Principal Data Engineer


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Blackpool, FY1 6JJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	9 Oct 2026

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Summary

The post holder will supervise and/or allocate work to team members for co-ordinated activities within a project and will provide technical guidance and training to others within and outside the team in areas of special expertise to facilitate knowledge sharing and development. The post holder will be required to be qualified in relevant software and solutions pertinent to Business Intelligence and may need to undertake training to achieve the relevant competency and certification. The post holder will prepare documentation of procedures and systems to the required standard, ensuring documentation is suitable for the provision of ongoing support. The post holder will ensure that all routine procedures are implemented and documented and that system security is comprehensive and complete. The post holder will ensure that staff have regular appraisals and up-to-date Personal Development Plans. There may be a requirement to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet deadlines and to participate in a 24/7 and/or on-call rota at go-live, during the subsequent optimisation phase and for all applicable BI applications and solutions developed. Please see attached Job Description for a detailed list of duties and responsibilites.

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