Gripple USA
Data Analytics Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)
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Unleash your potential. Change the game with Gripple.
We’re on the hunt for a Data Analytics Engineer (Microsoft Fabric) to shape a modern enterprise data platform at an early stage of maturity using Microsoft Fabric.
Based within our Data team, part of the wider IT function, you will play a key role in designing, building, and evolving the organisation’s recently deployed data platform, working with diverse datasets including manufacturing operational technology, sustainability and energy analytics, and enterprise business systems.
Why Gripple?
We’re not just innovators—we’re game-changers. Since 1989, Gripple has led the charge in wire joining and suspension systems. As a 100% employee-owned business, we don’t just hire talent—we invest in it.
What’s In It For You
- Share ownership: Buy a stake in Gripple and the GLIDE group and share in our success
- 15% non-contributory pension
- 32 days’ holiday, increasing with long service, plus quarterly 'thank you' days and your birthday off
- Private healthcare, family-focused policies, and exceptional benefits that support your wellbeing at every stage
- World-class product training, career development, and room to grow
The Role
Working closely with stakeholders across the UK, US and European businesses, you will help ensure data is accessible, trusted, and used effectively to support operational and strategic decision-making. This is a hands-on role combining data engineering with analytical delivery, reporting to the Global IT Manager, with a clear opportunity over time to take on greater technical ownership and help shape the direction of the data platform as it continues to mature.
What You'll Be Doing
- Champion data innovation within a forward-thinking manufacturing environment, integrating insights from energy systems, operational technology, ERP, and CRM platforms to drive operational improvement and support smarter financial and strategic decision-making
- Design, build, and continuously improve scalable end-to-end data pipelines within Microsoft Fabric, implementing and maintaining medallion architecture standards across ingestion, transformation, and presentation layers
- Develop and optimise trusted data models and semantic layers that enable high-quality reporting, self-service analytics, and advanced business insight
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation to translate business requirements into practical data solutions and support analytics projects from discovery through to adoption and business use
- Shape and evolve platform standards, governance, and security practices while maintaining high levels of data quality, reliability, and performance, continuously identifying opportunities to improve tools, processes, and ways of working, and actively developing your own technical and professional capability
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Key personal skills
- Strong, clear communicator able to translate complex technical topics into simple, meaningful insights and narratives for a range of audiences
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, building trusted relationships across business and IT teams
- Proactive and self-driven, with the ability to take ownership of work and see it through to completion
- Structured thinker with a logical approach to problem-solving and analysis
- Open to feedback and continuous improvement, with a growth mindset
Key technical skills
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse, Dataflows, Notebooks, Pipelines, and workspace management, with the ability to design and support scalable data solutions across ingestion, transformation, and presentation layers
- Strong SQL skills, including developing, optimising, and troubleshooting queries to support data transformation and analytical models
- Understanding of medallion architecture and modern data engineering best practices, including data pipeline design, version control, testing approaches, and performance optimisation techniques
- Confident in building and maintaining robust data models and semantic layers that support high-quality reporting, self-service analytics, and advanced insight using tools such as Power BI or similar analytics platforms
- Proficient in preparing and validating real-world datasets, including cleansing, handling missing or duplicate records, standardising inputs, and performing exploratory analysis using Excel
- Experience working with structured business data from enterprise systems such as ERP and CRM platforms, with an understanding of data relationships, master data concepts, and business process integration
- Awareness of structured development practices such as environment separation (Dev/UAT/Prod), release management, and change control approaches for data platforms
- Good working knowledge of data governance, platform security, and access control principles, including role-based access control, data classification, and secure handling of sensitive business data
- Awareness of data quality management practices including validation, monitoring, reconciliation, and continuous improvement approaches to ensure trusted and reliable datasets
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Desirable Technical Skills (not Essential)
- Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement
- Exposure to enterprise data platforms (Microsoft Fabric), analytics teams, or formal data governance environments
- Experience supporting Power BI or other business intelligence tools
Desirable certifications (not essential)
- Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)
- Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)
- Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700)
The Gripple Spirit
Our Values – Fun, Integrity, Passion, Entrepreneurship, Teamwork, Innovation – Aren’t Just Words On a Wall. They Shape Everything We Do. Join Us, And You’ll Experience
- true work-life balance
- an inclusive and caring workplace where your ideas matter, and your impact is felt globally
Take a Closer Look
Learn more about who we are and how we’re changing the game: https://www.gripple.com/about-gripple
Take a tour of our head office at the historic Old West Gun Works in Sheffield, South Yorkshire here
Closing date 17th July 2026. Bring your ambition. We’ll bring the opportunity.
Join a team where everyone belongs
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued with a sense of belonging. If there are any adjustments that would help your experience with Gripple, please let us know when you apply.
Whilst not mandatory, your completion of the applicant ethnic monitoring form will help us monitor and encourage equality and diversity. The information you provide will be anonymous and kept both confidential and separate to your application.
Before you apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload a copy of your CV with a covering letter or an application form. We don’t accept postal applications. We will only use the information you provide to process your application. This online application service is provided for Gripple Limited by People Apps Limited using its People® software. For more about how we use your information, see our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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