Data Scientist 1, 2 or Senior

Data Scientist 1, 2 or Senior

Location:

Tempe, AZ, US

Date: Sep 26, 2024

Requisition ID : 17828

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizonas best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

SRPs success is rooted in our employees happiness, health, and safety. Thats why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)

401(k) plan with employer matching

Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance

Over 200 hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)

Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance

Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)

Short and long-term disability plans

Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs

10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

Summary

The System Integration Data Scientist will support developing analytical tools and assumptions for system-wide planning (load forecasting, customer programs, transmission planning, distribution planning, resource planning), and develop expertise in the performance of generation resources, including renewable resources. This role will be instrumental in developing integrated models, managing data environments, leveraging advanced analytics, and align data to support SRP’s advancement to integrated system planning. This role will collaborate with various departments to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the integrated planning processes and contribute to the achievement of strategic goals. Extracts knowledge and insights from high volume, high dimensional data in order to investigate complex business problems through a range of data preparation, modeling, analysis and/or visualization techniques, which may include the use of advanced statistical analysis, algorithms, predictive modeling, experimentation and pattern recognition to create solutions that enable enhanced business performance.

What Youll Do

• Collect and analyze data associated with resource performance including renewable generation performance, carbon/water intensity, battery metrics, system variability analysis. Develop tools to share that information across SRP. 

• Consulting with business units to identify and gather requirements for potential data science, data engineering or data visualization projects specifically as it pertains to integrating various planning software/tools across planning organizations.

• Assist in evaluating various planning software and application development packages within the Transmission, Distribution, and Resource Planning organizations, providing recommendations based on departmental current & future needs.

• Develop a data management warehouse to enhance information transfer efficiency among collaborative planning departments. This includes designing data collection, cleaning, and processing of databases.

• Create dashboards and data visualizations to clearly communicate findings and insights from large datasets to non-technical stakeholders.

• Coordinating technical interactions between information technology groups on data environment and project matters. 

• Analyze data sources, gather, and transform data into formats that are useful for analytics.

• Present results through presentations, documentation, roadshows, and visualizations.

• Serve as an expert resource in Data Science tools and techniques, including tools such as Dataiku, SQL, Python, R, PowerBi, Snowflake, etc. Proficient in SQL for querying databases and managing large datasets.

• Researching & piloting innovative ideas, testing & evaluating new technologies and software.

• Occasional travel to represent SRP with industry groups, customers, and regulatory and political bodies.

What It Takes To Succeed

• Experience with power system planning, operations, and economics is preferred. 

• Preferred education in applied math, data science, economics, engineering, or IT.

• Knowledge of best practices for data management and architecture, and reporting.  

• Knowledge of data integration approaches and SRP’s power system planning tools.

• Positive attitude and excels in a team/collaborative environment.

• Ability to navigate and thrive in situations with ambiguous or unclear requests, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and adaptability.

Experience

Promotion to Level 2 requires a minimum of two years experience at Level 1 and demonstrated capability to perform advanced and more difficult work as determined by the supervisor. Promotion to Senior Level requires a minimum of 3 years experience at Level 2, is fully competent in all aspects of functional area of assignment and as such would be recognized as a specialist in area of assignment and may have periodic or occasional lead responsibilities.

Education

Completion of a Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution that prepares the employee for the assignment.

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona. We are taking steps to protect the health and well-being of all team members, and by following a number of health and safety protocols, to reduce the risk of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visas.

Nearest Major Market: Phoenix