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Nuclear Capacity Analyst

Emerson · Marshalltown, IA, United States
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Analyst (Dashboards, reporting, ad-hoc analysis.)
posted
1d ago
location
Marshalltown, IA, United States
languages
python, sql
tools
excel, oracle, tableau
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pythonsqlexceloracletableau
> description

Help Shape the Future of Nuclear Business Growth!

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Nuclear Capacity Analyst to join our North America Nuclear leadership team. In this role, you will provide critical insights that help the organization anticipate growth, optimize resources, and maintain operational excellence.

As a trusted partner to business leadership, you will transform demand forecasts, project workloads, engineering capacity data, and operational metrics into actionable workforce planning and investment decisions. Your work will directly influence hiring strategies, capacity planning, performance management, and long-term business scalability.

If you thrive at the intersection of business analytics, strategic planning, and operational execution, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing organization. 

In This Role You Will:

Drive Business Performance Visibility

  • Develop and maintain key business metrics, scorecards, dashboards, and performance reporting tools.
  • Monitor performance trends across sales, orders, project execution, engineering workloads, operational throughput, quality, and resource utilization.
  • Establish leading indicators that identify emerging staffing, execution, and capacity risks.
  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews with meaningful data analysis and recommendations.

Lead Capacity Planning & Workforce Forecasting

  • Build workforce and capacity models using demand forecasts, order backlogs, project pipelines, and operational data.
  • Translate business growth projections into actionable hiring plans and resource recommendations.
  • Identify future capability gaps and organizational constraints before they impact execution.
  • Perform scenario analysis to evaluate growth opportunities and organizational readiness.

Deliver Commercial & Operational Insights

  • Partner with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Project Management teams to develop integrated forecasting models.
  • Analyze customer demand patterns, quote activity, order trends, project workloads, and operational performance.
  • Create tools and reporting that connect commercial demand signals with future workforce and capacity requirements.
  • Identify business risks and opportunities that impact growth and execution objectives.

Provide Executive Decision Support

  • Serve as a strategic analytical advisor to the General Manager and Nuclear leadership team.
  • Develop executive-level reports, presentations, and business reviews.
  • Build data-driven business cases supporting headcount investments, organizational changes, resource retention initiatives, and capacity expansion.
  • Translate complex information into concise, actionable recommendations.

Foster Cross-Functional Alignment

  • Collaborate across Sales, Engineering, PMO, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.
  • Support workforce planning, capacity reviews, and operational performance discussions.
  • Help establish common metrics and reporting standards that improve organizational visibility and accountability.
  • Contribute to initiatives that enhance scalability, productivity, and organizational effectiveness. 

 

Who You Are

You use milestones to diligently track and manage the progress of the work. You are the first to spot possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace. You persist in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. You acquire data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems.

For This Role You Will Need

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Economics, or a related field.
  • Three (3) or more years of experience in business analysis, data analytics, forecasting, operations support, engineering support, project management support, financial analysis, or related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and communicate recommendations to business leaders.

  • Experience developing metrics, dashboards, reporting tools, or executive-level presentations.

     

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart

  • Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, operations, project management, supply chain, commercial, or business leadership organizations.
  • Experience with workforce planning, resource forecasting, capacity modeling, or operational analytics.
  • Experience using Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, Oracle, or similar business intelligence tools.
  • Knowledge of engineered-to-order businesses or complex manufacturing environments.
  • Experience developing staffing justifications, business cases, investment recommendations, or operational performance reviews.

 

Key Skills Needed

  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Strong forecasting and strategic planning skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
  • Excellent communication and presentation capabilities
  • Ability to influence and drive alignment across functions
  • Strong business and financial acumen
  • Ability to translate data into actionable business insights

 

 Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
 

 

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