Data Scientist - Smart Manufacturing Warrington, North West England, England
Job description
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £31,931 - £34,709 gross per annum (dependent on skills and experience)*
Banding: UKRI Band D
Location: Daresbury Laboratory - Warrington
Contract Type: Fixed-Term (3 Years)
Hours: Full Time/ Part Time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)
- This role is eligible for up to £1,000 Responsibility and Retention Allowance gross per annum
Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether it’s sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society.
Come and discover how much you can achieve when you’re surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.
About the Hartree Centre
At the Hartree Centre, we want to see UK businesses outperforming their global competitors. We want to grow the economy, create skilled jobs and train people to excel in them. Most of all, we want to keep the UK at the forefront of industrial innovation. We're making all this happen and more by enabling UK industry to fully embrace and integrate the latest digital and cognitive technologies.
We provide collaborative research, innovation and development services that accelerate the application of high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies. By working with us, businesses and research partners can gain a competitive advantage that enables them to produce better outcomes, products and services more quickly and cheaply than through conventional R&D.
We have a technically exciting computing environment, encompassing a wide range of hardware and software technologies.
Reasons our staff enjoy working for us:
- We’re based at Sci-Tech Daresbury - a lively and dynamic campus bringing together SMEs and leading industry-academic collaborations located in a picturesque semi-rural location with easy access to canal-side and woodland walking.
- We are less than two miles from the M56 motorway with public transport links and access to Warrington and Runcorn national rail stations. Advice on all aspects of travel to site including car sharing is available at: https://www.sci-techdaresbury.com/the-campus/travel-hub/.
- 30 days annual leave plus 10.5 public and privilege days.
- Options for flexible or hybrid working patterns are available.
- Defined benefit pension scheme (employer contribution – currently up to 26%).
- There are different active sport and social groups across campus with access to an on-site gym for staff.
- Personal development is key. You will work with your line manager to develop your own Learning and Development plan each year.
- We value collaborative working across STFC and with our external collaborators such as IBM Research, The University of Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre, Atos, NVIDIA, Unilever and many more.
- Diversity and inclusion are important to us. UKRI has a corporate policy on Equality and Diversity which is supported by a Diversity Forum and implementation group.
- For more information on the rest of our employee benefits, take a look at: http://www.stfccareers.co.uk/why-join/rewards-and-benefits/.
We are seeking to recruit a data scientist to join our Data Science group. Collaborating with our industry partners, we develop tools, frameworks and applications to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies across UK industry and the public sector.
This position is to work on projects applying data analysis to smart manufacturing, as part of the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub project. This is a large collaboration, led by Ulster University and involving many other partners including the Energy Systems Catapult and the Data Lab in Edinburgh. You will regularly interact with other technical teams including High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering alongside Professional Services staff to deliver solutions to industry challenges and create societal and economic impact. With Business Development colleagues, you will develop collaborations with industry and academic partners. From small start -up companies to large multinational corporations, you will work closely with commercial teams with some work being commercial in confidence. Projects span the technology readiness spectrum from early stage research through to commercial application of established techniques, and are implemented on systems including our high performance computers and cloud. Our previous projects have included predicting healthcare pathways for NHS Liverpool, analysing energy use in South-West Water’s treatment plants and building a demonstrator for a digital twin to help tackle the effects of climate change.
Duties include:
- Collaborate with business development personnel and client subject matter experts to understand clients’ challenges and develop new projects.
- Identify appropriate technologies and design solutions to client’s business problems.
- Learn and apply data centric, analytics and AI technologies.
- Help train customer staff in data science and related technology.
- Visit commercial and academic partners, validate conclusions and present results to customers, including using advanced visualisation.
- Publish non-confidential results to build the Hartree Centre and your own profiles in the community.
- Contribute to specific projects with industrial clients as needed.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will have experience in analysing data and applying machine learning using tools such as R or Python. While support from other members of the department is available, the candidate should have a basic knowledge of coding, software engineering and statistics. Demonstration of knowledge and/or experience in statistical analysis or artificial intelligence will be a distinct advantage.
The candidate will need to work on diverse projects, so should have good communication skills, in particular the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, collaborators, and clients. Hartree Centre projects are solution-focused, so the candidate must be able to work to a plan and within a deadline.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in a mathematical, scientific, or computer science discipline. (S)
Desirable
- Master’s degree or PhD in engineering, mathematics or other relevant discipline. (S)
Experience/Personal Attributes
Essential:
- Experience of data analysis, utilizing a range of languages. (S&I)
- Experience applying mathematics and statistics. (S&I)
- Demonstrable ability to master new tools and technologies. (S&I)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. (S&I)
- Good time management and ability to deliver against work plans. (S&I)
- Able to work with industrial clients. (S&I)
- Can work as part of a team and independently. (S&I)
- Able to travel in the UK and occasionally abroad. (S)
Desirable
- Industrial or commercial experience of solving business problems using data. (S)
- Experience of working as a member of project teams, preferably on software or cross-disciplinary projects. (S&I)
- Good background in applications of statistical methods. (S&I)
- Experience of working in manufacturing environments or with manufacturing data. (S&I)
- Experience of big data problems (volume, velocity and variety) and solutions (e.g. MapReduce, Spark). (S&I)
- Experience of data visualisation. (S&I)
- Knowledge of and/or experience with machine learning methods. (S&I)
- Excellent influencing and presentation skills and able to proactively listen to capture user requirements. (S&I)
- Experience of working with commercial partners or within a commercial research environment. (S&I)
- Knowledge of good coding and practice, for example version control or test-driven development. (S&I)
Further information: http://www.stfc.ac.uk/hartree (Hartree Centre), https://smdh.uk/ (Smart Manfacturing Data Hub)
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Whatever our role, we have the freedom to explore, learn and connect, as part of a community that loves to share knowledge and support one another.
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, this is a place where there’s always something new to learn – about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself. Join us and discover what’s possible.
About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We’re proud of the impact we make. And we’re committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You’ll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you’ll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you’ll discover just what a difference you can make when you’re equipped and inspired to excel.
We’re a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don’t, ask questions that others won’t, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it’s at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It’s very often ground-breaking. And it’s endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.
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