Data Scientist

Job ID: 528976

CRH Americas Building Products is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Oldcastle ABP Operational Performance Systems team. The individual is responsible for creating and managing enterprise level analytics and data science solutions that deliver actionable insights. This includes execution of the full development lifecycle and requires a strong background in data, statistics and machine learning, business analysis, and process improvement, along with excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate is an analytical problem solver with solid business acumen who can translate business needs into technical requirements and apply modern data science and AI tooling - including Snowflake Cortex and large language models (LLMs) - to real operational problems.

Job Location

This position is onsite and located at our Corporate Office in Atlanta, GA.

Job Responsibilities

• Development and support of operational systems, creating SOPs, providing training, and identifying key metrics that measure adoption and utilization.
• Ability to work independently and with a team, to drive projects forward meeting timelines and objectives.
• Craft and construct visually engaging, creative, and easy-to-use data delivery solutions including dashboards, scorecards, infographics, and reports that enable users to be more productive and better informed.
• Partner with the business and IT to identify opportunities where additional insight/metrics could add value
• Research and provide recommendations for ways to better utilize technology to improve our business operational processes and profitability.
• Design, build, and deploy data science models - including forecasting, classification, anomaly detection, and optimization - that improve operational and commercial decision making.
• Develop AI-enabled solutions using Snowflake Cortex and large language models (LLMs), including retrieval-augmented generation, document and text analysis, and natural language access to enterprise data.
• Establish practices for model validation, monitoring, documentation, and responsible AI use so that solutions remain accurate, explainable, and supportable in production.

Job Requirements

• 2 + years of experience designing, building, and deploying BI/analytical solutions and reports
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, data science, statistics, engineering, math, or another technical field
• Advanced data visualization tool knowledge (Tableau)
• Intermediate to advanced SQL skills, including hands-on work in a cloud data platform (Snowflake preferred)
• Working proficiency in Python for data analysis and modeling (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn); R also considered
• Hands-on experience applying data science and machine learning techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, and time series forecasting to business problems
• Practical experience with LLMs and generative AI - prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or embedding-based search
• Familiarity with Snowflake Cortex (Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, Cortex AI functions) or comparable in-platform AI/ML services
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25%

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

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CRH Americas Building Products (ABP), a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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