Dairy Data Scientist: Herd Analytics & Insights

VAS; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VAS, a URUS Group company, seeks a Dairy Data Scientist to apply statistics, analytics, and programming to real-world dairy challenges. You’ll analyze biological, production, sensor, and operational data to deliver meaningful insights for the dairy industry.

Collaborate with veterinarians, nutritionists, farm operators, data engineers, and software teams to translate findings into practical recommendations and to build dashboards that support decision-making for herd health, production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and hands-on experience applying data analytics to dairy data.
• Experience using data and statistics to answer scientific or operational questions.
• Proficiency in programming with Python or R and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Analyze dairy production, herd health, nutrition, reproduction, sensor, genomic, and operational data.
• Apply statistical analysis and predictive modeling to identify trends and risks in herd performance.
• Support dairy research initiatives, field trials, experimental design, data analysis, and reporting.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and decision-support tools for farm operations.

Skills

Dairy science

Data analysis

Statistical modeling

Python

R

SQL

Communication of results

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's in Dairy Science

Data Science or Statistics

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Biology

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Delta Lake

Power BI

Tableau

Cloud platforms

Job description

VAS, a URUS Group company, seeks a Dairy Data Scientist to apply statistics, analytics, and programming to real-world dairy challenges. You’ll analyze biological, production, sensor, and operational data to deliver meaningful insights for the dairy industry.

Collaborate with veterinarians, nutritionists, farm operators, data engineers, and software teams to translate findings into practical recommendations and to build dashboards that support decision-making for herd health, production