Data Scientist
Location: Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent – Full Time
Working Hours: 37 hours – Monday to Friday
Salary: £80,000.00 – £90,000.00
Job Overview
Energia Group seeks to appoint an experienced Data Scientist to join our growing Group Data Office, reporting to the Head of Data & Analytics. You will work closely with colleagues in the Group Data Office within Technology & Innovation (T&I) and with senior managers across our businesses to identify, prioritise, plan, and execute on opportunities to derive business value from data. You will bring up-to-date technical knowledge in data science and a passion for innovation and change. Together with business teams, you will forge a successful partnership to deliver data‑led change that benefits our business and customers.
Key Responsibilities
Your work will involve problem definition, problem solving, and effective collaboration with colleagues. You will lead on problem structuring, data sourcing and transformation, model building and testing, model deployment to production, and post‑production evaluation and update. Your technical expertise will cover the full spectrum of data science techniques (statistical models, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence), development principles, best practices, and key software tools. Some solutions may require descriptive analytics for business insights, so knowledge of reporting tools such as Power BI will be useful.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field.
- Extensive post‑academic experience in Data Analytics, Data Science and/or Machine Learning, with proficiency in SQL, Python and Databricks.
- Experience and knowledge of statistical modelling techniques such as GLM regression, logistic regression, log‑linear regression, deep learning, Bayesian methods, bagging & boosting techniques, clustering, sampling, variable selection, feature engineering, and ML pipelines (MLOps) using Azure Databricks, MLFlow, Git, A/B experimentation, model monitoring, and unit testing.
- Experience with AI/GenAI development frameworks such as Azure AI Foundry.
- Experience working in an agile manner, constantly seeking efficient methods to deliver business objectives.
Learning & Development
- Career progression and development – almost 100 % of our promotions are from within the organisation.
- Wellbeing Fund – to be used toward anything that energises you.
- Mentoring scheme.
- Virtual gym membership.
Social & Community
- Sports and social club.
- Allyship@work.
- Women's network.
- Green team.
- Volunteering days and more.
- 87 % of employees would recommend Energia Group to friends and family as a great place to work.
- Our company values – trustworthy, dynamic, resourceful, community‑focused – guide all our efforts.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday per year + 11 statutory days and the opportunity to buy additional holidays.
- Family‑friendly policies.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Health care.
- Sick pay.
- Up to 10 % annual bonus.
- Annual Cost of Living review.
Skills
IT, Data, Data Analytics.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Industry
Utilities – Engineering and Information Technology.
Access National Insurance
If you are successful in this role you will be required to carry out a Basic Access NI check. A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to obtaining the position. Our Access NI Statement Policy and Recruitment of Ex‑Offenders Policy will be provided upon request to HR.
