Location: Downtown Houston, TX
Work Schedule: Hybrid (Remote work on Mondays & Fridays)
Compensation: Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
At Chord Energy, we're leading the charge in transforming the energy industry, leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive business innovation and optimize operations. Our Data Scientist Advisor role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of this transformation, helping us solve complex challenges through data-driven solutions. If you're ready to push boundaries in exploratory data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI, we want you on our team.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Drive Innovation: Lead and participate in diverse, multi-disciplinary projects that tackle a wide range of business problems, including production automation, drilling optimization, process automation, dashboard deployment, and computer vision for operational excellence.
- Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement data-driven solutions that enhance productivity and operational outcomes. Help advance the company’s analytical workflows and bring new technologies and best practices into the fold.
- Business Impact: Play a pivotal role in solving critical business problems by using data analytics and machine learning models to drive decisions that affect core business operations.
- Adoption of New Tech: Contribute to the development and integration of emerging technologies in data science and machine learning, including generative AI and other advanced analytics tools.
- Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as a technical advisor to other team members, guiding them in the best practices for data analytics, optimization, and model deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover key insights in large datasets and drive actionable business solutions.
- Build and deploy machine learning models to optimize business functions, from automation to process improvements.
- Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate complex data findings to stakeholders and help guide decision-making.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business challenges and define data-driven solutions.
- Contribute to the evolution of data analytics best practices across the organization, ensuring that data science efforts align with business goals.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, with proven experience managing and analyzing large datasets.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in Python, data mining tools, and experience with machine learning models.
- Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment, collaborating with business leaders and technical experts.
- Communication: Strong presentation skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into understandable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving work environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Education: Master’s degree or PhD in Data Science, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience, with previous exposure to oil and gas operations or energy sector workflows.
- Additional Skills: Proficiency in additional programming languages such as SQL, R, or C++.
- Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with Petroleum Engineering, Geoscience workflows, and unconventional exploitation programs.
Why Join Chord Energy?
- Impact: Be part of a company that’s shaping the future of the energy sector. Your work will directly influence business decisions and contribute to Chord’s continued success and innovation.
- Growth: Take the next step in your career with a company that invests in its employees. At Chord, you’ll have opportunities to grow professionally and personally, learning new skills and working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Hybrid Work Flexibility: Enjoy a flexible work schedule, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays, while enjoying the collaborative energy of our Downtown Houston office.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Chord Energy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
