Plant Analytics Lead: Power BI & Manufacturing Data

Howmet Aerospace Inc.; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace in Indiana is seeking a data-focused professional to own Power BI dashboards, monitor production metrics, and translate plant data into actionable insights for leadership.

You will partner with manufacturing, operations, and supply chain to drive data governance, standardization, cost modeling, and analytic tools across MES/ERP systems, enabling informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• 2 years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience with statistical analysis methods on real-world data.
• Hands-on experience with statistical software packages.
• Experience with MES or ERP shop-floor systems (OHCMS, SAP, Oracle).
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the plant’s Power BI owner; build and improve dashboards tracking production metrics.
• Act as SME for OHCMS; backup Lot Trace Admin and maintain lot integrity.
• Support inventory management data pulls, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Pull and consolidate production data from MES; establish data standards and governance.
• Perform cost modeling to support manufacturing decisions.
• Translate raw data into actionable insights for frontline supervisors and leadership.
• Analyze and disseminate data to relevant audiences.
• Make recommendations based on data synthesis; align to business outcomes.
• Serve as link between information and application functions.
• Create and monitor standardized data gathering and sharing systems.
• Improve performance from job level to enterprise adoption.

Skills

Power BI ownership

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Data governance

MS Office

MES/ERP systems

Data reconciliation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, or Mathematics

Tools

Power BI

OHCMS

SAP

Oracle

MS Excel

Job description

Howmet Aerospace in Indiana is seeking a data-focused professional to own Power BI dashboards, monitor production metrics, and translate plant data into actionable insights for leadership.

You will partner with manufacturing, operations, and supply chain to drive data governance, standardization, cost modeling, and analytic tools across MES/ERP systems, enabling informed decisions.