Data Scientist for Entry-Level Manufacturing

Job Description

BlueScope is an Australian-originated global success story, stretching over 18 countries, with a team of more than 15,000 people. We are driven by innovation and take pride in the fact that the technologies in our products and brands, such as COLORBOND® steel, inspire and protect everything from hospitals and bridges to stadiums and homes.

The Opportunity

We conduct our lives and work according to our values, being innovative and collaborative together, leading with a high level of integrity towards and with our customers. We are committed to ensuring our business represents the communities where we operate - and that includes supporting the representation of women across our workforce. We are proud of the gender diversity throughout our business, we have a female CEO, over 50% of our executive team are female and we have been recognized as an Inclusive Employer in 2021-22 by the Diversity Council of Australia.

We aim to offer you a career pathway with us! Your journey commences as a Manufacturing Data Scientist located at our Port Kembla manufacturing site in NSW.

In the recent years, we have been on a journey to enhance our in-house IT capability - and our Digital Manufacturing teams take pride in the elevated service quality we now offer our business.

What You'll Be Doing

In your role as an Entry-Level Manufacturing Data Scientist, you'll quickly become an integral member of our shared, multidisciplinary team committed to aiding digital transformation within the Australian manufacturing businesses. You'll play a key role in implementing state-of-the-art machine learning models within the production environment. Your duties will cover the entire spectrum of Machine Learning Operations () from conceptualization, actual deployment, and production of the models you help create. We are looking for someone with a unique blend of business know-how, solid analytical and problem-solving talents, and basic Python programming abilities. Exposure to heavy engineering/manufacturing processes and a background in data-related skills will be invaluable, as you will be utilizing machine learning and various data-focused techniques to optimize and elevate steel manufacturing processes.

Your Impactful Role

As a Manufacturing Data Scientist, you will play a vital role in our machine learning projects throughout their development stages. You will be a crucial team member, responsible for:

• Developing sturdy data and ML pipelines for training and deploying ML models
• Writing efficient and effective code, contributing significantly to the model development process
• Ensuring the solidity of the code and models as projects progress, meeting agreed-upon standards
• Fulfilling production requirements for model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining
• Thoroughly documenting data pipelines and transformations
• Producing comprehensive model documentation

Your collaborative spirit will be highlighted as you work closely with IT, OT, and the broader digital team to deploy models into production and smoothly integrate them with existing systems.

Your Profile

We comprehend you might not be an industry expert yet, and that's fine. We have an internal support network prepared to assist your learning journey. What we value most is your passion for machine learning, artificial intelligence, and visual AI within the heavy manufacturing sector. Perhaps you come from an engineering or computer science background and are keen to transition into the realm of Data Science. We are seeking a team player with:

• An inherent capability to deliver data-driven solutions and proficiency in leading data science tools
• A recognized degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related Sciences
• Strong communication skills, enabling you to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prior exposure to Data Science or Machine Learning, although not mandatory, would be advantageous
• Basic coding skills, preferably in Python, would be beneficial
• Familiarity with AZURE cloud-based systems would be regarded favorably
• Although you don't need to be a data engineer, some knowledge of SQL and an understanding of databases would be useful

If you are excited about making an impact via data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in the realm of heavy manufacturing, we encourage you to apply. Your journey toward becoming an efficient Data Scientist begins here!

What’s in it for you

• Permanent full-time position with 14% superannuation option
• Annual incentive scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Employee benefits with discounts on health and well-being products and services
• Employee Assistance Program

If this seems like the role for you, we would like to hear from you.

The BlueScope Difference

A career at BlueScope offers the chance to make a difference – to yourself, to your team, to our customers, to transforming products, processes, and brands, and to an organization keen on shaping a better built environment for all our communities.

Find out more about us at bluescope.com/life-at-bluescope/.

and bluescope.com/life-at-bluescope/careers-in-australia/it/

Together we can make a world of difference.

Applications close on Friday, 10th November 2023