Sr. Data Scientist

$156,000 - $214,000/Yr

Gilbane Building Company - Cleveland, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Cleveland, OH

11-50 employees

Construction of Buildings

About the position

Gilbane is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Scientist to join our Information Technology Team. As a top-10 ENR Contractor, we have been shaping communities since 1870 and are recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects including schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, and sports arenas. We are committed to delivering projects safely and on time, and we value a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be a coach and leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You will provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles, determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You will establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. Your role will involve building high-performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual. You will leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantages. Your strategic mindset will be essential when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future. Your core values should align with Gilbane's values of Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to gather deep understanding of business problems and develop predictive models to predict outcomes.
• Leverage the model development process to identify critical drivers of predicted outcomes and guide business to take action on these insights.
• Data mine various data systems, clean and structure data to optimize model performance and identify areas for data quality improvements in the enterprise data environment.
• Partner with Data Engineering and BI teams to put models and insights into production.
• Develop causal inference / explanatory path models to help business understand drivers of key outcomes.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure understanding of models and implement business process change to improve outcomes based on model output.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in statistics, data science, economics, psychology (research/experimental), or other heavily quantitative social or other science (biometrics) is required; PhD is desired.
• Deep knowledge of statistics, predictive modeling, machine learning, data mining, and feature engineering is essential.
• Strong skills in SQL and Python or R are required.
• Excellent communication and consultative approach, along with PowerPoint and presentation skills, are necessary.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the construction industry or related fields is a plus.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive health and welfare benefits.
• Generous profit-sharing/401k plan.
• Access to Gilbane University for training and development opportunities.