Senior Data Analyst - Nucor Towers & Structures

Expand Beyond with Nucor

Nucor Towers & Structures (NTS) is a new entity within Nucor, the largest recycler and largest manufacturer of steel and steel products in North America, focused on the execution of our strategy to “Expand Beyond” our core business. As a part of Nucor’s New Markets product group, NTS is focused on the exciting growth potential in the power distribution market. Current production facilities are in West Hazleton, PA, Decatur, AL, Crawfordsville, IN and Brigham City, UT with plans to build a national footprint.

Why Nucor?

With a firm commitment to our teammates, strong benefits, and performance incentives, it’s easy to see why Nucor is named one of America’s best employers and ranked as the #1 employer in its industry by Fortune Magazine. For more information on our benefits go to Nucor.com/benefits.

We work together to create a safe, positive, and engaging environment. While delivering the highest quality products and service for our customers, we lead the steel industry in environmental responsibility. Joining our team means working with people who have your back and are invested in helping you build a strong future. You will never stop learning at Nucor – and when you are ready to take the next step in your career, we’re ready, too.

Basic Job Functions:

Nucor Towers & Structures (NTS) is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to design, build, and maintain Power BI reports and governed data models that enable accurate, timely decision-making across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, and Engineering. This role will own the end-to-end analytics lifecycle—from translating business questions into metrics and KPIs, to building performant semantic models, to delivering intuitive dashboards and self-service reporting.

The ideal candidate is strong in data modeling, DAX, Power Query, and working with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations data and can partner effectively with business stakeholders while maintaining strong data governance and auditability.

Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, scorecards, and operational/financial reports supporting plant leadership and business teams.
• Translate business requirements into clear, actionable visuals and KPIs, aligned to NTS processes (manufacturing throughput, order status, inventory, cost, margin, on-time delivery, etc.).
• Ensure reports are easy to use, performant, and scalable for multiple audiences (executive, manager, analyst, shop-floor support).Manage scope, risks, dependencies, and change requests

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data/Analytics, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years building Power BI solutions in a business/enterprise environment (manufacturing/ERP strongly preferred).
• Strong experience with:
  • Power BI (datasets, reports, dashboards, deployment and permissions)
  • Data modeling (star schema, dimensional design, relationships, performance tuning)
  • DAX (measures, time intelligence, complex business logic)
  • Power Query (M) and data shaping techniques
• Experience working with ERP data and business processes such as:
  • Inventory, production, purchasing, sales, GL/costing, order lifecycle
• Ability to independently translate business questions into analytical solutions.
• Strong communication skills: can explain complex data concepts clearly to non-technical users.
• High attention to detail and a “reconcile-to-source” mindset.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) data structures and reporting patterns.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with SQL Server, Azure SQL, Synapse, or data lake patterns commonly used with D365
• Experience with Power BI Service administration, deployment pipelines, and governance
• Data quality controls, master data concepts, and KPI standardization
• Familiarity with manufacturing analytics
• Familiarity with manufacturing analytics throughput, schedule adherence, WIP, scrap, yield, capacity metrics