About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.
As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.
Job Summary:
We are hiring a temporary Business Analyst, ERP to support the ERP Program team as a Subject Matter Expert on a Work Management implementation in the City's technology ecosystem. A successful candidate can design a Fit for Use work and asset management solution for the City of Guelph. Experience in implementation of IBM Maximo or similar software, with a background in maintenance and asset management is critical. The main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing. To succeed in this role analytical thinking and the ability to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users in plain language is required. Guided by the goals and objectives of the City’s Strategic Plan and committed to the Corporate Values of integrity, service, inclusion, wellness and learning, the candidate will aid in the achievement of the Vision for an inclusive, connected and prosperous city.
Hours of Work
35 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.
Your role
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Lead requirements gathering effort for the work management, maintenance, inventory management, and asset management data and processes to support the IBM Maximo solution configuration including supporting the design of custom applications and interfaces ensuring quality of the implementation.
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Evaluate business processes and necessary reporting, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and develop and implement solutions.
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Develop strategy/ framework, criteria and key design decision document which can be applied consistently across Service Delivery Areas while gathering and recording requirements, mapping business processes, supporting solution design and change management.
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Provide guidance for development strategy for legacy data conversion and data migration, develop conversion functional specification and mapping.
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Provide guidance for new data collection with recommended processes and quality requirements.
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Provide support in functional test case development and application test.
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Lead ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
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Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
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Perform requirements analysis.
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Effectively develop plans and communicate concisely to cross-functional team members.
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Review and provide feedback from stakeholders on business requirements and other implementation documents.
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Gather critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and produce reports.
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Ensure solution meets business needs and requirements.
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Perform user acceptance testing.
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Update, implement and maintain procedures.
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Support development of training materials.
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Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
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Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and users.
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Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
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Considerable experience related to the duties listed above, normally acquired through post-secondary education in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Economics or closely related field and experience in the solution design and implementation of full lifecycle CMMS implementations, with understanding of industry best practices for maintenance and asset management. Candidates with an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
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Extensive knowledge of work management, maintenance and asset management processes and how a CMMS or EAM system can be implemented to meet customer requirements.
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
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Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
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Able to manage multiple and changing demands and priorities.
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Able to compile data and information from different sources for critical evaluation, reconcile conflicts and communicate appropriate information to management and stakeholders.
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Demonstrated experience in and knowledge of municipal asset management.
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Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and Visio.
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Ability to understand IT methodology.
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Ability to develop use cases, test scripts and then leading the execution of the tests including documenting the results.
- Ability to document findings and create detailed reports and present findings.
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Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
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Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) is an asset.
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IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional - Maximo Asset Management v7.6 is an asset.
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Implementation of Oracle's JD Edwards and PowerBI with Work Management systems are considered an asset.
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Working knowledge of procurement process and JD Edwards will be an asset.
In keeping with our corporate value of Wellness, The City of Guelph recognizes the many benefits of hybrid work arrangements including flexibility and better work-life balance for our employees. Where the work permits, employees will have the ability to participate in our Hybrid Work and our Flexible Time programs. Please note, this position is eligible for Hybrid and Flexible work arrangements (subject to change).
Rate
$38.99-$48.73 per hour
How to apply
Qualified applicants are invited to apply using our online application system. This posting will remain open until the positions have been filled. Candidates will be reviewed as applications are received. Please note all applicants must complete the online questionnaire specific to this position at the time they submit their resume and cover letter in order to be considered. Proof of qualifications will be requested at the interview stage.
The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance.
Personal information collected through the recruitment process will be used solely to determine eligibility for employment. We thank all candidates in advance; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
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