Industrial Data Engineer: Drive Manufacturing Insights

Mars; North Sioux City (SD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mars University access

Company bonus

Job summary

Mars is seeking an IE Data Engineer to strengthen manufacturing performance by developing reliable data processes, analytics, dashboards, and digital solutions that improve visibility and decision-making on the production floor.

You will help move from data collection to true data utilization, enabling faster decisions, stronger standards, and sustainable improvement, with 0-2 years experience and up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related industry.
• Experience in manufacturing, operations, and/or Lean/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• 0-2 years of manufacturing environment.
• Experience with data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills, ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment, and highly comfortable engaging directly with operations teams on the production floor.
• 10% domestic travel.

Responsibilities

• Analyze manufacturing processes to improve safety, efficiency, throughput, and operational stability.
• Process, validate, clean, and structure manufacturing data to support accurate reporting and analysis.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and analytics tools for line performance, TRS / OEE, NQC, downtime, reliability, throughput, and operational losses.
• Translate manufacturing data into clear insights, trends, and recommended actions for site teams and leadership.
• Support local deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement of digital solutions, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Serve as a local data steward by supporting data quality, standard definitions, validation rules, and stakeholder alignment.
• Partner with Operations, Technical, MSE, CI, and IE teams to identify data gaps, reporting needs, and improvement opportunities.
• Support line performance improvement through data analysis, floor validation, and cross-functional problem solving.
• Develop and maintain labor models, capacity planning tools, staffing analysis, and operational performance reporting.
• Support continuous improvement activities related to waste reduction, bottleneck analysis, layout, material flow, and standard work.
• Provide functional support to local and regional IE / MSE teams as needed.

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Experience with data analysis tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

ERP

SQL

Job description

Mars is seeking an IE Data Engineer to strengthen manufacturing performance by developing reliable data processes, analytics, dashboards, and digital solutions that improve visibility and decision-making on the production floor.

You will help move from data collection to true data utilization, enabling faster decisions, stronger standards, and sustainable improvement, with 0-2 years experience and up to 10% travel.