Data Scientist: Renewable Energy Analytics & AI

G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

G7 Renewable Energies, a South African renewable energy developer, is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to help identify opportunities and improve operational efficiency across wind, solar PV and energy storage projects. The role focuses on data-driven decision making and implementing scalable models.

You will pull, clean and merge data, build predictive models in Python, develop visualizations in Power BI, and work with stakeholders to translate insights into actions.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• Advantageous: Postgraduate qualification in data science.
• 3-5 years' experience in a related role and experience in applied machine learning in industrial contexts.

Responsibilities

• Pull, merge and analyze data; identify patterns and trends.
• Develop predictive models and build data visualizations.
• Deploy models and evaluate performance; handle backend deployment and frontend usability.
• Gather large datasets from multiple sources and perform data mining.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

Deep learning

Data visualization

Power BI

Analytical

Stakeholder management

Education

BSc or MSc in Operations Research, CS, Statistics, Engineering, or Mathematics

Postgraduate qualification in data science (advantageous)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

G7 Renewable Energies, a South African renewable energy developer, is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to help identify opportunities and improve operational efficiency across wind, solar PV and energy storage projects. The role focuses on data-driven decision making and implementing scalable models.

You will pull, clean and merge data, build predictive models in Python, develop visualizations in Power BI, and work with stakeholders to translate insights into actions.