Insights Lead - Mining Performance

Finning

$90K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in analytics, business intelligence, or mining operations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, R, and Power BI.
  • Familiarity with large datasets related to operations, equipment, and maintenance.
  • Experience collaborating with both technical and business stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
  • Background in the mining industry and knowledge of Caterpillar equipment is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop insights to enhance mining fleet performance and customer outcomes.
  • Analyze diverse data types to uncover opportunities and risks.
  • Collaborate with Mining Sales to identify growth opportunities and improve planning.
  • Engage directly with customers to define data needs and deliver analytics solutions.
  • Coordinate with IT and technical teams for data integration and reporting.
  • Create dashboards and reports to present complex data clearly.
  • Lead strategic initiatives aimed at improving mining operations and data quality.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work opportunity with a supportive team environment.
  • Career advancement and training opportunities available.
  • Pension and employee stock purchase plans with company contributions.
  • Comprehensive health benefits, including medical and dental coverage.
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Full Job Description
Number of Openings:
1

Worker Type:
Permanent

Position Overview:
We're looking to hire a strong problem solver to help connect mining operations, fleet performance, customer data, and business outcomes.

As the Insights Lead - Mining Performance, you'll work closely with Mining Sales & Product Support, Fleet Performance, Customers, Caterpillar, and Finning IT to turn complex operational and commercial data into actionable insights. You'll help improve equipment availability, reliability, maintenance performance, and sales effectiveness while supporting the development of insights that enable better decision making.

This role is part analyst, part engineer, and part business partner. Success requires curiosity, strong business acumen, technical capability, and the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple organizations.

What we can offer you:
· Great people and place to work with a hybrid work opportunity
· Career advancement and training opportunities
· Pension and employee stock purchase plans with company contributions
· Extensive health benefits including group medical and dental benefits, and short-term and long-term disability benefits
· For this position, the expected base salary range is between $90,000 and $110,000 annually with an additional performance bonus over the base salary. 

Job Description:

What You'll Do

  • Develop insights that improve mining fleet performance, equipment availability, reliability, maintenance execution, and customer outcomes.

  • Analyze equipment, maintenance, telematics, operational, customer, and commercial data to identify opportunities and risks.

  • Partner with Mining Sales teams to identify growth opportunities, improve account planning, and support data-driven decision making.

  • Work directly with customers to understand business challenges, define data requirements, and deliver practical analytical solutions.

  • Partner with Finning IT, Digital Services, and technical stakeholders to support data integrations, reporting solutions, and data pipeline development.

  • Build dashboards, reports, and executive-ready recommendations that translate complex data into clear actions.

  • Lead and support strategic initiatives focused on mining performance, business growth, operational effectiveness, and data quality.

What We're Looking For

  • Experience in analytics, business intelligence, mining operations, fleet performance, product support, reliability, or related disciplines.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.

  • Advanced experience with SQL, Python, R, Power BI, and Microsoft Office applications.

  • Experience working with large operational, equipment, maintenance, customer, or commercial datasets.

  • Experience partnering with technical and business stakeholders to deliver data-driven solutions.

  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

  • Mining industry experience, knowledge of Caterpillar equipment, fleet management systems, maintenance systems, or telematics platforms is considered a strong asset.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to play a key role in helping our mining customers and business make better decisions through data. You'll work on high-impact problems, partner directly with industry leaders and customers, and help shape how Finning uses data to improve operational and commercial performance across our mining business.

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