IT Analyst - Data & Analytics

Company Description

OceanaGold is a growing intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders.

We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand. Our operations are supported by a global workforce with significant exploration, development and operating experience.

Our Purpose is mining gold for a better future. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology which connects communities around the world. Our activities also contribute to economic growth and improved health and education outcomes in the regions where we operate. We provide direct employment for over 3,700 people and indirect employment for many more.

Our Vision is to be a company people trust, want to work and partner with, supply and invest in, to create value. This Vision is brought to life by our Values – Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance and Teamwork – which put our people, host communities, the environment and our stakeholders at the forefront of our decision-making.

Check us out - www.oceanagold.com

Job Description

Our Dunedin-based IT team is growing and on the search for an IT Analyst - Data & Analytics. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved within a global mining company, develop your experience and work amongst a talented team. Whether you're a fresh IT graduate, or have a couple years' experience, we're keen to hear from you! 

The objective of this role is to assist with data management across the business to help improve the quality and access to reporting solutions in collaboration with business stakeholders across a wide range of disciplines such as mine production, resource management, health and safety performance.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• High level of competency in manipulating and transforming data in spreadsheet form.
• Experience with using a data visualisation tool (preferably Power BI) to create professional looking report layouts.
• Experience with a general-purpose scripting language (e.g. Python, VBA, PowerShell, etc.) to help automate repetitive data capture, cleansing and transformation tasks.
• Support the maintenance of the Power BI online service to ensure appropriate access to reports.
• Design and carry out unit testing for new reporting solutions to ensure accuracy of results.
• Assist with the grading and certification of existing Power BI reports.
• Create Power BI dashboards reports that monitor data integrations between systems.
• Help diagnose data connectivity issues to improve report uptime and currency of data.
   

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT / related fields, or equivalent relevant experience
• Full and Current Driver Licence, ability to drive manual vehicles is preferred.       
• Experience in producing data visualisations beneficial
• Relevant experience working in the gold mining or precious metals industry beneficial

Additional Information

• Join a global mining company!
• Grow your Data & Analytics career
• Monday - Friday, Dunedin-based role

OGC VALUES: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

If you share the same values and have what we are looking for, please apply online now via our careers website:

https://careers.oceanagold.com/jobs

**Applications close 9 November 2024. Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand

NO APPLICATIONS FROM EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES WILL BE ACCEPTED