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Apprentice (Data Scientist) (20809)

Job ID: 20809
Location: Warrington, UK
Salary: £18,000.00
Working Hours: 37.00 per week

Are you ready to live your future? Life as a United Utilities apprentice is full of benefits. With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you're bound to find your future career. We see our apprentices are well looked after, with a generous salary, 26 days leave excluding bank holidays, 10 driving lessons to help to get you on the road and many more benefits. Want to be part of building a greener, healthier and stronger North West? Come and join us! We'll provide you with industry leading skills and the experience you'll need to succeed in your career.

Start living your future, today

Come and join us as an apprentice Data Scientist, driving value from our data is key to us delivering services and to improving our performance. This role will give you the opportunity to learn skills and deliver data products using leading business intelligence and advanced analytics technologies including Tableau, Alteryx, Python, R and SQL. You'll be encouraged and supported to develop important skills for a Data Scientist such as connecting to different data sources and manipulating different data types into useful formats, analysing and visualising data, utilising machine learning and artificial intelligence and statistical methods to create insight from data.

What makes us different?

• Secure your future – every apprentice is guaranteed a permanent position at the end of their scheme*
• It's a springboard to your career – we provide you with structured training, a dedicated mentor and quality placements to help you shape your career
• Inspire the next generation – you'll have the opportunity to represent United Utilities at key events across the region to engage with young people to bring careers in the water industry to life

During this 42 month apprenticeship, you'll work with business teams to identify requirements and understand where analytic insight can add value.

Successful apprentices will achieve Data Scientist (integrated degree) level 6 which is endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships. More details can be found here: Data Scientist (Intergrated Degree) (Level 6)

During your apprenticeship you'll learn/gain:

• a technical understanding and knowledge of key infrastructure and analytics tools
• to develop analytical models and visualisations based on functional designs and user requirements to support strategic and operational decision making
• to identify and deliver opportunities for automation
• how to manage data quality to ensure reliable outputs and
• to implement data models, data quality business rules and front-end user experience

You'll need 5 GCSEs or equivalent, grades A-C or grades 9-4, which must include Maths, English and a Science or Technology subject, 3 A Levels, including 1 STEM subject: a level 3 apprenticeship or other relevant qualifications. Other relevant or prior experience may also be considered.

We're looking for someone who's keen to gain hands on experience, develop practical skills and achieve the standards needed to really succeed in your role.

You'll have a dedicated mentor and manager who'll be on hand to support you every step of the way. All that we ask from you is that you're willing to learn, know how to work as part of a team and can manage your time and workload to get things done.

What you'll get from us

• Rewarding essentials – there's lot of perks to the job, including a starting salary of £18,000 which will increase each year based on performance
• Be the best you can be – you'll get involved in all sorts of training and fun activities with your fellow apprentices
• An environment to be proud of – we're a responsible employer committed to developing our young talent in state of the art facilities
• Be part of the family – you'll have the chance to network, bond and learn from your colleagues and fellow apprentices

Additional information

• As long as you meet all necessary standards and behaviour criteria throughout the programme.

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.

If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing Date: 07/05/23

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