Business Intelligence Developer

Our purpose 🌍

Inspiring and empowering our people to create a positive difference for themselves, our clients and the planet.

Sustainable Energy First is an energy and sustainability consultancy, founded to solve energy management problems in very large, complex commercial estates.

This remains the core of our business driven by a commitment to sustainability and the goal of reducing our clients’ carbon footprint.

The Role in a Nutshell 🐿️

As a Business Intelligence Developer, you will design, build, and maintain analytical products that help Sustainable Energy First and its customers understand energy, carbon, and performance data - and turn it into action. Working primarily within Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, you will develop data models, transformations, reports, and dashboards that deliver reliable, automated, and scalable insight.

The BI team is responsible for the technical build and ongoing maintenance of analytical solutions, typically creating products that are built once and used operationally across the business, rather than producing recurring manual reports. Work is request-driven and fast-moving, and you will collaborate closely with other BI Developers, the BI Team Manager, and the wider Data Analytics & Intelligence function to deliver well-governed, maintainable, and easy-to-understand solutions.

You do not need to be an expert in every technology. What matters most is a solid foundation in modern BI tooling, an interest in data modelling and Microsoft Fabric, and a genuine motivation to learn and develop your technical skills. Experience working within the energy industry is especially valuable, as it enables you to identify meaningful opportunities within the data and design products that deliver real impact for our stakeholders.

Requirements

✅ High-Quality BI and Fabric Solutions

Design, build, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, data models, and Microsoft Fabric assets that are reliable, automated, and aligned to stakeholder needs.

✅ Increased Delivery Capacity and Speed

Strengthen the BI team’s ability to deliver work efficiently and at pace by contributing additional capability, technical skill, and focused delivery support across projects.

✅ Meaningful Energy Insight

Apply knowledge of the energy and sustainability domain to identify valuable opportunities within the data and create analytical products that support informed decision-making.

✅ Collaborative and Governed Development

Follow agreed standards, documentation practices, and development processes to ensure solutions are maintainable, well-governed, and easy for others to understand and support.

✅ Continuous Learning and Capability Growth

Develop your expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform tools, data modelling, and the evolving energy landscape, contributing to the team’s ongoing improvement and modernisation.

Key ingredients for the role

✅ Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience working within the energy industry, preferably in an analytical or reporting role.
• Practical experience using Power BI and/or Power Query to build reports or transform data.

• Exposure to working with structured datasets and performing data analysis.
• Understanding of basic data modelling concepts.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills within Microsoft Fabric and Power Platform.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

✅ Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric or similar cloud-based data platforms.
• Working knowledge of SQL and/or Python.
• Experience building or maintaining end-to-end Power BI solutions.
• Experience working with large or complex datasets.
• Exposure to other Microsoft Power Platform tools (e.g., Power Apps, Power Automate) and how they integrate with BI solutions.

✅ Behaviours and Attributes:

• Self-motivated learner, eager to adopt new tools and technologies.
• Organised and methodical in approach.
• Collaborative and comfortable working within a structured team environment.
• Comfortable asking questions and seeking clarity.
• Takes ownership of assigned work and follows through to completion.

Pragmatic and solutions-focused.

Benefits

💷 Salary: To be discussed at interview

🌴 Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays + 🥳 your birthday off, increasing to 30 days on length of service

🏠 Hybrid working (at least 2 days per week working from our Fulwood, Preston office)

⌛Flexible working - including the ability to bank up to to 5 extra days off per year

⛹🏽 Gym contribution

💰 Long service awards

🩺 Private Medical Insurance

🐣 Enhanced paternity/non-pregnant colleague and maternity/pregnant colleague leave

🏥 Simply Health scheme

🧠 Challenging work and development opportunities

Inclusion and Belonging

We believe that diversity is more than a commitment, it’s at the heart 🤎 of who we are. We aim to create an environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

We celebrate different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences because we know they make us stronger, bolder and more imaginative, which link to our core values. By fostering a culture of belonging, we aim to provide a workplace where every voice is heard, and every individual can thrive.

Our culture has been set up to bring the best out of our people. If we sound like the kind of business where you’re ready to take the next step, then we look forward to hearing from you!