Data Analyst

An exciting opportunity for a Data Analyst to play a key part in supporting organisations data driven decision making. This is fixed term opportunity to cover maternity leave for a period of up to 20 weeks, commencing on 29 September 2025.

We are unique

Essential Energy is an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

This is fixed term opportunity to cover maternity leave for a period of up to 20 weeks, commencing on 29 September 2025. This role can be based anywhere within Essential Energy's operational footprint .

About the role

As a Data Analyst, you'll play a key part in supporting our organisation's data-driven decision making. You'll provide expert data management, analysis, and advice to ensure the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of our data. Acting as a bridge between business and technology teams, you'll help foster a data-driven culture and translate complex data into actionable insights.

Key responsibilities:

• Define and manage data requirements for stakeholders, documenting and updating as needed.
• Source, collate, analyse, and interpret complex datasets, presenting findings to key business stakeholders.
• Establish, modify, and maintain data structures using data analysis, design, modelling, and quality assurance techniques.
• Design and implement data extraction and translation scripts to support data quality, migration, integration, and reporting.
• Promote a data-driven culture and support the improvement of data literacy across the organisation.

About You

You are an analytical thinker with a passion for turning data into meaningful insights. You have a strong background in data management, analysis, and reporting, ideally within the energy sector or a similar asset-intensive environment. Your technical expertise is matched by your ability to communicate complex information clearly and build effective relationships with stakeholders.

• Extensive experience in a similar professional role, preferably in the energy industry or asset management.
• Proven ability to use a variety of data extraction, manipulation, and visualisation tools.
• Strong skills in SQL and the ability to work with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured datasets.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate to achieve business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• An Advanced Diploma of Information Technology or equivalent experience/qualifications.

Why Essential Energy

Essential Energy offers a broad range of employee benefits, providing you access to product discounts, including Qantas Club, Optus and Health Insurance, Health Programs including fitness passport and other benefits such as 26 weeks parental leave. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page .

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits through our corporate partnerships with organisations such as Qantas, Optus, nib and Mildura Health Fund. You will also gain access to our Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. Visit our employee benefits page for more information.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women .

An energy network doesn't just keep the lights on… it's a living network that needs to adapt to new and emerging energy generation technologies while still meeting the energy needs of customers.

It requires innovation, commitment, and collaboration to bring people together to solve the energy delivery challenges of the modern world.

Your potential will be realised, and you'll feel a real sense of purpose and satisfaction knowing you have a pivot role to play in delivering the energy of the future to the people who need it today.

For further information please contact Diane Hicks – Manager Digital and Data Governance, Risk and Compliance on

Applications close on 25 September :55pm .

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Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.

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