Data Analyst (Mining Operations)

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Data Analyst to join their mining operations team in Perth. This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply your data analysis skills in a dynamic and challenging environment. You will be responsible for extracting, transforming, and analysing data using various tools and methodologies. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to engage with stakeholders at all levels, from operators to managers. This role also requires a keen eye for detail and a problem-solving approach.

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Data Analyst to join their mining operations team in Perth. This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply your data analysis skills in a dynamic and challenging environment. You will be responsible for extracting, transforming, and analysing data using various tools and methodologies. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to engage with stakeholders at all levels, from operators to managers. This role also requires a keen eye for detail and a problem-solving approach.

• Opportunity to apply data analysis skills in a dynamic environment
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Requires keen eye for detail and problem-solving approach

What you'll do:

As a Data Analyst for Mining Operations based in Perth, you will play a crucial role in the extraction, transformation, and analysis of data. Your responsibilities will include conducting historian queries via spreadsheets or databases, scoping business requirements, capturing and mapping business processes, planning and monitoring projects, developing comprehensive dashboards and reports for users, performing exploratory data analysis, applying LEAN Six Sigma methodologies for process improvement, and automating workflows.

• Extract and transform data using SQL, SCADA systems, and MS Access database queries.
• Conduct historian queries via spreadsheets or databases.
• Utilize Power Query in Excel or Power BI for data extraction and transformation.
• Scope business requirements and engage with stakeholders across all levels.
• Capture and map business processes using MS Visio.
• Plan and monitor projects using MS Project, ensuring alignment with change management workflows.
• Develop comprehensive dashboards and reports for users.
• Perform exploratory data analysis using R markdown, Jupyter Python notebooks, and Power BI.
• Apply LEAN Six Sigma methodologies for process improvement.
• Automate workflows using MS Excel VBA macros and Power Automate.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Data Analyst position will hold a Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. You will have proven experience in data analysis, business analysis, and visualization within a mining or industrial environment. Your strong proficiency in SQL, Power BI, MS Excel, and other data analysis tools will be essential for this role. Excellent communication skills are required to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels. An analytical mindset, keen eye for detail, and problem-solving approach are also key to success in this role.

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in data analysis, business analysis, and visualization in a mining or industrial environment.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Power BI, MS Excel, and other data analysis tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Analytical mindset with a keen eye for detail and a problem-solving approach.
• Familiarity with hypothesis testing, linear & logistic regression, decision trees, random forest models.
• Experience with bagging and boosting techniques such as Gradient Boost and XGBoost.
• Knowledge of clustering analysis and deep learning models (ANN, CNN).
• Experience deploying models using Azure/AWS platforms.
• Familiarity with mining systems including Hexagon MineOperate Pro, Haultrax FleetOps/FleetControl.