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Data Scientist
ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow
Salary from £47,880 per annum
Flexible & Hybrid Working
Closing Date: 6 Sept 23

Help us create a better future, quicker
A Data Scientist within the Smart Systems team will help to interpret and manage data and solve complex problems using their expertise in a variety of data areas. They will collaborate with business stakeholders to understand business problems by asking the right questions to exploit data and resolve SP Energy Networks (SPEN) business issues.

The role involves the delivery of complex processes and developing detailed insight across the business. There is a significant degree of stakeholder management.

The post holder will use their understanding of various programming languages, data analytical and measurement techniques to solve complex problems, and have the ability to effectively present the outcomes to stakeholders is also essential to deliver robust and actionable outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and produce actionable insights and identify trends from Smart Meters, LV Monitors, NAVI, ESRi and other SPEN applications, industry and external data sources, a number of different statistical, analytical and machine learning techniques
• Analyse raw data (structured and unstructured) and turn it into meaningful information that SPEN can use to improve their business processes
• Understanding the phases of product delivery and expert analyses across product life cycles, running the analysis for each stage and contributing to decision making
• Develop interactive dashboards that combine visuals with real-time data
• Building scalable machine learning pipelines and using feature engineering and optimisation methods to improve data set performance
• Develop a cross-domain knowledge base, working across information silos, using analytical insight to make efficiencies throughout the entire asset management value chain
• Promote and support analytical decision making across the wider business to maximise the return on financial and intellectual capital
• Provide analytical support to the SPEN Executive team as required
• Mentor and support Data Science Graduates and Graduate Apprentices

What you’ll bring

• Educated to degree level qualification in mathematical or related scientific discipline.
• Experience in analysis and data mining, and in ensuring that outputs of such are actionable
• Experience in data query languages, particularly, SQL, Python, R, along with strong coding skills, plus awareness of coding best practices
• Experience in data visualisation and presenting data in graph or pictorial format. PowerBi experience preferable
• Demonstratable relationship management skills.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management abilities.
• Competent reporting, presentation and self-projection skills;
• Strong understanding of the SPEN business model and related functions.

What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.