AddressSenior Data Scientist
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Job ID: 3980
About Us
Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Fortescue Centre & Bennett St - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.
Roster: Monday to Friday
Reporting to: Principal Data Scientist
Fortescue is transforming its business through Artificial Intelligence, bringing our unique culture of innovation and leading through doing to transform our asset and employee productivity. The key mission of this role will be to develop and deliver AI solutions & systems that transform the capability and coordination of one of the largest vertically integrated mine, rail and port operations in the world. The right candidate will bring a strong curiosity and technical perspective to these challenges, including experience in data science and AI algorithm & system design, along with a drive for delivering outcomes and working software in cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, development and implementation of AI systems to drive productivity in our integrated supply chain operations
- Helping identify, quantify and validate efficiency and productivity opportunities for AI systems using data from a wide range of sources
- Engaging and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to shape AI system requirements
- Maintaining the backlogs for AI solution & system development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to prioritise their development
- Staying up to date with developments in AI & ML, and incorporating new techniques and technologies into our AI system design
Qualifications and Experience
- An advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or engineering
- Experience (4+ years) in data science and AI solution & system development with mining and heavy industrial operations applications preferred
- Strong understanding and practical experience in statistics and machine learning, including causal inference and experimental design
- Strong knowledge of data science tools and technologies, including programming languages such as Python
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts within a multi-disciplinary product team
- Experience in platforms such as Snowflake, S3 and Sagemaker (beneficial)
Our Commitment
Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
https://fortescue.com/careers
Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.
Applications close 28 March or earlier
Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.
