Power BI Specialist

Summary

Join Benesch, a growing planning, engineering, and professional services firm, as a Power BI Specialist. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI, collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements, ensuring data models are optimized, and communicating project status updates. This role can be fully remote or located in one of Benesch's offices, offering flexibility in work arrangements. Benesch values diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from individuals with varied backgrounds.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience working with Power BI required
• Strong proficiency in DAX, Power Query, and M language. Experience with SQL and data modeling required
• Excellent communication and intrapersonal skills
• Willingness to train and guide others in the use of Power BI
• Strong organization and ability to perform services efficiently and within budgets and schedules
• Willingness to be flexible with variable work shifts during the work week
• Ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective visualizations
• Ensure data models are optimized for performance and usability
• Communicate project status, cost performance, and schedule updates to stakeholders, facilitating informed decision making
• Implement integrated project controls methodologies to effectively align cost and schedule management efforts
• Attend a variety of project meetings with project stakeholders to track and solve cost and schedule management issues
• Manage change order processes and assess impacts on project costs and schedules
• Participate in development of project estimates, budgets, forecasts, estimates to complete, and cost trends
• Work under the direction of the Corporate Innovation team on a variety of corporate application projects and engineering consultant support projects
• Other tasks as needed

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Company-paid life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans
• 401K plan and profit-sharing contributions to the 401K plan
• Opportunities for management and leadership development at all levels, including executive coaching and leadership development for Team Leaders, Group Managers, Division Managers, and Executive Leaders
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses
• Ongoing professional development through resources like Red Vector, LinkedIn Learning, technical team meetings, knowledge-sharing training sessions
• Personalized training and career development plans with your manager
• Funding for training, committee work, professional organization memberships, and licenses/certifications
• Support for active participation in professional organizations to foster leadership and community engagement
• Access to valuable retirement planning tools, education, and individual meetings with plan advisors at no charge
• Potential for Benesch to contribute up to 9% of your gross compensation to your retirement plan (5% profit-sharing contribution to your 401(k) plan, regardless of your own contributions & 80% match on your contributions, up to a maximum company contribution of 4%)
• Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options (dependent on the role)
• Generous Paid Time Benefits (PTB) that increase with your career
• Immediate use of annual PTB; no accrual needed with the ability to bundle time-off plans for extended vacations or life events
• Ten days of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement