Data Science Intern – Environment

Key Skills

Azure, Big Data Technology, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, DevOps, Git, Keras software library, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Natural Language Toolkit - NLTK, NumPy, Pandas, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, SciPy, Statistics, TensorFlow

Job Description

Bring your curiosity and passion to the technical challenges we take on at GHD. Then see how everyone gets behind you.

With dedication, there’s no idea too big, no dream too far. We strive to build opportunity for all. Giving you leading training and development programs to accelerate your growth.

Come and see where your career can take you and the impact your dedication can make.

Let's tackle the big problems together.

Responsibilities:

• Build solutions through the use of advanced statistical analysis, data mining, and data visualization techniques ensuring tasks are completed on time
• Designs, implements, and evaluates sophisticated statistical models and approaches for application in the business’s most complex issues
• Performs ad-hoc data mining and exploratory statistics tasks on very large data-sets related to the business’s strategies
• Prepares reports and presentations that will give insights into ongoing/completed work
• Cleansing of large unstructured data and enabling analytical capability in order to query the data and address various business needs
• Uses unstructured and disjointed datasets for the purpose of independently generating useful business insights as well as crafting manageable analytical processes
• Collaborates with senior data scientists to communicate obstacles and findings to relevant partners in an effort to improve decision-making and drive business performance
• Comes up with superb illustrations and visualizations of data communicating results as measures of the business’s impact
• Teammate, collaborating with others in the data analytics team and sharing information and knowledge, in solving sophisticated business issues
• Seeking advice from others when learning
• Coordinating and supervising specific team tasks when requested
• Documents completed work so that anyone will be able to understand and implement it
• Will work in environment domain with a focus on contamination, assessment and remediation
• Ability to mine data from EPA, state government’s environment regulation websites etc
• Assists in performing tasks using ESRI tools like ArcGIS Pro, WebApp Builder
• Assists in building libraries which are passionate about performing analysis relevant to environment

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a graduate program (preferably in Chemical/Environmental Engineering) and eligible to work full-time (40 hours/week)
• Solid understanding of remediation techniques, chemical engineering calculations, PFAs compounds
• Able to think and function independently with minimal supervision
• Strong programming skills and experience working with tools such as Excel, R, Python, ArcGIS, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure MLS, Azure DevOps, Git
• Must have completed either academic coursework or MOOCs related to programming
• Academic/professional experience in but not limited to libraries such as Pandas, NLTK, Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Numpy/Scipy, Sklearn/H2O, TensorFlow/PyTorch and/or Keras
• Good understanding of Dataframe Manipulation, Web Scraping, Natural Language Processing Machine Learning, Deep Learning concepts, techniques, and algorithms with a specialization in at least one of the listed concepts
• Basic knowledge of Big Data techniques and Cloud Computing
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and accurate usage, etc.) and experience with applications
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Confident but friendly and approachable

Tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges - with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way.

We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you build a lasting impact.

See where your dedication could take you with GHD.

As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.