Data Analyst

Murphy is recruiting for a Data Analyst to work with Murphy Plant at the Leeds Plant.

Murphy Plant is committed to delivering a plant hire service that is simple, safe, efficient and reliable.

We manage and maintain more than £100 million worth of innovative, best in-class plant, transport and specialist equipment and our work spans multiple sectors. Our inventory includes over 15,000 assets, ranging from small tools to piling rigs, alongside our award-winning vehicle fleet which includes one of the UK’s most comprehensive collection of crawler cranes. Our broad range of equipment also includes specialist assets for ground engineering, pipeline testing, tunnelling, rail and more.

The Data Analyst role will support the with the design, build, of management of the data reporting outputs, and producing data driven insights across the supporting functions. The role will also be responsible for developing and maintaining systems, integrations and digital solutions.

A day in the life of a Murphy Data Analyst

• Working as part of the Digital Transformation team to drive continuous improvement through actionable insights


• Working closely with business reporting stakeholders to understanding reporting and analytical requirements to acquire and present relevant datasets;


• Handle large and complex datasets from key construction / plant hire centric systems (Dynamics365 Finance and Operations, SAP SuccessFactors, Syrinx and others);


• Create Data Pipelines into the Data & Analytics platform using traditional Extraction, Transform and Load (ETL) concepts;


• Interacting with Key Systems owners and managers to facilitate data acquisition;


• Identify areas to increase efficiency and optimise data collection processes by developing integration pipelines;


• Verify the integrity of extracted data, including schema, format, checksum/hashing;


• Awareness of, and support embedding and applying revised Data Governance and Information Security standards and best practices;


• Help establish good working practices for the work delivered and SQL environments (dev/test/production), documented appropriately.


• Support data driven decision-making across departments


• Project work to be allocated as required, during the duration of the project;


• Manage and administer data ingestion (migration) plans including migration risk, milestones, quality and business sign-off details;


• Support in the analysis of fleet telematics and machine data to drive improved performance and efficiencies;


• Support in the analysis of asset performance to influence future investment and asset management process;


• Providing user training, support and feedback as required;

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience with construction / plant hire processes and applications.


• Knowledge and practical experience with  SQL and PowerBI.    


• Working knowledge and practical experience with Microsoft Azure Data Factories / Synapse or Microsoft Fabric


• Detailed knowledge of system and data structures in Dynamics365 Finance and Operations.    


• Data engineering experience with Python and C#, Web service / API development and Messaging Frameworks

What’s in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service


• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review


• Above market rate contributory pension scheme


• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay


• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus


• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus


• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations


• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development


• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Lorna Rhodes on 07801 960464 to discuss in more detail.  

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK