Data Scientist

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Location: Brisbane, hybrid with at least 3 days in the office per week

Role Type: 6-month contract with potential extensions

An exciting opportunity exists for

a Junior Data Scienti st to join a growing internal AI/IT function and work closely with business stakeholders on real-world data, analytics and machine learning tasks. This role is ideal for someone with strong foundational skills who is looking to develop their capability in a commercial environment.

About the Role Reporting to internal AI/IT leadership, you will support end-to-end data tasks including data preparation, exploratory analysis, model development and the creation of clear, business-ready insights. You will work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute to processes, documentation and handover activities.

Key Responsibilities

Acquire, clean and prepare datasets, including feature creation and handling data quality issues

Conduct Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to identify patterns, trends and anomalies

Support development and evaluation of basic machine learning models (regression, classification, simple time-series)

Produce performance metrics, comparisons and concise documentation

Create clear visualisations, summaries and reports for business decision-makers

Write clean, reproducible Python code following agreed standards and version control practices

Participate in team stand-ups, reviews and planning sessions, incorporating feedback

Document processes, data sources and handover materials for ongoing internal

use

What You Will Deliver

Clean, organised analysis datasets and preparation scripts/notebooks

EDA outputs with key findings and commentary

Model training and evaluation artefacts

Simple dashboards, charts and reports for business users

Comprehensive documentation supporting knowledge transfer and reusability

About You

Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or similar

Strong Python skills (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, matplotlib/plotly)

Proven experience preparing and transforming real-world datasets

Demonstrated EDA capability with clear communication of insights

Understanding of supervised ML approaches and evaluation techniques

Ability to produce well-structured, documented, version-controlled code

Ability to use AI tools to support analysis, coding and workflow efficiency

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Exposure to AWS or other cloud data platforms

Experience with BI/visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau)

Familiarity with MLOps concepts

Time-series or forecasting experience

Optimisation, simulation or operations research exposure

Experience in agribusiness, manufacturing, FMCG or supply-chain-heavy environments

Why Apply? This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your data science career, work on meaningful, operational datasets and contribute to impactful analytics and AI projects within a supportive team environment.

Equal Opportunity Statement Click Apply Now and submit your resume. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a confidential discussion.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Manufacturing and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting and Manufacturing

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