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October 29, 2025
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Entry Level Data Scientist

Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
$62K/yr - $95K/yr
New Grad, Entry Level
Jacobs is a global company focused on solving critical problems in various sectors. They are seeking a motivated Data Scientist to support engineers and project managers on water treatment and modeling projects, emphasizing digital solutions and collaboration.
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Responsibilities

  • Assist senior and mid-level engineers on larger, complex projects, including task management.
  • Participate in and lead tasks.
  • Perform a wide variety of routine assignments which are clearly defined and require the application of standard design engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
  • Independently evaluate the selection and/or modification of standard techniques, procedures, criteria, and systems to efficiently meet project goals.
  • Prepare planning documents, reports, studies, and calculations.
  • Prepare models, engineering specifications, data sheets, sketches, drawings and perform calculations in support of engineering activities.
  • Possess a positive attitude, are dependable and meet assigned project deadlines.
  • Effectively work with project teams with diverse technical skill sets and geographic locations
  • Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and work in a fast-paced consulting environment.
  • Collaborate on and contribute to maintaining and building strong client relationships.

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related engineering field
  • 0-3 years of Data Science/Digital Implementation experience
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to lead and work with multi-disciplinary teams on complex infrastructure projects
  • Prioritize data governance and data management best practices
  • Work with project managers and clients to understand needs and be able to come up with digital solutions to fill those needs
  • Possess a positive attitude, are dependable and meet assigned project deadlines
  • Effectively work with project teams with diverse technical skill sets and geographic locations
  • Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and work in a fast-paced consulting environment
  • Collaborate on and contribute to maintaining and building strong client relationships

Preferred

  • Professional experience in consulting, digital solutions, data engineering, data management, data analysis, GIS, engineering, and visualization
  • Expertise in tools and platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, Python, SQL, Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate), GIS, and database technology (data lakes, vector database, etc.)
  • Experience with DevOps, Jira, or related
  • Degree in data science, statistics, computer science, computer engineering, or information systems
  • Supply Chain and Asset Management experience is a plus

Benefit

  • Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • The ability to purchase company stock at a discount
  • Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
  • Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
  • Seven paid holidays
  • One floating holiday
  • Caregiver leave
  • Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
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Founded in 1947
Dallas, Texas, USA
10001+ employees
http://www.jacobs.com