(Medior) Industrial IoT & Predictive Maintenance Business Analyst

Context

AETHER is a key partner for intrapreneurial projects in Belgium and aims to strengthen its support for major players in the energy sector, who face exciting challenges in making infrastructure maintenance safer, more efficient and more reliable.

New projects are therefore underway to ensure that maintenance teams have suitable processes and digital tools to maintain infrastructure reliably throughout the energy transition.

We are therefore looking for a mid-level Industrial IoT & Predictive Maintenance Business Analyst to strengthen our team of Project Partners.

Job Description

As an AETHER Project Partner within the project team, your goal is to develop efficient business processes and translate business needs into clear requirements for digital tools supporting remote and predictive maintenance.

The assignment supports the digital transformation of an organisation responsible for maintaining and commissioning electrical infrastructure. Safety, quality and efficiency are central priorities. The energy transition and the growth of renewable energy are increasing the need for better processes and digital support.

The projects focus on Industrial Internet of Things, Machine2Machine, Big Data and AI. You explore the potential of innovative ICT, such as communications and AI, and hardware, such as sensors, actuators and smart installations.

You bridge the gap between business departments, end users and IT partners, including functional analysts, project managers and architects. You understand the organisation's operations and needs and ask all stakeholders probing questions. IT carries out the functional analyses. You coordinate closely with other business analysts, departments, partner organisations and end users, and map the impact of changes on processes and systems.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Modelling business processes and guiding business departments in redesigning them.
• Conducting impact analyses.
• Developing context diagrams, business domain models, user stories and use cases.
• Defining business needs for supporting IT tools and guidelines for their use.
• Challenging business departments to critically assess their needs and future processes.
• Aligning requirements between business departments and IT and securing validation from both.
• Validating IT's functional analysis.
• Guiding data quality initiatives and data migrations.
• Testing and validating new releases following the implementation of a tool.
• Playing an active role in change initiatives, including preparing training materials and delivering training to end users, following the existing methodology and using the available change management tools.
• Supporting business departments in using IT tools after implementation.
  
  

Profile

• Master's degree, preferably in a technical field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience gathering and documenting business needs.
• At least 5 years of experience analysing and modelling business processes.
• Trilingual in Dutch, French and English.
• Experience modelling information needs within business processes.
• Knowledge of IoT, AI or other relevant technologies is an advantage.
• Experience maintaining industrial installations is an advantage.
• Knowledge of developing and executing a test plan.
• Experience preparing training materials for end users.
• Strong analytical skills and a critical mindset.
• Independent, proactive and solution-oriented.
• Team-oriented and able to align different stakeholders.
• Assertive and effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Customer-focused and flexible.
• Willing to work in Schaerbeek, with on-site attendance in accordance with the applicable remote working policy.
• Entrepreneurial experience or ambition is an advantage, including outside work or education.
  
  

Our Vision

Success in industry often depends on key individuals who demonstrate intrapreneurial leadership: people who continually take initiative, drive change and strive for excellence.

The best way to develop this capability is through temporary projects: working as a consultant alongside experienced intrapreneurs in international companies and supporting their major expansion or improvement initiatives in governance, studies or operations.

Since 2014, AETHER has managed these opportunities for outstanding consultants within leading international groups. These assignments offer extensive learning opportunities and a multimillion impact.

Send us your CV so we can assess whether this assignment is currently the best opportunity for your consulting career.

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