Data Scientist – Johannesburg needed at Minopex

Job title : Data Scientist – Johannesburg

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : June 06, 2024

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Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify business problems and opportunities for data-driven solutions.
  • Collect, clean, and manipulate large datasets to extract insights and generate predictive models.
  • Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to build and deploy models that can make accurate predictions and recommendations.
  • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports, visualizations, and presentations.
  • Collaborate with other data scientists, engineers, and business analysts to develop scalable and efficient data pipelines and workflows.
  • Working in collaboration with various sites is an essential part of the role, which involves gaining an understanding of the process context, data collection, and extraction methods.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve models and algorithms to ensure their accuracy and effectiveness.
  • Stay up-to-date with new data science and machine learning technologies and methodologies, and recommend new tools and approaches for solving business problems.
  • Execution of analytical projects and investigations (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control and closure)
  • Conducting literature surveys
  • Management of client expectations through regular interactions
  • PowerBi development and data linking

Qualification Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemical/Process Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering or in a relevant field
  • Post Graduate qualification in data science or related fields will be advantageous

Experience and Skills Requirements

  • 3+ years data science experience.
  • Deep understanding on the fundamental workings behind different machine learning algorithms.
  • Strong programming skills in languages such as Python or R and SQL.
  • Experience in applied machine learning in industrial contexts.
  • Understanding of deploying a machine learning in a production environment
  • Familiarity with database technologies and data warehousing concepts
  • Experience in data analysis with data manipulation, cleaning, and wrangling techniques.
  • Good communicator and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in report writing and client presentations using MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Projects.
  • Medically fit and be able pass medical examinations at mining sites.
  • Fluent in English (Read, write, and speak)
  • Experience in industrial mineral processing would be advantageous.

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