On-site Industrial Data Engineer: Manufacturing Analytics

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates; North Sioux City (SD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking an IE Data Engineer to strengthen manufacturing performance by building reliable data processes, analytics, and dashboards. The role advances from data collection to using data for faster decisions and sustainable improvements on the production floor.

You will partner with Operations, IE, MSE, CI and IE teams to identify data gaps and deploy digital solutions that improve line performance, OEE, downtime, and throughput.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 0–2 years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience with data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to travel 10% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Analyze manufacturing processes to improve safety, efficiency, throughput, and operational stability.
• Process, validate, clean, and structure manufacturing data to support reporting and analysis.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and analytics tools for line performance and OEE metrics.
• Translate data into insights and recommended actions for site teams and leadership.
• Support deployment and adoption of digital solutions, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Act as a local data steward ensuring data quality and standard definitions.
• Collaborate with Operations, Technical, MSE, CI, and IE teams to identify data gaps and improvements.
• Support line performance improvement through data analysis and cross-functional problem solving.
• Develop and maintain labor models, capacity planning tools and reporting.
• Contribute to waste reduction and layout improvements through data-driven insights.
• Provide functional support to IE/MSE teams as needed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Manufacturing experience

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

ERP

Job description

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking an IE Data Engineer to strengthen manufacturing performance by building reliable data processes, analytics, and dashboards. The role advances from data collection to using data for faster decisions and sustainable improvements on the production floor.

You will partner with Operations, IE, MSE, CI and IE teams to identify data gaps and deploy digital solutions that improve line performance, OEE, downtime, and throughput.