Senior Specialist - Applications Engineer (Americas)

What you will bring

• English language (oral and written) to an advanced proficiency, as the global business language of Orica 
• Spanish language (oral and written) strongly preferred for LATAM; Portuguese beneficial 
• Tertiary qualification in an IT-related discipline 
• 2-5 years’ of experience in an IT role; with demonstrated success at designing and supporting applications that solve business problems 
• Exposure to manufacturing, mining, utilities, or related industries 
• Experience across: Qualys vulnerability case management and Autodesk/Autodesk Vault support 
• Strong customer engagement and relationship building skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate to both technical and lay audiences
• Ability to work independently, or as part of a project / team
• Ability to understand and interpret complex business requirements and effectively translate these into applications solutions 
• Demonstrated problem-solving and problem remediation skills 

Preferred:

• Additional languages (oral and written) that are applicable to the geographic area of responsibility 
• Experience creating and updating Disaster Recovery & SCM documentation for various applications 
• Exposure to configuration and support of large commercial packages and infratsructure 
• Competency in both waterfall and agile project methodology 
• Exposure to global organisations, including remote / distributed teams and line management 
• Experience in Business Analyst, Service Desk or other IT Support roles
• Capable of being an active member of a globally-distributed team 
• Flexibility on working time, to appropriately support the demands and issues of-the-day and to engage with colleagues within a global organisation 
• Able to work either from an Orica office, or from home 
• Able to perform occasional visits to alternate operational sites or office locations (generally less than once per month)