AI Transformation Lead for Industrial Ops & Automation

Granite Construction; Watsonville, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Job summary

Granite Construction seeks an AI Transformational Lead to design and deploy AI-driven tools for aggregate and asphalt plants. You will create ML models to optimize automation, uptime, and material quality while analyzing sales data to sharpen pricing and market position.

Building real-time data pipelines and integrating AI with existing plant systems, you will collaborate across operations, sales, quality, and IT to deliver measurable performance gains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field; MSc preferred.
• Minimum 5 years delivering software or analytics in industrial settings.
• Experience with AI/ML in production or field operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AI-enabled applications to enhance efficiency and sales performance across plant operations.
• Develop and refine ML models to optimize automation and reduce costs.
• Analyze sales, pricing, GIS data to optimize revenue and competitiveness.
• Integrate AI with plant systems and OT/IT data flows.
• Build data pipelines, APIs, and services for real-time insights.

Skills

AI/ML

Data analytics

SQL

Python

Excel

BI platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in AI/CS/SE/DS/Math

Master of Science preferred

Tools

APIs

ETL tools

Plant control systems

Job description

Granite Construction seeks an AI Transformational Lead to design and deploy AI-driven tools for aggregate and asphalt plants. You will create ML models to optimize automation, uptime, and material quality while analyzing sales data to sharpen pricing and market position.

Building real-time data pipelines and integrating AI with existing plant systems, you will collaborate across operations, sales, quality, and IT to deliver measurable performance gains.