Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist 
 

Are you someone who is curious, creative and innovative? Have you got a commercial perspective to problem solving? If so, we’d love for you to come and join our team here at EDF as a Senior Data Scientist!
 

The Opportunity…
 

As a Senior Data Scientist, reporting to the Senior Manager of Field Operations and Optimisation, you will take technical ownership of data science and modelling techniques, ensuring their rigour and robustness across the team. 
 

You’ll lead on performance reporting, delivering data-driven insights to enhance productivity, utilisation and quality across both our field and scheduling teams.
 

Your work will support analysis at all levels—from the customer portfolio down to individual customers and transactions—informing decision-making and shaping data-driven strategies. You will also be responsible for developing data products that generate new insights, automate decision-making, and drive actions that maximise value for EDF.
 

Pay, benefits and culture
 
Alongside a salary negotiable DOE, potential to earn 5% bonus, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.
 

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans. 
 

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.
 

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. The team usually meet up at the office in Hove once a month, the rest of the time you can work remotely or go into the office as you wish.
 
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.
 
We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.
 
What you’ll be doing
 

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead a small team of Senior Data Analysts and Data Analysts, optimising field operations through automation and data-driven scheduling. You will play a key role in automating manual processes that support these areas.
 

You will provide technical oversight of data science outputs, ensuring stakeholder requirements are met. Using your expertise, you will guide model development, oversee machine learning model performance, and collaborate with subject matter experts to deploy models into production.
 

Additionally, you will shape our data strategy, provide technical coaching, and may take on the management of Junior Data Scientists and placement graduates.

Who you are
 

We’re looking for someone who thrives on collaboration and engaging with wider teams and business affairs. You’ll need a strong customer focus, making it simple for others and caring deeply about success for your customers and stakeholders. 
 

Across the following areas, you will be an expert, that is, able to perform the activity in a wide range of complex or non-routine contexts and with substantial personal autonomy – and can develop others in the activity:
•    Theoretical and practical models for data analysis and data management: Proficient in a scripting language and dedicated tools and libraries for data manipulation and analysis, able to apply a rigorous experimental approach, and able to create compelling visualisations of your outputs to guide decision making.
•    Software development standards and best practices: Code version control, writing and structuring code adhering to common standards, application of software development lifecycle (design-build-test-deploy), some knowledge of Cloud services.
•    Machine learning and advanced analytical methods: Common machine learning libraries (e.g. Scikit-learn), in-depth understanding of techniques and algorithms, in-depth understanding of model tuning and evaluation metrics, techniques and practices, good understanding of specialised techniques, e.g. NLP or deep learning.
•    Effective interpersonal and communication skills: Prepare and deliver technical presentations – within the team and to non-technical stakeholders. Demonstrate ability to work as part of a team. 
 

Closing date for applications: 16.02.2025
Location: Flexible/Home working
 

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