Principal Data Scientist

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Fortescue Centre - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

Fortescue is transforming its business through Artificial Intelligence, bringing our unique culture of innovation and leading through doing to transform our asset and employee productivity. The key mission of this role will be to design, develop and deliver AI solutions and systems to deliver on this vision. The right candidate will bring a strong curiosity and technical perspective to these challenges, including a depth of experience in data science and AI algorithm and system design, along with a drive for delivering outcomes and working software in cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and implementation of AI systems that deliver significant value to company
• Help identify, quantify and validate efficiency and productivity opportunities for AI systems using data from a wide range of sources
• Maintaining the backlogs for AI solution and system development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to prioritise their development
• Establish and maintain data science best practice, including rigorous model selection, testing and validation
• Stay up to date with developments in AI and ML, and incorporating emerging techniques and technologies into our AI system design
• Communicate the basis, impact and value of AI systems to a broad range of stakeholders, including senior leadership
• Mentor junior data scientists and help support the capability development of data science and AI across Fortescue

Qualifications and Experience

• An advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or engineering
• Experience (7+ years) in data science and AI solution and system development in the mining, energy, green energy, or heavy industry sectors
• Deep understanding and practical experience in statistics and machine learning, optimisation, simulation, and/or mathematics in mining, energy, green energy, or heavy industrial applications
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and a passion for statistical modelling of real-world systems
• Strong knowledge of data science tools and technologies, including programming languages such as Python
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop junior team members
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex AI algorithm and system concepts to a broad range of stakeholders
• Experience in platforms such as Snowflake, S3 and Sagemaker (beneficial)
• Familiarity with operations research techniques (linear programming, combinatorial optimisation, simulation) is well regarded

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

https://fortescue.com/careers 

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.