IT Business Analyst

THE COMPANY

Why Work at This Company?

Great people: helpful, knowledgeable employees; great products: state-of-the-art design & manufacturing; great environment: scenic area

Hiring Company Description:

Southern Oregon's Umpqua Valley is a beautiful place, with pure air, clean water, and a variety of wildlife. Orenco was born in this valley, nearly 40 years ago. We're privileged to design and manufacture products that help ensure the health and safety of people, neighborhoods, and communities, everywhere.

Do you enjoy outdoor recreation like biking, hiking, and fishing? How about good wine and good food? Ever thought about living where the ocean, ski resorts, and hot springs are all just a few hours away? If you're interested in working for a great company headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, take a look at our job postings and see what might be a good fit.

Company Details

Orenco was founded in 1981 in response to widespread failures in Oregon's onsite wastewater systems. Since then, we've grown to become an industry leader, with hundreds of employees and more than 300 points of distribution in North America, Australasia, Europe, Africa, and southwest Asia. You can find our products and solutions in 70 countries, on virtually every continent.

Orenco is headquartered in Douglas County, Oregon, where we have over 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space spread among three locations. Because we're dedicated to engineering-based solutions, more than 10 percent of our approximately 390 employees are scientists or engineers. Orenco's products and technologies appear in numerous technical publications, and our employees are asked to speak at conferences throughout the world.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Business Analyst (BA) is responsible for gathering and understanding the business needs of members within specific projects and generally in relation to the Orenco technology platform. The BA will then ensure together with the Project Manager and our IT partners, that the requirements are accurately translated into system development specifications wishing the Orenco Agile/Scrum project tracking tools. The BA will be working across a range of projects complex and simple, and with a range of member departments and external corporate customers and partners.

In addition, the BA will be tasked with analyzing business processes within the company and recommending projects to improve the effectiveness of those processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Essential Functions:

• Elicits requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task, and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, decomposes high-level information into details, abstracts up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and delivers the following artifacts as needed: Business Requirements Documentation in IT WIKI, Use Cases, Stories, GUI, Screen, and Interface designs.
• Utilizes experience in using company-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.
• Successfully engages in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Works independently with users to define concepts and under direction of product owners.
• Drives and challenges business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
• Strong analytical and product management skills are required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required with the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
  Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external) and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Develops requirement specifications according to standard templates using natural language.
• Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyzes trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Acts as the liaison between the business units, technology, and support teams.

Nonessential Functions:

• Performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a Business Analysis role or equivalent managerial role.
• Project management experience essential (formal or otherwise).
• Proven business analysis skills.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proven technical writing skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Experience of user acceptance testing of software.
• Sound understanding of line of business systems and digital services.
• Must have satisfactory driving record, maintain valid Oregon drivers license, and current insurance on personal vehicle if used for business. Must be insurable to drive company vehicles if required.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT:
Cell Phone

Vehicle
Desktop and Laptop Computer (Mac and/or PC)

Multi-Line Phone with Intercom

Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax Machines-Multifunction or stand alone

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Office environment with limited exposure to outside elements, dust, and fumes during time spent in manufacturing areas.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This is sedentary work that is done predominantly in an office environment. Physical activity includes speaking, hearing, sitting, standing, reaching, lifting, keyboarding, finger dexterity, and visual acuity. Occasional use of a motor vehicle.

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