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Job Summary
At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft.
GKN Aerospace are currently looking for a Graduate Business Intelligence & Data Analyst to join the business on a permanent basis. The Business Intelligence & Data Analyst will sit within the Data & Business Intelligence team and play a key role in enabling the business to govern itself effectively through high-quality data, insight, and decision-support tools.
The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining analytical tools and visualisations that translate complex data into clear, actionable insight. These tools will allow leaders and teams across the site to understand performance quickly, identify issues or anomalies, and make timely, well-informed decisions without the need to interpret raw data.
What You'll Be Doing
1. Develop and maintain business intelligence tools and dashboards using analytical platforms.
2. Analyse performance data to identify trends, risks, issues, and anomalies, providing clear insight and recommendations to the business.
3. Design and refine KPI frameworks aligned to business priorities.
4. Translate complex datasets into intuitive, coherent visual outputs.
5. Partner with teams across the site.
6. Support the continuous improvement.
7. Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the site’s KPI and reporting suite.
8. Work as part of a specialist team, deploying analytical capability across the site while maintaining consistency and best practice.
What You'll Bring
To help make a difference, you'll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes.
Qualifications and experience:
9. A recent graduate of a bachelor's or a master's degree, ideally within a relevant subject such as Business Analytics, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Maths, Data Science/Analytics, and Computer Science etc.
10. Strong analytical capability.
11. Understanding of databases and data structures.
12. Anility to design KPI frameworks.
13. Desirable - experience using Power BI or similar.
14. Desirable - exposure to Power Query and automated data preparation techniques.
Behaviours:
15. Clear and confident communicator.
16. Comfortable working across teams and mocing between different areas of the business.
17. Curious mindset with a natural inclination to ask questions.
18. Strong attention to detail.
19. Proactive, self-motivated.
20. Collaborative approach.
21. Positive attitude.
22. Committed and driven.
What We'll Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
⦁ Competitive salary
⦁ Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis (totalling up to 20% pension contribution)
⦁ Life Assurance 8 x salary
⦁ 175 hours annual leave + bank holidays
⦁ Income protection
⦁ Shopping discounts
⦁ Cycle To Work Scheme
⦁ Employee Assistance Programme
⦁ Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
⦁ A collaborative, dynamic working environment
As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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