Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Data Scientist
Career Level: Specialist
Job Specialty: Production Projects
What You'll Do
The Data Scientist leverages data from local data lakes and other disparate data sources to generate automated data pipelines that feed data visualization tools and other downstream applications. In addition, the Data Scientist generates powerful data visualizations that enable 1) live broadcasting of hard-to-reach data, 2) curated stakeholder views, 3) trend identification, and 4) predictive analytics. Tools generated by the Data Scientist are leveraged by customers to steward sustainable processes, measure performance, identify efficiency opportunities, and drive data-based decisions. This role will also help build, influence, and enhance a data-driven culture at the site as well as champion efforts to simplify, standardize, and improve processes at multiple levels across organizations.
Responsibilities
- Automated Business Metrics: Develop, refine, and sustain data products curated for Production and Operations leadership that automates information exchange between Business Analysts and Integration Managers.
- Data Solution Support: Develop, refine, and sustain data products that support strategic initiatives across the Production and Operations organization.
- Data Integration and Expertise: Generate SQL- and Tableau-driven data pipelines from the Corporate Information Center (CIC) data warehouse, SQL Server tables, etc. for consumption by downstream data visualizations.
- Data Visualization: Develop powerful Tableau data visualizations for customer organizations while looking to standardize and consolidate visualizations where possible.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Equip leadership with real-time data platforms and visualizations to enable informed decision-making at all organizational levels.
- Statistical Analysis: Perform exploratory and predictive statistical analysis utilizing various methods to identify trends, patterns, and insights relevant to strategic decision-making, as necessary.
- Collaboration and Solution Deployment: Collaborate with other data scientists, engineers, and subject matter experts to build and deploy data solutions that address business needs and contribute to achievement of strategic goals. Ensure data solutions are integrated into customer processes to fully realize value.
- Leadership: Build and enhance a data-driven culture at Y-12 by delivering timely solutions, coaching on data accessibility and tool usage. Influence organizations to simplify, standardize, and improve.
Accountabilities
- To the Site Integration management team for timely and thorough execution of duties.
- To the Site Scheduling team for support with integrated site scheduling.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security.
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues.
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization.
- Career advancement and professional development programs.
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
- OR PhD.
- Twelve or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
- Willingness to access Y-12 Production areas as needed.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Educational background in Engineering, Business/Information Management, Statistics, Data Analysis/Science, or related field.
- Data and/or information systems related certifications.
- Experience writing SQL code and building data pipelines with data prep software.
- Knowledge of integrated work (i.e., maintenance) control processes at Y-12.
- Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning systems such as SAP or Oracle.
- Previous nuclear or manufacturing industry work experience.
- Ability to generate and provide high-level briefings to internal and external entities.
- Self-starting individual that can exercise sound judgement while dealing with competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate across groups and organizations to achieve departmental goals.
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
