Business Application Partner

at  Secure Energy Services Inc

ABOUT US

SECURE is a leading Waste Management and Energy Infrastructure business headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Our extensive infrastructure network located throughout western Canada and North Dakota includes Waste Management Facilities, Industrial Landfills, Pipeline Operations, Metals & Mining, and Specialty Chemicals, Energy Infrastructure include Blending & Facility Supply and Trading & Storage.
Our number one goal every day is to go home safe. Like our values state, working the SECURE way starts with working safely. Safety is the cornerstone of our culture, because if we are not safe, nothing else matters.

QUALIFICATIONS/COMPETENCIES

The individual in this role will have:

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
• Entrepeneurial spirit and ability to understand business, operations, and technology
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• A team player who values relationships, collaboration and can bring people together to solve problems
• Experience with evolving business process, upgrading technology and change management
• Experience managing vendor relationships and cross functional teams
• Effective conflict resolution skills to build commonality, alignment and create a path forward together
• Self-awareness and ability to provide and receive constructive feedback

At SECURE, we focus on opportunities for growth and improvement for our employees, our customers, our partners, and the communities we operate in. We are an energetic team driven by the needs of our customers and care about making a meaningful contribution. We strive to attract, retain, and motivate employees by offering a compensation package that competitively recognizes employee contributions and performance.

In addition to rewarding job opportunities, we offer an attractive employee package, including:

• Leading industry wages with competitive base salary, compensation programs
• Industry-leading safety

• Comprehensive benefits package including:

• • Employer-paid benefits: health, dental & more
• Health Care Spending Account
• Employee Wellness Program
• Employee savings plans
• Career progression/internal mobility opportunities, including off-season rotational opportunities.
• Community investment activities
• A competitive employee referral program

Stay connected to us:

• Visit us at secure-energy.com and connect with us on our social media channels for our latest job postings, news, community activities, and other updates.
• SECURE is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants are not assessed on race, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

EDUCATION

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Information Technology or related field
• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field

JOB PURPOSE

We are looking for a highly motivated Business Application Partner to join our Metals team in supporting the role out, development, and maintenance of our scrap software. The role is hands on in the field understanding what makes the business tick. The operational knowledge gained in the field will be leveraged to create best practices for the technology that will support the operations.
A successful candidate will be one that wants a hands on approach, and has the ability to communicate between multiple stakeholder groups. This person will be part of operations and will be the bridge to corporate IT support.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Business and BITS Alignment

• • Gain an in-depth understanding of the business and business processes
• Collaborate with customers to understand their near and long term goals and challenges; create and align on a business application roadmap
• Attends business unit operational meetings and gathers/takes ownership of technology related actions
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and solutions
• Prioritize BITS related activities to ensure value creation is balanced with resource availability
• Application Management
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• Works alongside the Business Application Support team to provide business continuity and application improvements

• Monitor the performance and availability of applications and work to improve efficiency
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance and optimize applications
• Vendor Management
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• Manage relationship with third party vendor and software providers

• Evaluate and select appropriate software solutions to meet business needs
• Change Management
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• Collaborate with business units to manage changes in business processes and applications

• Develop and implement change management strategies to ensure smooth uptake of new technologies and processes
• Project Management Support
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• Work in collaboration and in support of the PMO on projects that will impact the customer base.

• Understand business requirements to ensure that solutions will work and are fit-for-purpose as they become operational.
• Develop and execute on operational handoff of new applications into the Business Applications Team
• Analytics
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• Ability to understand the value of the data available and identify new data sources

• Work alongside the Business Intelligence team to create valuable insights for the business
• Compliance & Security
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• Ensure that applications comply with SECURE policies and standards (ex. Patching / Identity)

• Collaborate with security teams to protect business data and systems
• Training & Support
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• Delivers on a “How can I help” philosophy for their customers

• Provide training and support to end-users to maximize the effective use of technology
• Work with the Business Application Support team to troubleshoot and resolve application related issues

The individual in this role will have:

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
• Entrepeneurial spirit and ability to understand business, operations, and technology
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• A team player who values relationships, collaboration and can bring people together to solve problems
• Experience with evolving business process, upgrading technology and change management
• Experience managing vendor relationships and cross functional teams
• Effective conflict resolution skills to build commonality, alignment and create a path forward together
• Self-awareness and ability to provide and receive constructive feedbac