Forge Holiday Group
Analytics Engineer
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Build the Future of Data as Our Analytics Engineer 🚀
Why You'll Love It Here:
At Forge Holiday Group, we don’t just do holidays, we create unforgettable experiences. With powerhouse brands like Sykes Holiday Cottages, Forest Holidays, and Bachcare in New Zealand, we’re 1,700+ strong and driven by four values: (One Business, One Team) All In, (Grow & Learn)Stay Uncomfortable, (Sustainable Impact) Leave a Mark that Matters, (Keep It Simple) Cut the Noise.
About the Role:
We’re looking for an Analytics Engineer who will be pivotal in driving the delivery of analytics across the Forge Group. Reporting to a Lead Analytics Engineer, you’ll be responsible for bringing robust, efficient, scalable and integrated data models & products to life. You’ll speak the language of both business and technical teams - translating data insights and analysis needs into models powered by our Data Platform, and ensuring data is ingested, transformed, scheduled and presented to empower data-driven decisions. You’ll be a trusted advisor to the business on all things data. This position is perfect for a dynamic individual with a strong background in analytics who is eager to contribute to a high-performing team’s success.
What We Offer:
- 💰 Salary - Up to £55,000 per annum
- 📍 Location - Hybrid working with regular time in our Chester HQ
- 📆 Workings Days & Hours - Monday to Friday, 9am until 5:30pm.
- 🧠 Culture - Collaborative, curious, and supportive — we love fresh ideas and bold thinking
- 🔧 The Work - Data engineering that powers real business outcomes across the Forge Group
- 🚀 Growth - Career pathways, training, and mentoring so you keep learning and leading
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What You'll Do:
- Provide clean, tested, transformed and modelled data in a way that empowers end users.
- Deliver impactful data products and dashboards with limited senior support, using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
- Enhance and maintain existing data products and data pipelines using the appropriate technologies.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to share and promote the good use of data.
- Embed data visualisation best practices, including data storytelling, ensuring insights are impactful and actionable.
- Contribute to the creation of squad initiatives, aligning them with business goals.
- Investigate and correct data quality issues.
- Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by your line manager.
If You've Got:
- ✅ Commercial experience designing and building ELT pipelines in Fabric using data pipelines and Spark notebooks.
- ✅ Basic / intermediate Python coding skills.
- ✅ Strong T-SQL skills.
- ✅ Experience developing and managing analytics / BI solutions in Fabric.
- ✅ Experience developing star schemas and dimensional models.
- ✅ Power BI expertise — semantic modelling, dashboard design, tabular models, performance tuning, best practices and DAX.
- ✅ Proven ability to manage work within set deadlines and effectively communicate progress.
- ✅ Ability to understand stakeholder needs and strong communication skills.
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Forge Holiday Group Benefits:
- 💰 Annual bonus scheme.
- ✈️ 33 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), plus up to 5 extra with long service.
- 🌴 Option to purchase extra holiday days if you wish.
- 🎂 A day off for your birthday
- ✋🏻 2 volunteering days per year.
- 🍼 Enhanced parental leave (24 weeks maternity, 3 weeks paternity at full pay).
- 🔒 Pension scheme with employer contributions
- 🏠 Discounted and last-minute stays at Forest Holidays and Sykes Cottages for you, your friends & family.
- 🛍️ Special offers and discounts designed to enhance your overall wellbeing.
- ❤️🩹Health cash plan & life assurance.
- 📈 Training & development opportunities.
- 💛 24/7 mental health support.
- 🏋🏻♂️ On-site gym and parking at Chester HQ (near train station).
- 🐖 Employee savings scheme.
- 🎉Long service awards and company events
We're all about diversity, inclusion, and bringing your authentic self to work. Need adjustments for the recruitment process? Just ask.
Ready to Build Something Great?
Apply now and make your mark as our Analytics Engineer at Forge Holiday Group - where your engineering creates the data foundations that help people find holidays worth remembering. 🌍
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