, and platform constraints. • Reviews and improves technical implementations produced by others. • Applies Generative AI tools effectively to accelerate the design, development, and refinement of BI products Data Quality & Attention to Detail • Leads on data quality and validation approaches across BI products. • Ensures accuracy, consistency, and integrity are embedded into design and delivery. • Applies appropriate handling for sensitive data, access control models, and privacy considerations. • Acts as an escalation point for data trust or security concerns. Delivery & Ownership • Provides delivery leadership from a technical perspective, identifying risks, dependencies, and constraints early. • Ensures BI solutions are delivered reliably, sustainably, and to agreed standards. • Works closely with Delivery Leads and BI Managers to support predictable delivery. • Balances short-term delivery with long-term technical health. Communication & Collaboration • Communicates complex technical and analytical concepts clearly to senior and non-technical audiences. • Provides clear direction, feedback, and constructive challenge to BI Engineers and Juniors. • Shares knowledge openly and promotes consistent best practice across teams. • Collaborates effectively with operational, delivery, platform, and performance teams. Learning Mindset & Adaptability • Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing, peer review, and collaborative problem solving. • Continuously improves standards, patterns, and approaches based on learning and feedback. • Adapts BI solutions and practices in response to changing business needs, data maturity, and technology. • Encourages experimentation and improvement while maintaining governance and quality. Travel Requirements • UK wide travel is required as needed to support business activities. EEO Statement • MAXIMUS is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process.
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