Business Systems Analyst

Founded in 1947, the Ledcor Group of Companies is one of Canada’s leading, privately-held, employee-owned construction companies, specializing in building, civil, mining, industrial, fabrication and telecommunication projects. In addition to a diversified portfolio of projects, Ledcor is an award-winning contractor and a recipient of numerous safety honours. Ledcor brings an established history of construction excellence with a team of professionals who measure their success by client satisfaction, and achieving industry-leading safety, quality, cost and schedule objectives on each project.

Ledcor’s Civil-Mining-Infrastructure (CMI) Division is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst to design IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity. This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of Canada’s largest, employee owned, and most diverse construction companies, in the rapidly growing mining/oil-gas sector. Working directly with our internal customers (divisions, shared services, projects, operations, etc.) you will examine existing processes and flows of data in the business. You will expertly capture the business needs, and guide the analysis through a proper technology assessment. This will involve careful documentation, business scripting, business casing, presentations, and ultimately coordinating the implementation of the solution.

As the Business Systems Analyst you will be responsible for:

• Prioritizing tasks and determining wants vs. needs;
• Liaising extensively with external or internal clients;
• Clearly documenting customer requirements and obtaining signoff;
• Researching and objectively identifying potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability;
• Creating logical and innovative solutions to complex problems;
• Drawing up specific proposals for modified or replacement systems;
• Presenting proposals to customers;
• Working closely with developers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction;
• Ensuring that budgets are adhered to and deadlines met;
• Drawing up a testing schedule for the complete system;
• Overseeing the implementation of a new system;
• Planning and working flexibly to a deadline;
• Writing user manuals;
• Providing training to users of a new system;
• Keeping up to date with technical as well as industry sector developments.

As the ideal candidate you are expected to have:

• A diploma or degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Minimum of three years of experience in developing and/or implementing Business applications through a standard lifecycle approach, preferably in a large corporate environment.
• Experience with Business and Systems analysis tools and techniques.
• Strong ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships and to work effectively with changing and competing priorities with frequent interruptions within a multiple task environment.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation/facilitation skills, with ability to communicate at all levels within the organization.
• A thorough knowledge of Web technologies (i.e. Object oriented, .Net framework, web services, service oriented), SQL, Software development methodologies, Collaboration tools (i.e. SharePoint), and Release and Change management practices, and Template and form technologies
• Experience with ERP systems (i.e. JD Edwards).

Not mandatory but will be given special attention and additional consideration:

• Experience with implementing Business Intelligence solutions, such as 3rd party reporting (i.e. Crystal Reports) and dashboarding.
• Experience with development and/or implementation of data "stores" (i.e. marts, warehouses, etc.).
• Travel to various project sites in AB, BC, and the USA (NV) will be required