Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Salary:50000
Location:Oldham with hybrid working
Hours:37 hours per week
Contract:Permanent

At First Choice Homes Oldhamwereimproving lives through great homes and for aData Engineerto help us strengthen how we store manageconnectand use data across the organisation.

This is an exciting time to join our Data launched our Data Strategy and are investing in better data governance dataliteracyand modern data a key role in improving our dataflows supporting the move from legacy platforms such as SSIS SSAS and SSRS to Microsoft Fabric and helping colleagues access trusted data that supports better decision-making.

This is a hands-on delivery role butyoullalsohave the opportunity toinfluence standards improve ways of working and contribute to FCHOs growing data capability.

Please see full job description at the bottom of this page

Whatyoullbe doing

Youll:

• Buildmaintainand improve reliable data pipelinestransformationsand storage processes

• Support the transition to Microsoft Fabric including pipelinesLakehouses warehouses and semantic models

• Work with colleagues across DataICTand operational teams to understand requirements and deliver practical data solutions

• Help improve data quality governancedocumentationand automation

• Support data literacy activity by sharing knowledge and helping colleagues build confidence with data

• Produce clear technical documentation so solutions are easy tomaintain audit and improve

• Contribute to pilots proof-of-valueworkand digital transformation projects

Whatwerelooking for

Werelooking for someone with:

• Experience in a data engineering or closely related role

• Strong SQL skills and experience working with structured and semi-structured data

• Experience supporting data pipelines ETL/ELT processes or reporting platforms

• Knowledge of data engineering principles including ingestion transformationstorageand orchestration

• Experience working with multiple systems and understanding how data flows between them

• The ability to explain technical information clearly to non-technical colleagues

• Good documentation skills and a strong eye for data qualitygovernanceand accuracy

Experience with Microsoft Fabric Azure Python Spark T-SQL CI/CD tools CRMsystemsor housing systems would be beneficialandwereinterested in people who are keen to learn and develop.

Why join us

Youllbe joining a supportive team with structured training knowledge sharing and hands-on guidance to help you develop your technical skills. We value experience with legacy platforms and will support you to transition into newer technologies as our data capability grows.

First Choice Homes Oldham is a housing association providing safeaffordableand high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage over 11500 properties and have the highest regulatory G1/V1 governance rating.

Every daywereproud to make a real difference in our communities. Our work is guided by our Corporate Plan focused on quality homes excellentservicesand strong communities. We care deeply about our customers colleagues and communities and are committed to improving lives across Oldham.

Whatsin it for you

We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing work-lifebalanceand career development including:

A salary of 50000per annum.
A 37- hour working week with hybrid working options.
30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
Optiontopurchaseadditionalannual leave.
Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option.
Death in service benefit.
Healthcare cash plan covering dental optical and physiotherapy treatments.
Private health insurance.
Employee Assistance Programme offering 24 - hour confidential support.
Doctorline giving you and your family 24/7 GP access.
Access to our colleague benefits platform including retail discounts and wellbeing tools.
Discounted gym membership.
Professional subscriptions paid where essential for the role.
Enhanced maternity paternityadoptionand sick pay.
Access to our on-site wellbeing room and on-site café.
Long service awards.

Interested

If you meet the criteria for the role and have the experiencevaluesand passion to help us deliver safe well-maintained homes for our customerswedlove to hear from you.

Please send your application before16/06/2026

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert earlier should we receive a high volume of applications

We are committed to building an organisation thatrepresentsa variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equalopportunitiesemployer FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discriminationon the basis ofage disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you havea great experiencewith us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother please let us know andwelldo all we can.