Job Description
Lead Data Scientist
Location: Shiremoor or Castleford
Directorate: Energy Systems
Job Ref No: R7006
Do you want to help power your career and be part of an evolving energy industry?
Looking for a role where your expertise can truly make an impact? We’re on the hunt for a passionate Lead Data Scientist to join our System Forecasting Team at Northern Powergrid.
At Northern Powergrid, we’re all about keeping the power flowing for 3.9 million homes and businesses. With our customer focused approach, we work as one team, solving challenges and delivering real results.
As a Lead Data Scientist, you will be part of the System Forecasting team involved with understanding our network and future customer needs; informing and enabling more efficient operations and network planning.
Ready to power up your career? Let’s talk.
Along with a competitive salary of up to £65k (dependent on experience), we also offer great benefits such as:
* Enrolment into our double-matched pension scheme
* Annual bonus of up to 15%
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Excellent opportunities for career growth
* Agile working arrangements
What will you do?
* Provide technical oversight, support and strategic direction for the governance and analysis of energy systems monitoring and statistically modelled network demand data, including high frequency time series data
* Guide the implementation of the strategic analytic platform, informing development and deployment of workflow tools and apps (MongoDB / Databricks / Azure)
* Provide Subject Matter Expertise for data analytics strategy development and on matters relating to the application of DSO data sets, supporting project teams requiring integration of multiple disparate data sets which need to be brought together to provide useful insights
* Deliver change and inform IT investment decisions so that they meet business needs
Key Competencies
* Ability to demonstrate advanced data and analytics skills, able to analyse complex datasets with originality and creativity to generate comprehensive insight
* Hands-on experience of high frequency time-series datasets and deploying machine learning models through analytics platforms in a Cloud environment
* Customer-centric approach to data management and analysis, ensuring privacy by design, governance, ethics and best practice drive decision making
* Strong written and spoken communication skills – clear, concise, engaging and persuasive
* Self-starter with strong work ethic, capable of motivating themselves and others, able to work independently and contribute to team goals, holding high standards for all work output
* Technically curious, willing to develop new IT skills, share knowledge and help others learn
* Ability to manage workload through excellent planning and organising skills with attention to detail. Good time management skills with the ability to deliver tasks to deadlines
What qualifications and experience should you have?
* Qualified to degree level in a relevant subject, appropriate professional memberships desirable
* Exposure to project management and strategy development, appreciation of Big Data concepts
* Experience of applying data and analytics within the energy sector and knowledge of the decarbonisation energy transition preferable, but not essential
What next?
Key dates:
Post Date: 12 March 2025
Closing date for applications: 11 April 2025
Interviews: Hold the date week commencing 21-28 April 2025
Visit northernpowergrid.com/careers to find out more about this and other career opportunities.
Applicants are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.