2xData Scientist (Supply Chain & Predictive Maintenance)

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
West Drayton, DN22 8ED, United Kingdom
Today
Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
7 Jul 2026 (Today)

Contract Job alert** Seeking 2x Data Scientist 6 months+ on-going contract - 3 days on site near Heathrow - Inside IR35
Please note that UK-based candidates only - 5 years of UK residency and, ideally, a British citizen is required.

1x Data Scientist (Supply Chain)Must have -A deep knowledge of supply chain models and analytics, to help build the right models with the right science behind them.
Including:
o Understanding of how to handle/model slow moving parts
o Multi-echelon inventory
o How to balance cost and service levels (fill rates and cycle service levels)
o Developing analytical solutions using the core packages for data science, optimisation and simulation.
o Creating data pipelines (even though we will have a data engineer) and to get these into production.
o Knowledge of the software engineering techniques to get the solution into production.
1x Data Scientist - (Predictive Maintenance)
Must have:-· Full stack data scientist with both science and engineering skills to develop ML solutions and get them into production
· Senior individual contributor...able to draw upon a wide experience of problems and solutions to technically guide more junior data scientists.
· Expert in applied machine learning, including the techniques currently being used in PRISM (XGBoost and SHAP)
· Experience of using machine learning to solve commercial predictive
· Ideally, experience with Causal ML

Both roles require Stakeholder management skills (defining and prioritising requirements, contributing to product roadmap, supporting adoption).

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