Make your mark with Thiess

As a global business, we are proud to offer diverse and rewarding career opportunities. We are committed to Thiess being a company that supports great people to succeed, develop their careers, and feel supported to reach their highest potential. We offer a safe and inclusive work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment.  

Thiess is the place to make things happen

Why Thiess?

Thiess is built on a proud history of delivering excellence in mining for over 90 years. With a team of 15,000+ across multiple continents, we blend world-class talent and cutting-edge technology to shape a sustainable mining future.

About The Role

• Develop and maintain services used in application integrations.
• Design integration solutions and document the design in accordance with best practices.
• Work with Dev Ops and Application teams to architect, design, build, and implement application integrations.
• Develop and maintain data integration components such as SQL queries, stored procedures, data extraction and cleansing, and integration with system front end components.
• Write code to retrieve appropriate data as derived from requirements.
• Build reports and/or data extracts to support business analysis.
• Support development on resolving system defects, acting as liaison, and developing solutions.
• Coordinate directly with business users and business analyst to best understand and analyse business specifications.
• Provide technical assistance to troubleshoot and resolve integration errors.

Additionally, you will:

• Support and drive the implementation of the Thiess Governance System (TGS) and the Project Governance System (PGS)
• Lead an experienced and motivated team to maintain safe, legal, and logical systems to provide effective controls for identified risks in the business.
• Offer expertise leading operational safety disciplines and performance beyond compliance, significant incident management experience and possess an in depth understanding of relevant national and state health and safety legislation.
• Be responsible for demonstrating Thiess’ values and leadership philosophy.
• Stay committed to meeting performance targets and proactively mitigating risks whilst delivering tangible outcomes that seamlessly align with Thiess’ overall strategic health and safety framework.
• Possess the intuitive ability to influence a safety-focused culture whilst flexing your focus to adjust to the every-changing needs of the business with a considered and collaborative approach.
• Offer experience across the development and implementation of ISO 45001 based management systems within mining, oil, gas, construction or equivalent industry.
• Be a highly organised person who can guide a team of highly competent individuals to ensure that operations meet the standards and policies established by Thiess and regulatory authorities.

About You

• Relevant tertiary studies in Business, Engineering or Information Systems or studying towards (or equivalent demonstrated experience)
• Formal training and certification in common integrations platform.
• 3-5+ years of development experience.
• Prior experience working with ERP or Supply Chain solutions.
• Experience in XML, and experience with PHP, Python or related language.
• Experience in structured release & deployment best practices.
• Development experience with Java language.
• Demonstrated experience writing Web Services, RESTFUL, or SOAP, as well as experience writing fault-tolerant code.
• Project management experience
• Experience working with technical and non-technical staff.
• General knowledge of the technologies currently implemented within Thiess
• Aptitude in architecting software and designing technical solutions
• Experience with source code control (Git), code review workflows, and software versioning models
• Familiarity with a structured/controlled development environment using a tracking tool (Azure DevOps Boards, JIRA, etc)
• Familiarity with a structured/controlled development lifecycle using a CI / build / release process (Azure DevOps Pipelines, Bamboo, etc)
• Proficiency with writing and maintaining technical documentation via a shared portal (Azure DevOps Wiki, Markdown, Confluence, etc)
• Ability to help create a functional specification with non-technical staff
• Ability to work from a functional specification and create a technical specification
• Strong debugging skills and proficient software testing
• Knowledge of or exposure to Azure Data Factory is an added advantage
• Demonstrated experience in common integration technologies
• Demonstrated experience in common programming technologies such as:

         »    C#, ASP.NET & .NET Core

         »    SQL

         »    Web Services (REST/SOAP), APIs, XML

         Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Database technologies such as:

         »    SQL Server

         »    Reporting Services, Analysis Services (tabular), Power BI

• Expose to software development within the Microsoft Azure stack, and related services and technologies such as:

         »    Azure SQL Databases, Data Factory, Analysis Services, Elastic Jobs/Queries

         »    App Services / Web Jobs, Function Apps, Logic Apps, API Management

         »    Azure AD authentication, Managed Identities

         »    Key Vaults, Storage Accounts: Blobs/Queues/Tables, App Insights

         »    Virtual/Hybrid Networking & Gateways: connecting on-prem and cloud services

• Experience with scripting languages such as: PowerShell
• Exposure to other database technologies such as: Oracle, Redis, NoSQL
• Exposure to mining data capture or operational systems and related technologies

What Thiess Can Do for You

• Help to grow your career, offering diverse and varied opportunities for advancement
• Flexible working arrangements
• Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane
• World-class health & wellbeing programs
• On-site gymnasium
• Salary sacrifice options
• A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products
• Referral bonus program

About Us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. 

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change. 

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition and developing services to enable sustainable mining. 

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining. 

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers. 

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best selves to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered. 

Learn more http://thiess.com/makeyourmark

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com

How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check, and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

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