Data Scientist - Reading, United Kingdom - Thames Water

Thames Water

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Data Scientist
This role will be based in our Clearwater Court, Reading. However, there is an option for hybrid working.

Who are we?

As the UK's largest water company, we are taking action for a new world of water - fixing the problems of today and building resilience for tomorrow.

In digital transformation, this means leveraging data and technology to transform our organisational capability,drive innovation and deliver impactful change to our customers, communities, and the environment.

The successful Data Scientist will be working with our data science platform to develop, deliver and maintain ground-breaking algorithms and analytics on an enterprise level.

You will be part of the Data Factory, working together with colleagues in a maturedata function with a growing centralised data platform.

Our team adds value by unlocking actionable insights from our data and developing Machine Learning and AI tools that feed into an AI enterprise platform.

This is hosted on leading edge, secure platforms and tooling.
The role will provide exciting challenges and experiences as we progress towards a digital first, data driven business.

You will work with interesting datasets including asset health, operations, geographical and people to help achieve improvements to real-worldproblems including leakage, pollution, efficiency, and customer service.

What you will be doing:

Communicate insight & regularly interact with stakeholders
Deliver and evaluate Data Science algorithms
Deliver machine learning pipelines
Automate data analysis
Advise on mathematical approaches for problem solving
Contribute to product development, support and maintain data science products
Mentoring junior data scientists through the scope of a data science project

What you should bring to this role:

You will be resilient and must be able to build credibility quickly
A degree in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, physics, computer science is essential. A postgraduate degree in a similar field is an advantage
Strong mathematical and statistical analysis skills are essential
You will be a competent/advanced programmer in Python and SQL with working Knowledge of key data science libraries e.g. sklearn, pyspark, pytorch etc
You will have at least 2 years of experience of data science within a business setting
Data engineering skills are essential
Agile certification is an advantage
Knowledge and experience of the Azure platform and Databricks is an advantage

What's in it for you?
Our Digital Team is a fun, fast paced environment where no two days will be the same.
You will be working with like-minded people who really want to make a difference to our customers.
We are committed to giving you great training and will make sure you areconfident in helping customers.

We're proud of the positive ways of working we've adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive.

For our office-based roles we're moving to a hybrid approach with various options across workingfrom home, office and our sites.

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.
If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you moneyand support your wellbeing.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.