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Senior Platform & Analytics Analyst

Generac · Waukesha, WI

Posted Aug 27, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

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Behavioral

Walk me through a time you built a predictive model or anomaly detection system for a manufacturing or operations problem. What was the business question, and what happened after you delivered it?

whether the candidate can connect technical modeling work to a real operational outcome, not just a technical exercise

Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex data-driven recommendation to a non-technical audience, like a plant manager or sales leader. How did you adjust your message?

ability to translate technical findings for business stakeholders, a core part of this role

Give me an example where your analysis led to a measurable cost savings or efficiency gain. How did you prove the impact?

track record of quantifiable business impact, which the posting explicitly calls out as preferred

Tell me about a time you mentored or supported a junior analyst. What did you do when they were stuck?

leadership readiness for a senior role that includes mentoring responsibilities

Tell me about a time an analytics tool or dashboard you built wasn't adopted the way you expected. What did you learn about driving self-service adoption?

understanding that technical delivery isn't the same as organizational adoption, which the role explicitly owns

Technical

Say you're asked to set up a predictive maintenance model using IoT data from industrial equipment. How would you approach data collection, feature engineering, and validating that the model actually catches failures before they happen?

depth of hands-on ML experience with industrial time-series data, not just textbook knowledge

How do you manage and secure a Databricks or Power BI environment so that data stays trustworthy as more teams start self-serving reports?

real platform administration experience versus surface familiarity with the tools

Describe your approach to ETL pipeline design when pulling data from systems like SAP, Salesforce, or Windchill into a lakehouse architecture. What tends to break?

practical understanding of integrating messy enterprise source systems, not just theoretical ETL knowledge

What's your process for deciding when a business problem calls for a simple statistical model versus a full machine learning framework like scikit-learn or TensorFlow?

judgment about right-sizing technical solutions rather than defaulting to complexity

How familiar are you with lean manufacturing or Six Sigma, and how have you used those principles to shape the metrics you track or the way you frame an analysis?

whether the candidate can speak the language of manufacturing improvement, not just general analytics

What's an example of a project where you had to choose between AWS, GCP, and Azure services, or migrate between them? What drove the decision?

real cloud platform decision-making experience versus resume keyword familiarity

Situational

If two departments, say manufacturing operations and supply chain, both want dashboards from the same data but define a key metric differently, how do you resolve that?

skill in data governance and stakeholder negotiation when definitions conflict

Imagine leadership wants a new AI analytics initiative rolled out fast, but your data governance review flags quality issues in the source data. What do you do?

how the candidate balances speed pressure against data integrity and governance standards

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The full job description

As published by Generac.

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world. Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries. The Senior Analytics and Platform Analyst will play an important role in driving data-driven decision-making and digital enablement across the organization. You are responsible for delivering actionable insights through a combination of Data Analysis and Insights Generation, Platform Management and Optimization, apply practices for data governance and ETL, Lead projects using machine learning, statistical modeling, and AI analytics for problems like predictive models or anomaly detection. Collaborating with business and IT teams, the analyst will help enable scalable data, analytic solutions - for initiatives in manufacturing operations, supply chain, sales, and product development to improve operational efficiency, and customer/market insights, across the manufacturing value chain. Major Responsibilities • The Senior Analyst, Analytics and Platform is responsible for analyzing manufacturing data to create dashboards, reports, and predictive models that identify trends and support optimizations in production, supply chain, and inventory. • They manage analytics platforms like Power BI, and Databricks, ensuring data integrity, scalability, security, and effective ETL processes. • Collaboration with cross-functional teams in manufacturing, Engineering ops, Marketing & sales involves translating business needs into technical solutions and providing data-driven recommendations for process improvements and cost reductions. • This role supports the integration and optimization of cloud-based data platforms, collaborates with cross-functional teams to define data requirements, and ensures data quality and governance standards are met. • The analyst also plays a key role in promoting analytics self-service, supporting tool adoption, and contributing to the ongoing evolution of the enterprise analytics ecosystem. • Additional duties include leading advanced analytics projects with machine learning and AI for tasks like predictive maintenance, maintaining data quality and compliance, mentoring junior analysts, and monitoring KPIs to present insights to leadership. Minimum Job Requirements Education • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or a related field. Work Experience • 5+ years in data analytics, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities • Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or similar languages for data manipulation and analysis. • Expertise in analytics platforms and tools (e.g., Power BI, AWS/GCP/Azure cloud services, Databricks). • Knowledge of data lakehouse and warehousing architectures, ETL processes, data management practices. • Experience with statistical modeling, machine learning frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow), and visualization techniques. • Problem-solving abilities, communication skills for presenting data to non-technical audiences, and ability to work in teams. Preferred Job Requirements Education • Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or a related field. Certification / License • Certification in data analytics or platforms (e.g., Google Data Analytics, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer, Optimizely, Amplitude, etc.). • Experience with IoT data from industrial equipment or SAP, Salesforce, Windchill, etc. • Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles or Six Sigma methodologies. • Record of implementing analytics solutions with business impacts, such as cost savings or efficiency gains. Work Experience • Experience in manufacturing, consumer goods, or industrial sectors. • Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles or Six Sigma methodologies. • Record of implementing analytics solutions with business impacts, such as cost savings or efficiency gains. Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel. “We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

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