Requisition ID: 150179

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: DHO Kiewit Data Services

Department: Data Services

Market: Corporate Home Office

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

At Kiewit, we operate in seven different markets, with many dynamics that impact business decisions. We thrive on being the best at what we do, and to continue our success, we must navigate the future with confidence, embracing decision-making with clear, concise, data-driven analysis and solutions that deliver value to each of our business areas. Our predictive analysis team helps our executives and leaders advance their businesses through effective analysis, providing strategic guidance and a roadmap for the future.

We're looking for experienced Data Scientists that are analytical professionals with a passion for delivering the best data synthesis, operating models and solutions to our entire business in North America. If you know how to leverage the power of data science, analytics, visualization, platforms, and cognitive technologies to uncover hidden relationships from data and generate insightful discoveries and paths forward, we want to talk with you!

In this role you will engage with Senior leaders to continue to advance our analytics capabilities across all market and geographic areas. You may support Power, Mining, Transportation, Industrial, Oil and Gas, Building, Water/Wastewater or Corporate groups with actionable insights across any facet of their business.

District Overview

Kiewit Data Services' (KDS) mission is to make Kiewit the premier data-driven organization in our industry and market areas. To accomplish this, our projects and districts need to have the right data, of the right quality, with the right level of analysis, available to them at the right time. KDS is a cross functional organization with employees that have expertise in data, technology, support and operations backgrounds. Our core functions are Data Quality, Governance, Enablement, Analytics and Data Science.

Location

This position is based out of our Omaha Nebraska Corporate Headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of a team on complex tasks and projects assigned by supervisor to help develop decision support tools for the business.
• Collaborate and work with a team following a project plan, utilizing best practices and group standards and provide detailed documentation of your work.
• Execute the end-to-end analytics process, including cleansing, transforming, profiling and preparing structured and unstructured data, designing and building analytics and models, extracting insights and findings, visualizing outputs, and communicating outcomes to leaders.
• Leverage quantitative and qualitative data and analytics methods to analyze client data across our market areas.
• Define the business need, by conducting interviews with leaders, synthesizing findings, and identifying key themes coming out of your discovery process.
• Develop data visualizations that highlight key insights to help our leaders make informed business decisions by explaining results of analysis to team members and working with end-users on how to use decision support tools.
• Develop training materials and provides guidance to leaders on how to implement suggested solutions.

Qualifications

• Interest in using data to solve problems in the construction and engineering industries.
• Minimum of 1 year of work experience, performing functions as outlined above in a professional setting.
• BA / BS in Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or related field; a demonstrated interest and ability in data analysis is critical.
• Proficiency with the R language required. Experience with the Rstudio family of tools (Connect, Package Manager, Shiny) preferred. Exposure to other languages and tools a plus.
• Able to apply analysis techniques for classification, regression, simulation and forecasting tasks. Familiarity with machine learning algorithms and model ensembles, real world experience developing and deploying models strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with data acquisition via SQL, data lakes, external APIs. Able to support the development of dataset specifications for data engineers.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, employing effective time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
• Passion for learning new data analysis methods and tools
• Excellent critical thinking skills, and a focus on principled and reproducible work is key

Additional Requirements:

• Absent an approved exemption, due to federal, state, local, provincial and/or client-requirements, this position may require an individual to be fully vaccinated by an FDA-approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccine or undergo weekly testing upon hire and as a condition of continued employment.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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There's no limit to what you'll work on at Kiewit. With contracts in different markets and geographic areas, you'll tackle new challenges all the time. Whether you're building a facility that can turn water into power or engineering safer infrastructure networks, you're bound to push the limits of innovation in new and exciting ways.

With Kiewit, you'll have the potential to work on a variety of projects in seven major markets. From railroads to tunnels, renewable energy to biofuels, you'll be part of a mission that's bigger than you can imagine.

Here, you'll team up with market experts and gain cross-functional experience - all while helping people across the globe live better.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Nearest Major Market: Omaha
Nearest Secondary Market: Council Bluffs
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