Analyst - Blasting Analytics CoE

About Orica

At Orica, it’s the power of our people that leads change and shapes our futures.  Every day, all around the world, our people help mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting with a diverse of team of more than 13,000 across the world. 

It’s an exciting time to join us – we are shaping the future of mining through digital and automated technologies, embracing new ways of thinking, pioneering innovation and reimagining the way we work.

About the role

The Analyst – Blasting Analytics CoE provides specialist analytical support and generates insights using Orica, customer, and third-party data to enable Orica to sustainably create value.

What you will be doing

• Visibly demonstrating a commitment to Orica’s value of ‘Safety is our priority’ 
• Adhering to Orica’s Global Operating Procedures. 
• Work closely with specialist to understand analytics needs, including critical metrics and KPIs, and deliver actionable insights to relevant decision-makers 
• Define and implement data acquisition and integration logic, selecting an appropriate combination of methods and tools within the defined technology stack to ensure optimal scalability and performance of the solution 
• Develop and maintain databases by acquiring data from different sources, and build scripts that will make our data evaluation process more flexible or scalable across datasets 
• Perform data cleansing, and data quality assessments to maintain data integrity. 
• Create and maintain rich interactive visualizations through data interpretation and analysis, with reporting components from multiple data sources for internal and external stakeholder groups. 
• Analyse blast measurements data against a baseline, develops customised tools and analytics capabilities to support delivery of outcomes. 
• Completes User Acceptance Testing in preparation for insight deployment.  
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues and performance bottlenecks in a timely manner. 
• Develops and maintains appropriate documentation. 

What you will bring

• Tertiary qualification required, preferably in Engineering, Science (Computer/Data Analytics) or equivalent. 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience post professional qualification in data analytics field preferably focused on Azure platform. 
• Proven analytics skills, including data mining, evaluation, and visualization 
• Experience with data visualization tools and comprehensive knowledge of descriptive and exploratory statistics, predictive modelling, evaluation metrics, machine learning algorithms. 
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational and non-relational databases, programming languages such as Python, R, PySpark etc. 
• Experience with Database and model design 
• In-depth knowledge of Azure Synapse Analytics and other Azure services such as Azure DevOps, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure ML services, Azure Data Factory etc. 
• Highly advantageous: Understanding of minerals and mining industry measurement tools and data.  
• Demonstrates courage, models resilience and flexibility. 
• Possess unquestioned reputation for integrity, ethics, personal values, and solid character. 
• Builds the trust of others. 
• Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Self-aware and open to feedback. 
• Strong attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy, integrity, and accountability. 
• High level decision making and problem-solving skills. 
• Self-motivated, well organized, and logical, with ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. 

What we offer

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills. 

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.

We respect and value all

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.