APAC and EAME BI Manager

About the business?

Progress Rail Australia, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been our keys to success.

Progress Rail is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We value and embrace diversity of thought, background and unique experiences and we pride ourselves on an inclusive workforce and culture.

About this role:

This role is responsible for managing and guiding a team of Data Engineers to prepare data for analytical or operational use by creating business unit specific Data Marts within the data warehouse. Competent in ensuring that data is accessible, optimize analysis opportunities for the enterprise, designing and building systems for collecting, storing, and analyzing data at scale.

Responsibilities of this position:

• Unique responsibilities across management and Azure data engineering.
• Manage analytics and applications to integrate, consolidate and cleanse data to load into a structure for use in reporting applications. ETL (extract, transform, and load) on the Azure platform using Azure Synapse Link and ADF pipelines
• Work in a variety of settings to build systems that collect, manage, and convert raw data into usable information for business owners to interpret.
• Learn and develop datasets that align with business needs and creating data models (data marts) that can be accessed by BI Systems Analysts as well as end users for report creation.
• Manage Data Quality and Velocity for production datasets.
• Able to transform data into useful, actionable information.
• Collaboration with leadership to understand department reporting objectives.
• Working with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that accumulate data, alleviate cumbersome manual processes, and ensure financial results are accurate.
• Identifying process improvement opportunities.
• Supporting dimension management, metadata design/maintenance, ETL development, and data validation processes.
• Delivering reliable, scalable, and efficient business solutions by supporting all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, modeling and design, development, testing, deployment, integration, and documentation.
• Experience in Power BI Architecture and development - Ability to apply scalable and high-performance Power BI architecture for enterprise reporting needs
• Help define best practices for enterprise data modelling, report development and visualization

Skills and Experience:

• Skill Level III – BS/BA or Technical Degree
• Skill Level II – 5-7 years of experience with Azure and Power Platform with emphasis on Power BI
• Skill Level I – 3+ years of management experience with teams on the MS suite of data products
• Power Platform – Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Agents, PBI Paginated Reports
• Azure - Azure SQL Server, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks, Fabric
• Machine Learning Data Modelling – Conceptual, Logical and Physical Reports Migration – Cognos to Power BI, Qlik to Powe BI, SSRS to Power BI
• Data Migration – D365 F&O to Azure SQL, Heterogeneous source systems to Azure SQL
• AI – Machine Learning, Generative AI
• Scripting Languages – Python, C#, Java Script
• Management – 3-5 years management experience, Team Lead, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Customer Engagements, Business Workshop

Why work for Progress Rail?

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for growth and career development.
• Access to mentoring programs.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• 8 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer at full pay following 12 months of service.
• Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, gyms, vehicles and more.
• Travel Account for discounts on hotels, hire vehicles and flights.

About Our Process

At Progress Rail, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted for a role, including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug & alcohol testing and / or reference checks.

If you are wanting to join a dynamic company that caters to a great work life balance, come work for us.