Digital Specialist

Finning Canada; Saskatoon; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in heavy equipment is seeking a Digital Specialist to manage and optimize digital tools and automation within their operations. This role focuses on enhancing decision-making through data analytics while improving workflows across various teams. Candidates should have a degree in computer science and significant experience in digital enablement. The position offers a salary range of $80,000 to $95,000 and supports a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Career advancement and training opportunities

Pension and employee stock purchase plans

Extensive health benefits

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in analyst type role.
• 5 years of digital enablement experience.
• Practical experience with Copilot/Foundry agents or adjacent LLM systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, design, and governance of project digital tools.
• Develop and maintain operational dashboards and analytics.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities.

Skills

Data analysis capabilities

Microsoft Suite (Power Apps, Power BI)

Excellent communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics or information systems

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Company: Finning Canada Number of Openings: 1 Worker Type: Permanent

Position Overview

Finning Canada is seeking to hire a Digital Specialist responsible for designing, governing, and optimizing digital tools, analytics, and automation that support project transformation. This role enables data‑driven decision‑making, strengthens PQVC performance, reduces economic loss, and streamlines enterprise‑wide operational workflows for both leadership and frontline teams.

Strategic Outcomes

This role enables Finning to achieve strategic outcomes by:

• Supporting SG&A reduction through automation and system consolidation
• Enabling PQVC visibility and OP-X transformation success
• Providing high-quality analytics that inform operational decisions
• Enhancing technician, leader, and frontline enablement through digital tools
• Supporting project phases such as digital enablement, competency development, continuous improvement, and economic loss prevention
• Strengthening organizational resilience through standardized, scalable digital systems

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 salary range is between $80,000 and $95,000 annually. This range reflects our commitment to providing competitive compensation that aligns with industry standards and your qualifications.

Job Description

Digital Enablement & Systems Governance

• Lead the strategy, design, and governance of project digital tools, including SharePoint ecosystems, Power Apps, Power Automate workflows, and cross-functional system integrations.
• Ensure system standardization, simplification, and decluttering aligned with foundational themes of projects.
• Maintain data integrity, user experience standards, and governance across EHS, Service Operations, and Technical Training, digital tools.

Analytics & Reporting Infrastructure

• Develop and maintain operational dashboards, performance scorecards, predictive reporting, and PQVC analytics to support leader decision-making at all levels.
• Build enterprise-level reporting that supports specific performance management structures.
• Provide insight into key drivers of people, quality, velocity, cost, and operational risk.

Automation & Digital Workflow Optimization

• Identify and implement automation opportunities that reduce SG&A, streamline workflows, and enhance operational capacity.
• Develop and maintain Power Automate flows and digital processes that support project phases including Incident Management, Corrective Actions, Hazard Reporting, Improvement Engine, and SOTJ competency development.

AI Agent Development & Digital Innovation

• Support project AI roadmap by developing and enabling AI agents for EHS, Service Support, Technical Training, and Technical Communications.
• Evaluate and implement emerging digital capabilities to enhance operational resilience and predictive analytics.
• Keep up to date with advancements in Fabric, data modeling best practices, Power BI tooling, AI agent safety, and Azure AI Foundry.
• Share learnings and propose practical adoption pathways for new capabilities.

Cross-Functional Enablement & Strategic Support

• Act as a digital subject-matter expert supporting OP-X, EHS, Service Operations, and Technical Training.
• Translate business requirements into digital solutions that align with project strategy and multi-year transformation roadmap.
• Provide change enablement, training, and ongoing digital support for leaders and frontline teams.

Governance, Compliance & Risk Reduction

• Ensure all digital workflows align with Finning’s management system and project standards.
• Support economic incident reduction through data accuracy, reporting visibility, and systematic process improvements.
• Maintain documentation, version control, and governance frameworks for digital tools.

Accountability

• Responsible for support in development and management of project system management aspects and enablement for all elements
• Accountable for the management and coordination of accurate, comprehensive, and timely pre-qualification information
• Developing and delivering projects and improvements across Finning Canada
• Represent the company in a professional and ethical manner and maintain effective relationships with all internal departments, employees, and customers while maintaining confidentiality
• Accountable for building collaborative and productive working relationships, networks with and appropriately involves key internal and external stakeholders
• Accountable for providing accurate professional expertise and opinions supporting risk management
• Responsible to keep up on all legislative and regulatory requirement changes in all jurisdictions
• Ensure completion of timely and accurate KPI reporting.
• Monthly KPI reporting to ensure visibility and consistency.
• Timely upward communication of issues as they arise and monthly overview of current challenges, actions and any key process improvements needed.
• Represent the company in an ethical and professional manner and maintain confidentiality.

Mandatory (Must-Have) Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics or information systems
• 5 years experience in analyst type role
• 5 years of digital enablement experience
• Full lifecycle exposure (requirements → production) in modeling and/or agent delivery.
• Practical experience with Copilot/Foundry agents or adjacent LLM systems: grounding/retrieval, tool/action orchestration, and safe design.
• Excellent computer skills, including data analysis capabilities.
• Expert in Microsoft Suite (Power Apps, Power BI, Lists, etc.)
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Experience with documentation creation and standardization
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets and generate actionable insights.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment, with a focus on delivering timely results and driving continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated to learn new concepts and participate in new projects
• Excellent communication, facilitation, investigation and problem-solving skills

At Finning, we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we actively encourage all individuals to express themselves and achieve their full potential. As a company, we continuously strive to enhance our outreach to individuals of all backgrounds and identities. We do not discriminate against applicants based on gender identity, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities. Furthermore, Finning is committed to collaborating with and providing reasonable accommodations /adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you require an adjustment/accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please inform your recruiter.