company bio kiefner and associates inc an applus rtd company is a wellestablished engineering consultancy with headquarters in columbus ohio kiefner provides the oil gas industry with safety and reliability services we offer a broad range of consulting services including fitness for service failure analysis and material testing stress analysis inline inspection qualification and training workshops position purpose responsibilities of the data scientist include conducting data analytics statistical and probabilistic modeling optimization data scrubbing standardization developing and enhancing algorithms and data analysis methodologies and data validation on projects related to midstream and downstream energy sectors support kiefner by providing integrity assurance services to the oil gas industry particularly the midstream duties and responsibilities initiate execute and close out projects within time and budget work independently or as member of a small team prepare technical reports and presentations represent kiefner at industry conferences trade shows and committees follow kiefner qhse standards perform all other duties assigned supervisory responsibilities na knowledge and skills rapidminer r python matlab risk vba neural networks nave bayes classifier statistical tools and methodologies practical application of data science in engineering solutions ability to work on several assignments ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing ability to work in a team environment ms office suite of products firmly adhere to the values and ethics of kiefner exhibit honesty discretion and sound judgment education and work experience msc or phd in data science applied mathematics statistics engineering 3 years of experience in data science in and engineering domain preferably midstream oil and gas 1 years in an engineering or consultancy environment employees must be legally authorized to work in the united states verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire visa sponsorship is not available for this position certificates and licenses required na physical activities and requirements the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences the ability to communicate information and ideas through speech so others will understand the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing the ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem the ability to see details at close range within a few feet of the observer the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong it does not involve solving the problem only recognizing there is a problem the ability to add subtract multiply or divide quickly and correctly sitting remain sitting particularly for sustained periods of time repetitive motions making substantial movements motions of the wrists hands andor fingers dexterity picking pinching typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling talking expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately loudly or quickly walking moving about on foot to accomplish tasks particularly for long distances or moving from one