Summary

This is a brand-new role within our team as some of our clients are requesting more and more work within the data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence arena.

If you are an experienced Data Scientist or Data Engineer looking for a new and exciting opportunity to work on real-life challenges that affect us all. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a function within our small unit and shape its future.

The role

The role holder will work in conjunction with a team of IoT Specialists in the ‘IoT Lab’, delivering proof-of-value agile experiments as well as larger projects and maintenance of the live system on-premise and in the cloud.

Our goal is to help the business analyse data trends to make better decisions. You will work closely with stakeholders to identify issues and use data to propose solutions for effective decision-making.

Our small unit specialises in assisting our company with insights into our Data with an emphasis on prediction and prevention, and by giving the BAU and management extra insights from the data collected. We’re looking for a like-minded technical enthusiast who would like to contribute, mentor and shape this section of our unit and, more importantly, loves the challenge.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with information gathering/requirements elicitations.
• Analysing datasets to extract insights and decide on the appropriate technique
• Having meetings with stakeholders and providing recommendations for statistical/machine learning tools and technologies to prototype new concepts
• The retrieval and collection of open and closed data sources, and hybrid environments, including data processing, cleansing and verification
• Applying machine learning algorithms and libraries
• Building algorithms based on statistical modelling procedures and building and maintaining scalable machine learning solutions in production
• Building predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
• Carrying out statistical analysis, including data modelling and hypothesis testing
• Present information using data visualization techniques
• Documentation
• Delivering workshops
• Stakeholder engagement, including communicating and explaining complex processes to people who are not programming experts

What do I need?

• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts and their applications
• Knowledge of various machine learning techniques and their real-world advantages/drawbacks
• Machine Learning experience, including designing and developing the end-to-end machine learning life cycle
• Experience in the software development lifecycle and DevOps/ML-Ops
• Hands-on coding experience, Python, R, Scala are preferred
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL
• Experience using Azure cloud technologies, such as ADX, ADF, Azure ML, Databricks and Azure Data Lake Storage
• Data Modelling experience
• Knowledge of ML-Ops
• Experience with visualisation, such as BI Tools
• Experience with Operation Technology is desirable
• An MSc in Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a similar field is desirable

Benefits for you

• Pension – up to 20% combined contribution.
• 25 days’ holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• Opportunity to buy and sell up to five days’ holiday.
• Health benefits package.
• Life assurance (up to four times your salary).
• Electric vehicle salary exchange.
• Flexible working.
• Cashback and discounts from over 1,200 retailers.
• Paid volunteering day.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.

What will you get from us?

Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, and they stay with us! We are proud of how we support development and career progression. We have a wealth of both financial and non-financial benefits to offer our people and are committed to ensuring we provide an environment that supports health and wellbeing and flexible working.

We continue to promote diversity and inclusion. With that in mind, we welcome all applicants.

We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer. Applicants who declare they have a disability or have previously served with the Armed Forces, and meet the minimum requirements for the job, will automatically be invited for an interview.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to assist you in starting your journey with Wessex Water.

If you have what it takes to join this award-winning business and want to be part of our exciting journey and share in that success, then please get in contact with us to find out more.

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