Energy Data Scientist Intern — Forecasting & Insights

Summit Utilities, Inc.

Fort Smith (AR)

On-site

USD 28,000 - 41,000

Part time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Summit Utilities, Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist Intern based in Fort Smith, Fayetteville, or Little Rock, AR.

You will support data science solutions for safe, reliable natural gas operations and assist with data exploration, feature engineering, model development, and communicating insights across operations and business teams. Under guidance from experienced data scientists, you will work on projects spanning field operations optimization, asset health, weather normalization, climate

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program in data science, statistics, mathematics, or related field.
Coursework or projects involving statistics, machine learning, or quantitative analytics.
Exposure to the model development process — data preparation, feature engineering, training, and evaluation.
Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Snowflake, or Databricks.

Responsibilities

Assist in building, validating, and iterating ML models for demand forecasting, weather normalization, asset health, and segmentation.
Support exploratory data analysis, data profiling, and feature engineering across work order, weather, SCADA, and usage data.
Contribute to model development pipelines in Microsoft Fabric and perform data quality checks.
Develop clear visualizations and document analytical logic, data sources, and assumptions.
Complete an assigned project and present results to AI and Enterprise Data teams and leadership.