3 days ago
Lowell, AR, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Partner with Finance and Pricing stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize enterprise cost model enhancements.
- Develop and maintain Databricks notebooks and SQL, Python, and PySpark data pipelines for transportation, operational, and financial data.
- Support recurring cost model processes, including data preparation, cost allocation, profitability calculations, and downstream reporting.
- Analyze order- and dispatch-level data to identify cost drivers, investigate variances, and improve cost accuracy.
- Validate cost assumptions, allocation methodologies, and model outputs with Finance and operational results.
- Develop and maintain Power BI reports and analytical datasets for customer, lane, and business-unit analysis.
- Troubleshoot data quality issues and pipeline failures, identify root causes, and improve reliability and processing efficiency.
- Test and document cost calculation and data process changes, including assumptions, limitations, and business impacts.
- Collaborate with engineering and business teams using version control and established development practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mathematics, statistics, information management, or a related field, or a suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
- At least one year of experience in industrial engineering or a related field when qualifying through the stated combination of education, experience, and training.
- Experience with data visualization software, statistics, operations research, linear programming, forecasting, predictive modeling, relational databases, and/or SQL.
- Preferred hands-on experience using SQL and Python to transform, analyze, and validate data.
- Preferred experience with Databricks, Apache Spark/PySpark, or similar cloud-based data processing platforms.
- Preferred experience developing Power BI reports and working with analytical platforms such as Google BigQuery.
- Preferred understanding of cost allocation, financial reconciliation, transportation economics, and/or profitability analysis.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and explain analytical findings to nontechnical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Git-based version control, testing, and recurring production data processes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) retirement plan and life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick time, commensurate with tenure.
- Six weeks of paid maternity leave and two weeks of paid parental leave.
- Six paid holidays annually.
- Full-time position in Lowell, Arkansas, United States.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About JB Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is a public freight transportation and logistics company serving shippers across North America through intermodal, dedicated contract services, truckload, LTL, final mile, and brokerage. Its J.B. Hunt 360 platform operates a digital freight marketplace that matches carriers with loads and provides visibility and management tools. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, the company trades on NASDAQ under JBHT and generates revenue by hauling and brokering freight.