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We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join a team of Data Scientists to focus on providing support and solutions to our manufacturing operations. Working closely with business partners and engineers, the Data Scientists support operations through development and deployment of useful and scalable statistical, machine learning, and deep learning models that make our facilities safe, efficient, and optimal.\n\nOur Team\nYou know us already! We make Brawny® paper towels; Dixie® paper cups and plates; Angel Soft® bath tissue; enMotion® paper towel dispensers, DensGlass® gypsum board and Plytanium® plywood you see in your big box home improvement stores and much more! We employ about 35,000 people who want to make a positive difference in today’s world by creating real long-term value for our customers.\n\nWhat You Will Do\nAnalytics Project Ownership: Own all aspects of analytics projects from start to finish - pursuing innovative ideas, developing models, uncovering, communicating actionable insights, and implementing solutions to capture value.\nWorks with various engineering teams, owns end-to-end solution development and scaling focused on Operations (manufacturing) challenges.\nPartnership: Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners to enable improved decision making.\nFocus needs to remain on building minimum viable product towards solving majority of the issue instead of “perfecting” the solution, unless critical to safety.\nAbility to operate independently and self-manage \nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nBachelor’s Degree or higher in a field related to data science such as Engineering Mathematics or Business Analytics or Statistics or Computer Science or Data Science.\n2+ years of experience creatively applying machine learning, outside of academic datasets, using a formal programming language (Python or R or SAS)\nExperience in data science that encompass having models deployed to production with successful outcomes for users\nExperience with unsupervised and supervised machine learning\nExperience working with large data sets\nExperience with cleaning, manipulating, analyzing, and modeling time series data\nExperience with writing and executing complex SQL queries\nAbility to manage and deliver multiple projects in a fast-paced environment\nAbility to work effectively in a collaborative team environment\nExperience with code version control platforms such as GitHub or GitLab\nStrong communication and collaboration skills, with experience gathering, translating, and implementing business requirements and feedback into technical solutions\nLegal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring visa sponsorship\n\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nMaster's Degree or higher in a field related to data science such as Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or Business Analytics.\nExperience in SAS Code for the purpose of statistics or machine learning\nExperience manipulating data, computing, memory, optimization; experience with cloud computing (AWS)\nExperience with SAS Event Stream Processing (ESP)\nExperience working with Manufacturing Operations\nExperience working with loT data\nProven experience designing, building, and productionizing GenAI solutions, e.g. prompt engineering, RAG, LLMs, Agentic AI and model evaluation\nKnowledge of MLOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines and model lifecycle management\nExperience using AI-powered development tools and coding agents (e.g., Devin, Cursor) to improve productivity \nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.\n\nHiring Philosophy\nAll Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.\n\nWho We Are\nAt Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. 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We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.\n\nEqual Opportunities\nEqual Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. 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