Manufacturing Data Analyst

Date: Jun 4, 2025
- Location: St. Thomas, CA
- Company: PowerCo Canada Inc.
- Level of Experience: Professionals
- Job Function: Operations
- Job ID: 3739

**Manufacturing Data Analyst**:
**Our Story and Why We're Growing**

We are proud to announce the launch of Volkswagen Group’s largest cell factory, PowerCo, in St. Thomas. This is more than just a job - it’s a unique opportunity to shape the future of sustainable energy. Join us as we ramp up operations and help build a world-class company.

At PowerCo, we believe in fostering an environment where ambition meets collaboration, and where flexibility and creativity thrive. You'll be part of a diverse, talented team that is shaping the future of battery production. You’ll have the chance to advance your career while working alongside passionate colleagues who share a vision of making a lasting impact on the world.

Are you ready to be part of something exciting? Power up your career with us

**About the Role**

This is a flex hybrid work structure, where employees can work both remotely and on-site at our St. Thomas location.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Support the Central digitalization team in design, development and deployment of Cloud data analytics platform tailored to a battery manufacturing organization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (automation, MES, SAP, Cloud Data Analytics platform, IT, Operations) to gather requirements and translate them powerful analytics and dashboards
- Take a lead role in planning and coordination of tasks during deployment stage with stakeholders
- Steer and collaborate with 3rd party suppliers working on relevant tasks and interfaces
- Collect, clean, and interpret large volumes of structured and unstructured data from various sources with a focus on manufacturing processes and related data domains.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Excel.
- Analyze trends, patterns, and relationships in complex data sets to identify opportunities for business growth and process improvement.
- Collaborate with business leaders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure data accuracy and integrity.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications for data solutions.
- Perform A/B testing, statistical modeling, root cause analysis and predictive analytics where applicable.
- Present findings in a clear and concise manner to non-technical stakeholders.
- Continuously improve data collection, data pipelines and analysis processes.
- Support in the development of production data models for digital solutions
- Ensure compliance with internal governance, data privacy, and security standards during rollout and operations
- Oversee compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements related to data integrity and manufacturing control.
- Collaborate with IT and cybersecurity teams to safeguard digital assets from threats.
- Share key insights and learnings within PowerCo, e.g. from initial acceptance and testing
- Develop and maintain documentation including system architecture, data flow diagrams, configurations, and changes.
- Actively seek to improve the data analytics strategy together with the central team
- Conduct training or demonstration sessions for key stakeholders.
- Implement changes and troubleshooting after deployment

**What you bring to the Team**
- Bachelor's degree in data science, STEM or other relevant fields
- Minimum of 3 years of related experience
- Knowledge of Cloud data platform such as Microsoft Azure is required.
- Business Intelligence background is an asset
- Proficiency in SQL and one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, R).
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Experience with typical manufacturing data sources such as MES, SCADA, ERP systems us a plus
- Desire to take action and make decisions
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Understanding of real time data acquisition and historian systems and suitable databases
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and new technologies.

**Power Perks**
- Attractive Remuneration: We offer a competitive and attractive remuneration that reflect your skills, experience, and contributions.
- Vacation Allowance: We offer our employees competitive paid time off. Plus, you don’t need to take any vacation days from December 24 to December 31.
- Opportunities for development
- Relocation Support
- Opportunities to participate in exciting company events that give back to the community.
- Competitive employer paid benefits and overall compensation package with extended health care, dental, vision and mental health support.
- Pension and Retirement Savings: We contribute the equivalent of 5% to a Registered Pension Pla