Overview
Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future. Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight, and collaboration.
The Opportunity
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Consultant Data Scientist to join our Digital, Data and Technology Team within our Consulting Business Unit. Amey Consulting is a leading consultancy that drives innovation through data and technology, enhancing our clients\' business operations and processes. We provide solutions that drive insights, improve decision-making, and define a digital strategy that supports our client’s vision, transforming and enabling them to become leaders in a rapidly changing technology and data landscape.
As a Senior Consultant, you will be aspiring leader within our DDaT team and will work alongside an experienced pool of other Data Scientists, solution architects, product owners, project managers, business analysts, software developers and AI experts, among others.
You will be responsible for:
- Working closely with clients to understand the challenges they face, shape these into well-defined requirements and provide analytical solutions
- Developing approaches and analyses that can be transferred across different sectors, helping clients to make better use of their data and drive intelligent decision-making
- Exploring new data sets to investigate how they can be used to realise value for clients
- Developing unique solutions to new and unsolved problems in infrastructure by delivering themselves and/or managing small technical teams
- Creating and developing relationships with high-profile clients up to director level
- Opportunity to help with business development to gain new work and expand commissions
- Collaborating with people from the wider team within the business unit, including software developers and domain experts, to form and support multi-disciplinary teams
- Continually developing your skills and experience through a combination of formal and on-the-job learning
- Developing personal expertise and support the development of fellow team members
- Taking responsibility for the delivery of particular parts of projects to meet or exceed the expectations of the client
- Ensure project work is delivered in compliance with the Project Control Framework and Technical Assurance Board to agreed standards and targets
- Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental and Assurance regulations
- Deputise for Principal Consultant, when required
- Understanding, and support where requested, annual business objectives, plans and budgets for business area.
- Operating according to One Amey principles and have a clear understanding of systems and processes
- Working with others on the team to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems within the infrastructure sector either on existing commissions or by attracting research and development funding
What you will bring to us
Technical Expertise
- Proven ability to contribute to fast-paced technical projects and quickly understand what needs to be done, even if it’s out of your area of expertise
- Exposure to managing technical work and directing teams in data & analytics projects
- Skilled in designing data driver solutions and implementing supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
- Experience in model selection, tuning and validation
- Strong grasp of statistical inference, hypothesis testing and experimental design.
- Familiarity with ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch.
- Ability to interpret and explain complex analysis in simple terms to stakeholders and team members (expert and non-expert alike)
- Self-sufficient in leveraging Python for end-to-end data science tasks from exploration and modelling to automation.
- Experience/Familiarity with agile/scrum delivery.
- Knowledge of Git or other version control systems, and experience using these tools in collaborative software projects
- Good code hygiene, including modular design, refactoring and testing
- You have a bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM subject (or equivalent portfolio/work experience)
- You’ve obtained a good knowledge of cloud services e.g. AWS, Azure (desirable)
- You have experience developing web applications for analytics solution (desirable)
Project Controls
- Demonstrated expertise in balancing financial and technical requirements to ensure successful project management outcomes.
- Proven experience in leading and managing small to medium teams to deliver projects effectively and efficiently.
- Skilled in building strong client/stakeholder relationships and providing customer-focused solutions that address key client needs and deliver maximum value.
Business Development
- Strong communication skills enabling you to build rapport within teams and across diverse clients.
- Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Bid writing capabilities and previous experience in tenders is advantageous but not necessary.
- A network within your industry, with the aim of developing this further is advantageous but not necessary
What we can offer you
At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.
Career Development – Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.
Work-life Balance – Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.
Wellbeing – Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers
EDI- At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.
Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.
Plus, a range of other great perks and benefits including:
- Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
- Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
- Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.
Your Career at Amey Consulting
At Amey Consulting, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset. You’ll be stretched, but always supported. We’ll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.
Application Guidance
Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Please contact our recruitment team at to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.
