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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Science & Analytics team.

Location: Manchester

Reporting to: Joel Lindop

Amey Digital Consulting is a leading consultancy that creates innovation through application of data and technology to improve our clients’ business operations and processes. We provide solutions that derive insights, improve decision making, and define a digital strategy that supports their vision, transforming and enabling them to become leaders in a rapidly changing technology and data landscape.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Working closely with clients to understand the challenges they face, shape these into well-defined requirements and provide analytical solutions
• Developing approaches and analyses that can be transferred across different sectors, helping clients to make better use of their data and drive intelligent decision-making
• Exploring new data sets to investigate how they can be used to realise value for clients
• Developing new solutions and tailoring tried-and-tested approaches to analytical problems in infrastructure by delivering themselves and/or managing small technical teams
• Contributing to developing relationships with high-profile clients up to director level
• Help with business development to gain new work and expand commission

What makes this role unique

As a Senior Data Scientist at Amey Consulting no two days are the same. You’ll work with the biggest infrastructure organisations, liaising directly with clients on a wide range of different projects. You’ll use your focused thinking alongside the latest technology to find smarter answers to complex challenges. You’ll be given every chance to build your career how you want, with like-minded team players. And you’ll be in an environment where worklife balance is not just talked about, but achieved.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM subject (or equivalent portfolio/work experience)
• Experience with our core toolset (Python, Git, cloud services such as AWS/Azure)- desired
• You’re comfortable with big data technologies e.g. Spark, Cassandra
• You have experience contributing to web applications or production programs for analytics solutions
• Proven ability to contribute to fast-paced technical projects and quickly understand what needs to be done, even if it’s out of your area of expertise
• Demonstrable experience of formulating, solving and implementing analytical solutions to business problems desired
• Exposure to managing technical work and directing teams in data & analytics projects
• Technical ability in at least one of statistics, machine learning, or data-led business process change, and drive to learn new skills and technology desired
• Demonstrable experience in developing robust scripted data analysis, and ability to adapt to our team toolset, including experience with relational databases
• Knowledge of Git or other version control systems, and experience using these tools in collaborative software projects

What We Offer You

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who are Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website: Amey

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!