Data Expert (f/m/d)

Heitkamp & Thumann Group; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Heitkamp & Thumann Group is seeking a data engineer to help design, implement and improve a group-wide data platform and integration layer. You will connect data from diverse sources, drive data quality, and establish governance across sites to support reporting, analytics and AI initiatives.

The role requires hands-on data engineering experience, strong communication with stakeholders across locations, and fluency in German and English.

Qualifications

• A degree in computer science, IT systems, data engineering, engineering or a comparable field.
• Professional experience in data engineering and data integration.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms and data pipelines broker systems.
• Experience with data integration on shopfloor level; understanding industrial communication schemas is a plus.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and semantic data models; ability to transform business requirements into usable data products.
• Confidence working with data from different systems; experience with ERP, MES or machine data is valuable.
• Clear communication skills for advising stakeholders, documenting solutions and enabling colleagues across locations.
• Business-fluent German and English.
• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Help design, implement, operate and improve the group-wide data platform and integration layer, including monitoring and incident resolution.
• Connect data from diverse sources and improve data quality; develop a shared semantic understanding of key information.
• Establish practical data governance with ownership, documentation and standards for reliable delivery.
• Translate business needs into governed, ready-to-use data products for reporting, analytics and AI.
• Support local sites with onboarding, training and technical guidance; collaborate with vendors to extend solutions to additional sources and locations.

Skills

Data engineering

Data integration

Cloud platforms

Industrial data sources

Data governance

Bilingual German/English

Education

Degree in CS/IT/Data engineering

Job description

Make data work across locations. At Heitkamp & Thumann, you will help build and run a group-wide data architecture that connects information from different systems and turns it into reliable data products for reporting, analytics and AI. This role combines hands-on data engineering with collaboration: you will work with local application experts, central functions and external partners to make data easier to use while respecting the needs of individual sites.

Your duties

• Help design, implement, operate and improve our group-wide data platform and integration layer, including monitoring, incident resolution and performance optimisation.

• Connect data from diverse sources, work with colleagues to improve data quality and develop a shared semantic understanding of key information.

• Establish practical data governance: clear ownership, documentation and standards for reliable data delivery.

• Translate business needs into governed, ready-to-use data products for reporting, analytics and AI.

• Support local sites with onboarding, training and technical guidance; work with vendors and stakeholders to extend solutions to additional sources and locations.

Your profile

• A degree in computer science, IT systems, data engineering, engineering or a comparable field.

• Professional experience in data engineering and data integration

• A solid understanding of cloud platforms, data pipelines broker systems

• Experience with data integration on shopfloss level. Understanding of industrial communication schemas is a plus

• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and semantic data models; the ability to turn business requirements into usable data products.

• Confidence working with data from different systems. Experience with industrial data sources such as ERP, MES or machine data would be valuable.

• Clear communication skills for advising stakeholders, documenting solutions and enabling colleagues across locations.

• Business-fluent German and English.

• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is welcome. You work carefully with data, enjoy solving problems hands-on and can bring structure to a changing technical landscape.

And this is what you can look forward to

This is a full-time role based in Düsseldorf, with a hybrid working model in line with Group policy. Expect approximately 20–30% travel to H&T sites in Germany, Europe, the US and Asia. Occasional flexibility for calls across time zones is part of the role.