Data Engineering Manager

McLane Company, Inc.; Temple (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and 

Paid time off begins day one

Pet insurance

Maternity/paternity leave

Employee assistance programs

Discount programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

McLane Company, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise-scale data platforms enabling analytics, BI, AI/ML, and decision support across planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.

The role emphasizes ownership of data pipelines, data governance, and cost efficiency, with a focus on secure, compliant, and scalable data ecosystems for enterprise-wide use.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in CS/engineering or a related field.
• 3+ years in data engineering, with 3+ years leading engineers or programs at enterprise scale.
• Proven delivery of cloud data platforms supporting analytics and operational workloads.
• Strong SQL, Python or Scala, and CI/CD & IaC for data platforms (Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Experience implementing data governance, security, lineage, and quality frameworks.
• Domain fluency across two or more supply chain areas (planning, inventory, logistics, manufacturing, procurement).
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, dbt, Airflow/ADF, Kafka/Event Hubs, Delta/Parquet/Iceberg, Apache Beam, Spark/PySpark.
• Familiarity with MDM, data contracts, semantic layers, and governed BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Exposure to ML feature stores, MLflow, production ML/GenAI enablement.
• Understanding of SRE-inspired data reliability and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a high-performing data engineering organization.
• Own architecture and roadmap for cloud-based data lake/lakehouse/warehouse platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery).
• Establish scalable ELT/ETL pipelines and data delivery using AirFlow and data tooling.
• Deliver domain-oriented data products with clear ownership and SLAs.
• Enable analytics and AI use cases across demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, and logistics.
• Integrate ERP, WMS, TMS, OMS, PLM, EDI, IoT feeds.
• Partner with Analytics/Data Science for feature pipelines and production inference data.
• Lead data governance with cataloging, lineage, glossary, and ownership.
• Implement automated data quality frameworks and remediation workflows.
• Ensure SOX/privacy/security/retention compliance and least privilege access.

Skills

SQL

Python

Scala

CI/CD

IaC

Data governance

Security

Data modeling

ML/GenAI awareness

SRE/observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Synapse

dbt

Airflow/ADF

Kafka/Event Hubs

Delta/Parquet/Iceberg

Apache Beam

Spark/PySpark

Job description

Job Description - Data Engineering Manager (JR111671)

Take your career further with McLane!

McLane teammates, the driving force behind our success, are diverse professionals who work together seamlessly to keep our operations running smoothly. As a teammate, you will pair your dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit with your fellow teammates to serve America’s most beloved brands. McLane leaders think long-term, act with purpose, and inspire high performance. They lead with accountability, communicate clearly, and drive results through collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. They empower each teammate to learn from industry leaders, develop their skills, and build lasting connections nationwide.

Lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise-scale data platforms and data products that power end to end supply chain planning, execution, and optimization. Own the full data engineering lifecycle, from ingestion and transformation to modeling, serving, and operational reliability, enabling analytics, BI, AI/ML, and operational decision making across planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, fulfillment, and last mile delivery. Ensure data assets are trusted, secure, compliant, cost efficient, and AI ready, supporting executive level decisioning and operational excellence at scale through people leadership, modern data platform ownership, digital supply chain transformation and data governance.

This is a hybrid position which will require the candidate to report and work from the office at least three days a week. Therefore, interested candidates should be within a 50-minute radius from Temple, TX.

Benefits you can count on:

• Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off begins day one.
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!

What You'll Do:

• Lead, coach, and develop a high performing data engineering organization (employees and partners), fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Own the architecture and roadmap for cloud based data lake, lakehouse, and warehouse platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery).
• Establish scalable patterns for ELT/ETL pipelines, orchestration (AirFlow/Cloud Composer), data modeling (Kimball, Data Vault 2.0, wide tables),BigQuery SQL transformations and API or streaming data delivery using technologies such as Dataflow (Apache Beam) and Spark/PySpark.
• Deliver domain oriented data products with clear ownership, SLAs/SLOs, documentation, and measurable business value.
• Enable advanced analytics and AI use cases across demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, transportation, manufacturing, procurement, and fulfillment.
• Integrate complex enterprise data sources including ERP (SAP/S4), WMS, TMS, OMS, PLM, EDI, vendor portals, IoT/telematics, and 3PL/4PL feeds.
• Partner with Analytics and Data Science teams to deliver feature pipelines, experiment telemetry, and production inference data supporting ML and GenAI initiatives
• Lead data governance execution in partnership with business data stewards, including cataloging, lineage, glossary, and ownership (e.g., Purview, Collibra, Alation).
• Implement automated data quality frameworks (e.g., dbt tests, Great Expectations), defining remediation workflows and quality SLAs.
• Ensure compliance with SOX, privacy (GDPR/CCPA), security, and retention requirements, applying least privilege and zero trust access patterns.
• Own run the business operations, including on call rotations, incident management, post incident reviews, and change control.
• Establish observability and reliability metrics (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets) for data products and platforms.
• Drive FinOps discipline, tracking cost per pipeline and data product while optimizing compute, storage, and licensing spend.
• Manage vendor relationships, SOWs, and managed services, holding partners accountable to delivery, quality, and financial commitments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Three or more years of experience in data engineering or closely related roles, with three or more years leading engineers or technical programs at enterprise scale.
• Proven delivery of cloud data platforms supporting analytics and operational workloads in complex, regulated environments.
• Strong hands on expertise with SQL, Python or Scala, and CI/CD & IaC for data platforms (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Demonstrated experience implementing data governance, security, lineage, and quality frameworks.
• Practical supply chain domain fluency across two or more areas (planning, inventory, logistics, manufacturing, procurement).
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, dbt, Airflow/ADF, Kafka/Event Hubs, Delta/Parquet/Iceberg, Apache Beam, Spark/PySpark.
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM), data contracts, semantic layers, and governed BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Exposure to ML feature stores, MLflow, and production ML/GenAI enablement.
• Understanding of SRE inspired data reliability and observability practices.

Why Join Us

• Own mission critical enterprise communications at scale.
• Make visible impact on reliability, cost control, and executive confidence.
• Work with trusted partners, modern platforms, and complex networks.
• Be recognized as a go to expert and operational leader.
• Grow your career through mentorship, influence, and continuous learning.
  

Fit the following? We want you here!

• Teamwork oriented
• Organized
• Detailed

Our roadmap. Our story.

We’ve been forging our path as a leader in the distribution industry since 1894. Building an expansive nationwide network of team members for 130+ years has allowed us to stay agile for our clients across the restaurant, retail, and e-commerce industries. We look to the future and are ready to continue making industry-defining moves by embracing the newest technology into our practices, continuing team member training, and emphasizing our people-centered culture.

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

For our complete EEO and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://www.mclaneco.com/legal/employment/