Data Scientist

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

 
Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

Become part of a critical team that will unlock the potential of renewable energy whilst delivering clean and affordable energy to Victorians. 

In this role as a Data Scientist, you will work closely with the principal data scientist and software developers to advance Mondo’s energy market services through a data driven approach.

This will involve communication with both internal and external stakeholders to develop methods of delivering analytical solutions and insights through data science techniques in line with best practice standards.

With a 3/2 Hybrid split Office / WFH, this role can be based in Southbank and is part of the Energy Platforms team.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Design, implement and validate machine learning and other predictive models to deliver commercial outcomes, with a focus on forecasting in the energy market.
• Create and employ systems related to data ingestion, storage, automation, delivery, and validation.
• Prototype, develop, manage, update, and maintain complex analytical models, processes, frameworks, and tools using MLOps best practices.
• Contribute to reporting, insight generation and data-driven decision making.
• Play a key role in the design and implementation of end-to-end cloud-hosted data solutions.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of how the national energy market functions, including National Electricity Rules (NER) compliance requirements related to Distributed Energy Resource (DER).

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification in a technical discipline, e.g., mathematics, data science, computer science, physics, operations research etc. Candidates with a Masters or PhD in a technical field will be highly considered.
• Experience in designing and implementing applied statistical, mathematical, data mining, and machine learning solutions on complex and diverse data sets using a variety of tools e.g. Python, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn etc.
• Designing, testing, and validating complex experiments, scenario modelling, and hypotheses to qualify and validate findings.
• Skilled in working with optimisation or operations research problems.
• Knowledge of working with IoT device data.
• Ability to work with cloud infrastructure, in particular AWS services.
• Demonstrated experience in energy storage and generation technology and the energy market.
• A proactive attitude with a strong attention to detail.
• Proven experience with software development best practices, including version control, CI/CD frameworks, collaborative development approaches. Education Qualifications and Licences

A real place to belong 
 
We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

 
We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.