Job Description

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We're open to either an experienced Team Lead or a strong Senior Application Specialist. The Senior position will have a greater hands‑on technical focus, while the Team Lead will combine technical ownership with team leadership, mentoring and workload management.

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Description

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As the Senior / Team Lead - Mining Applications, you'll provide senior technical support and ownership across applications, operational systems and associated data platforms used throughout mining operations.

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You'll act as an escalation point for complex technical issues, work directly with operational stakeholders and vendors, and help drive improvements across application performance, reliability and supportability.

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For a Team Lead, you'll also provide day-to-day leadership and technical guidance to Application Specialists. For a Senior candidate, the position will remain more hands‑on, with a stronger focus on troubleshooting, systems analysis and technical improvement.

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- Provide senior-level technical support across mining and operational applications.
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- Act as the technical escalation point for complex incidents and application issues.
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- Troubleshoot issues across applications, databases, integrations and operational systems.
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- Use SQL to investigate data, troubleshoot issues and support application performance.
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- Use Python and scripting to support automation, data processing and application improvements.
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- Support reporting and visualisation platforms including Power BI, Tableau and Grafana.
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- Investigate application and data flows from operational source systems through to end‑user reporting.
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- Support interfaces between operational technology systems and enterprise applications.
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- Monitor application performance, availability and underlying data processes.
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- Work with vendors to investigate and resolve complex technical issues.
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- Support application upgrades, changes, integrations and improvement initiatives.
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- Work closely with operational stakeholders to understand issues and translate requirements into technical solutions.
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- Identify recurring technical problems and implement longer-term fixes.
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- Maintain technical documentation and improve knowledge across the support team.
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- Ensure application changes follow appropriate change, security and governance processes.
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- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other Application Specialists.
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- For Team Lead candidates, coordinate team priorities, workload and technical capability development.
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Profile

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We're looking for a technically robust Senior Application Specialist, Application Support Engineer or Applications Team Lead with experience supporting complex operational environments.

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Key Experience:

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- 5+ years' experience in application or systems support.
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- Strong troubleshooting experience across business-critical applications.
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- Hands‑on SQL skills for querying and investigating application/data issues.
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- Python or similar scripting experience for automation and data processing.
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- Experience with Power BI, Tableau or Grafana.
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- Understanding of application integrations, data flows and underlying systems.
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- Experience supporting incidents, upgrades, changes and problem resolution.
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- Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.
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Highly Regarded:

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- Mining, resources or heavy industry experience.
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- Experience with MineMarket, AVEVA Production Management (Ampla), CCLAS, GE Proficy Historian or Kepware.
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- Exposure to SCADA, historians and OPC-DA / OPC-UA
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- Exposure to AWS IoT Core, Greengrass or IoT SiteWise.
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Job Offer

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- Senior technical position supporting business-critical mining applications.
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- Opportunity to step into a Team Lead position for candidates with leadership experience.
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- Hands‑on exposure across applications, SQL, Python, data and operational systems.
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- Work across mining technology, operational data and enterprise applications.
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- Take ownership of complex technical issues and application improvements.
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- Opportunity to mentor and develop other Application Specialists.
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- Work directly with operational stakeholders and specialist technology vendors.
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- Perth-based Monday-Friday position with occasional site travel.
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📌 Senior Mining Applications Specialist (Canning Mills)
🏢 Brunel
📍 Canning Mills