T&D Data Scientist II, Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR #112341
Company: Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: October 17, 2024
Job Description:
T&D Data Scientist II Date: Sep 11, 2024 Location: SALT LAKE
CITY, UT, US, 84116 Company: PacifiCorp PacifiCorp is seeking
customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a
culture of customer service excellence, environmental
sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.General
PurposeProvides technical support on complex and business critical
projects related to wildfire mitigation, asset performance, and
T&D Operations across six states. Leverages large data sets
including weather, environmental, outage, vegetation, and grid
attributes to inform long term risk analysis and aid in decision
making. Works alongside senior leadership to develop tools and
analysis and inform the future of data driven decisions. Develops
presentations for senior management and recommends and implements
changes to meet company goals.Responsibilities
- Conduct research studies and technical analyses in areas of
specialized data science to support company objectives including
wildfire risk modeling and analysis, electric service reliability
analysis, and ad hoc projects in support of electric operations
program teams.
- Support data science projects, processes, or systems over the
life cycle of the project, including project identification, scope
development, implementation, and long-term operations and
maintenance.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, and regulatory teams
to analyze complex problems, identify issues, innovate and deliver
solutions consistent with schedules established.
- Provide technical expertise across business units to support
functions such as wildfire mitigation and reliability within the
T&D Operations organization.
- Develop detailed computational analysis, including data
science, computer modeling, and scripting and tool development, and
integrate methods and products within and across company software
products.
- Participate in government, industry, collegiate and other
applicable associations or work groups which have the ability to
influence or set policy impacting the future of our utility.
- Determine methods and techniques for obtaining results.
- Support data literacy and scripting knowledge development
across the team.
- Strong customer service focus.Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Math,
or Engineering from an accredited college/university.
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in a power/utility/energy
industry or related professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience in Python (or related language).
- Knowledge of SQL query construction and optimization.
- Technical writing skills.
- Ability to communicate complex data in a simple, actionable way
through visualizations.
- Ability to review scientific literature and incorporate
knowledge into ongoing projects.
- Ability to work cross functionally and support multiple
departments.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Knowledge of industry best practices for data science and data
governance.Preferences
- Experience in Python (or related language) and associated
libraries for machine learning.
- Experience with time series modeling and forecasting.
- Experience working with public utility commissions (PUCs) and
their requirements/regulations.
- Experience working in the utilities, risk management, or
wildfire mitigation sector.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning
environment.
- Experience with C#, Spark, or R.
- Understanding of the Company's business and relevant policies,
procedures, and practices.
- Experience with wildfire science or wildfire-related analytics
use cases strongly preferred.
- Experience using ESRI toolsets including ArcGIS Pro and
QGIS.
- Experience utilizing Python geospatial packages such as
matplotlib, shapely, and other relevant spatial tools.Additional
InformationReq Id: 112341 Company Code: PacifiCorp Primary
Location: SALT LAKE CITY Department: Power Delivery Schedule: FT
Personnel Subarea: ExemptHiring Range: $87,600-$103,100 This
position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance
incentive bonus of up to 12.00% of salary. Benefits: Health care,
retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and
long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information,
please visit: Employees must be able to perform the essential
functions of the position with or without an accommodation.At
PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion.
PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age,
national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required
by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex
(including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information,
physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or
military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any
other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal
law.Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are
contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and
drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in
several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in
Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the
laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers
positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those
covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.
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