Data Analyst - People Analytics

Position Overview

Do you have a passion for leveraging data to help solve interesting business problems? Kiewit Data Services is seeking a Data Analyst to support the People Analytics function. We are looking for someone with 0-3 years' work experience performing data engineering, analysis, data mining, etc. in a professional setting and a bachelor’s degree in a related field. As the Data Analyst, you will work with business users to understand challenges and build analytics solutions to address those challenges. You will also gather, extract, restructure, analyze and interpret data, communicating findings and recommendations to the business. In this role, you will be primarily responsible working with Kiewit’s HR datasets.

District Overview

Kiewit Data Services’ mission is to make Kiewit the premier data-driven company in our industry. Our districts rely on us to deliver the correct data of the right quality, with the right level of analysis, and to make it available to them at the right time. We are a cross-functional organization with employees who have expertise in data, technology, support and operations. Our core functions are data Quality, Governance, Enablement, Analytics and Data Science.

Location

This position takes place in a corporate office environment in Lenexa, KS.

Responsibilities

Best-in-class solutions – Your primary role will be delivering analytical solutions to the business. You will need to bring a strong business acumen and work to understand the business challenges facing your stakeholders and deduce where the greatest opportunity for analytics solutions lies. From there, you will need to leverage your technical skills and deep knowledge of data to deliver/build solutions to these stakeholders.

Data Modeling – You will have access to many data sources to provide solutions to your stakeholders. But often this data may not be modeled or structured in an optimal manner to meet your needs. We will have resources to offer support, but ultimately you will be expected to be highly self-sufficient and have the technical skills to restructure this data as needed.

Data Visualization – Often, there will be a need to visualize data to communicate your findings, or perhaps create a sustainable dashboard solution. Your output will embody data visualization best practices and meet our high-quality and performance standards.

Data Analysis – You will be expected, without specific direction, to leverage data to make strategic recommendations to the business. This may include formulating and testing hypotheses, performing correlation analysis, and other forms of data mining. You will be expected to understand and articulate the business impact of any recommendations.

Communication and Presentation – On the front end, you will be expected to guide requirement gathering conversations with stakeholders, asking insightful questions to see the business from their perspective. On the back end of solution development/analysis, you will be expected to explain results of analysis to team members, train stakeholders on how to use decision support tools, and succinctly convey how solutions meet specific business needs.

Data Collection – You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the core applications we leverage to collect, manipulate, and store data. You will work with stakeholders and key members of our product team to understand which data we capture today, as well as participate in the development/procurement of future solutions and processes to capture other necessary data we may not be currently collecting.

Analytical Advancement – We are intent on serving as the data and analytics leader in the construction industry. You will be expected to embrace this mission and work closely with your team members to advance Kiewit’s overall analytical capabilities.

Qualifications

An ideal candidate will have:

• Interest in leveraging data to solve unique and challenging business problems
• 0-3 years’ work experience performing data analysis, data mining, statistical analysis, etc. in a professional setting
• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Business Management, or related field

Technical Skills:

• Database querying (SQL for MS SQL Server and Snowflake)
• Experience in Python a plus
• Data Visualization (Power BI)
• Knowledge of data lineage and ETL
• Strong interest in artifical intelligence/LLM

Non-Technical Skills:

• A deep desire to add significant business value
• Inquisitive nature
• Strong critical thinking
• High business acumen
• Passion for learning and development
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team member to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. ​ We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.