Engineering Data Analyst

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

Our Engineering Information Services team transform traditional data into actionable insights that allow our clients to optimize operations and efficiency. Key to this are our talented team of Engineering Data Analysts.

About the role: 

As an Engineering Data Analyst, you will be required to read and understand engineering drawings and documents, focusing on data tag numbering to enable the transformation from paper to digital. As well as leading that transformation process you will support other team members with their understanding of Engineering Data, allowing them to further develop their skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Read and understand key engineering documents and drawings.
• Extract technical data from engineering drawings and engineering documents.
• Design, build and document complex relationships between data and documents.
• Build hierarchy relationships from process plant, instrument loop and electrical systems.
• Maintain data integrity through rigorous validation processes, ensuring compliance with ISO standards.
• Convert technical documentation into digital formats, enhancing accessibility and usability.
• Generate reports and visualizations to provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Assist in resolving technical data queries and support related team members.

Requirements

Here are the key skills and experience relevant to this role:  

• Previous experience in an engineering environment.
• Understanding of engineering documents and drawing interpretation (e.g., P&IDs, data sheets).
• Ability to identify and extract key data from documents and drawings.
• Familiarity with data management best practices and ideally, ISO standards.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, for stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented office based environment.

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.  In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.

Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.  We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.

A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…..

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement.  If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience.  We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.