AECOM is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Science &amp; Analytics team, contributing to transformative data-driven decision-making across global projects. As part of AECOM’s commitment to delivering sustainable and innovative solutions, the Senior Data Scientist will play a critical role in advancing analytics, AI/ML strategies, and IoT-driven insights to unlock measurable business value across infrastructure, environmental, and urban development sectors.Reporting to the Data Intelligence Lead, this role will focus on designing and implementing predictive and prescriptive models, driving AI/ML strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate data science solutions into AECOM’s operational workflows. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in advanced analytics, machine learning, and IoT technologies, with a passion for solving complex challenges in the built environment.Key Responsibilities· Define and execute AI/ML roadmaps aligned with AECOM’s business objectives, including sustainability and operational efficiency.· Develop and deploy predictive and prescriptive models for key use cases such as demand forecasting, optimisation, and anomaly detection in infrastructure projects.· Establish best practices for model lifecycle management, including MLOps, monitoring, and retraining, ensuring alignment with AECOM’s global standards.· Extract actionable insights from complex datasets to inform strategic decisions across infrastructure, environmental, and urban development domains.· Apply statistical modelling, machine learning, and optimisation techniques to solve high-impact business problems, including resource allocation, project risk management, and asset lifecycle forecasting.· Design and run experiments (e.g., A/B testing, causal inference) to measure the impact of data-driven initiatives on project outcomes.· Collaborate with data engineering teams to design feature pipelines and ensure data quality across diverse sources, including geospatial, environmental, and operational data.· Support integration of diverse data sources (batch, streaming, IoT) into unified analytics platforms tailored to AECOM’s global projects.· Analyse real-time sensor and telematics data to enable predictive maintenance and operational efficiency for connected assets in infrastructure projects.· Implement anomaly detection and streaming inference solutions to improve asset performance and reduce downtime.· Mentor junior data scientists and analysts, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence in analytics and modelling.· Promote best practices in data science and analytics, ensuring alignment with AECOM’s quality standards and project delivery frameworks.·Present work outputs to both technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex analytics and AI/ML concepts into clear, layman’s terms.

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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