What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist II position at J.R. Simplot Company?
The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.
Summary
As a Data Scientist with Simplot, you will leverage your expertise in statistics, machine learning and AI to develop solutions that solve complex business and operational problems. You will contribute to diverse and challenging projects, derive and communicate meaningful insights to business partners, and develop and deploy automated solutions to create business value across a variety of domains.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other highly skilled data scientists, play a creative role on project teams, participate in high priority cross-functional initiatives, and grow and develop your own skillset through your work. Your curiosity, expertise and integrity will be instrumental in representing our team in engagements with our partners and stakeholders across the company, and in advancing Simplot’s utilization and development of industry-leading innovations in advanced analytics and AI.
This role is full-time onsite at Simplot Headquarters in Boise, ID.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate as a member of a data science team.
- Apply technical knowledge to interpret business questions and requirements.
- Work independently and in groups to resolve highly complex technical issues within a given technical area.
- Partner with team members across IT and various business domainsm as appropriate.
- Identify potential design, implementation or solution support risks and proactively alert management and technical leads.
- Brainstorm, evaluate and implement solutions to both current and anticipated future business problems
Typical Education
- Bachelors required
- Masters or Doctorate (PhD) preferred
- Candidates with strong statistical programming and academic/scientific research backgrounds are encouraged to apply
Relevant Experience
- Industry experience and/or training preferred, but not required
- Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of key analytical/machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques.
- Speaks with clear understanding and depth to standard data science and AI methodologies.
- Experience in scripting and / or programming language, especially Python.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience designing and implementing analytics applications.
- Exhibits a high level of initiative and integrity. Possesses creative ability, consulting skills, credibility and self-confidence.
- Demonstrated experience and comfort with in-person collaboration as well as an understanding of how to work effectively in engagements with remote team members and geographically dispersed teams.
- Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and solutions.
Required Certifications
Other Information
Job Requisition ID: 27217
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Location(s): Simplot Headquarters - Boise
Country: United States
**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.
If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position, such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants, see the Washington State Attorney General’s Washington Fair Chance Act Guide and RCW 49.94.010 for more information.**