Team Lead, Mining Operations Applications & Support

Mineral Resources; City Of Stirling; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing program

Career development opportunities

Industry-leading benefits

Job summary

Mineral Resources is seeking a Team Lead – Mining Operational Applications Support to lead a high‑performing team ensuring stability, performance and continual improvement of the mining application portfolio. You’ll act as SME, liaison with vendors and drive capability development within the team.

You will manage workloads, ensure service levels, and align IT governance with operational needs, building strong relationships across commodity divisions and IT partners.

Qualifications

• Tertiary IT qualification or equivalent experience required.
• Proven experience in application support with leadership roles.
• Experience with mining operations tech such as MineMarket, Ampla, Datamine CCLAS is highly regarded.
• Strong knowledge of SCADA, OPC-UA/DA, and Industry 4.0 concepts.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; reporting with Power BI/Tableau/Grafana
• ITIL/change management and vendor engagement experience.
• AWS IoT Platform knowledge and relevant certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Application Specialists to ensure service levels.
• Oversee day-to-day support for mining apps, analytics platforms and systems.
• Act as SME and vendor liaison; drive continuous improvement and governance.
• Collaborate with project teams to transition solutions to steady-state support.
• Manage vendor relationships and contract obligations; champion data best practices.

Skills

Team leadership

Application support

SQL

Python

Vendor management

Stakeholder engagement

ITIL knowledge

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS / IS

Tools

Datamine MineMarket

AVEVA Production Management (Ampla)

Datamine CCLAS

GE Proficy Historian

Kepware

Wenco

OPC-UA/OPC-DA

SQL tooling / Python

Job description

Mineral Resources is seeking a Team Lead – Mining Operational Applications Support to lead a high‑performing team ensuring stability, performance and continual improvement of the mining application portfolio. You’ll act as SME, liaison with vendors and drive capability development within the team.

You will manage workloads, ensure service levels, and align IT governance with operational needs, building strong relationships across commodity divisions and IT partners.