IT Manufacturing Data Engineer

**As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.** **At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.****Manufacturing Excellence:** Improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of core manufacturing processes, specifically execution and equipment effectiveness. **Your role:**As a Manufacturing Data Engineer at Elanco, you will be the analytical engine driving operational excellence across our production sites. This role is perfect for a data-driven individual who is passionate about finding actionable insights within complex manufacturing data to increase efficiency, improve product yield, and enhance quality and compliance.**Your Responsibilities:** Analyse manufacturing data from systems like MES, SCADA, and Data Historians to identify the primary causes of production losses, such as equipment downtime, slow cycle times, and yield loss.**Support Data-Driven Decisions:** Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights and recommendations. Your analysis will help guide the continuous improvement efforts of our manufacturing and engineering teams. Partner with Automation and IT teams to ensure the accuracy and integrity of data captured from our manufacturing systems, ensuring it aligns with GxP and ALCOA+ principles.**What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):** **Manufacturing Experience:** Experience working in a manufacturing environment is essential, preferably within a GxP-regulated industry such as pharmaceuticals, biologics, or animal health. **OEE Expertise:** A strong understanding of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) principles, the underlying metrics, and how they are applied in a manufacturing context. **Strong Analytical Skills:** Proven ability to work with large datasets, perform quantitative analysis, and identify meaningful trends and correlations that drive business value. Proficiency with data visualisation software such as Power BI or Tableau to create effective, user-friendly dashboards and reports.**Data Handling Skills:** Strong skills in Microsoft Excel are a must. Proficiency in SQL for querying data from databases is highly desired. **Familiarity with Manufacturing Systems:** Experience with or exposure to data from systems like MES, SCADA, or Data Historians (e.g., OSI PI) is a significant plus. **Communication Skills:** The ability to communicate data-driven insights clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences. **Cloud and DevSecOps Familiarity (Nice to Have):** Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure or GCP) and DevSecOps concepts.Location: Hook, UK - Hybrid Work Environment*If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles*Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovating and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets, creating value for farmers, pet owners, veterinarians, stakeholders, and society as a whole. With nearly 70 years of animal health heritage, we are committed to helping our customers improve the health of animals in their care, while also making a meaningful impact on our local and global communities. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching life and our Elanco Healthy Purpose CSR framework – all to advance the health of animals, people and the planet. Learn more at .
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