Junior Business Analyst

Location:

Ottawa, Canada In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America.

Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

This is a Hybrid role in Ottawa, ON. Note that role can be located at other work sites including Halifax NS or Victoria BC at local shipyards.

The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships and Joint Support Ships In-Service Support (AJISS) program provides life cycle support for six AOPS and up to two JSS vessels home ported in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Esquimalt, British Columbia over an estimated period of 35 years. Both classes of ships will be serviced by the In-Service Support (ISS) Contractor, Thales Canada Defence & Security.

The contract includes start-up services for integrated logistics support activities to set up an initial support solution as the fleet enters service and covers the support of the ships and their related equipment including program management, life cycle materiel management, docking, maintenance, alterations, and disposal until the end of service life of these fleets.

When compared to other government-led naval sustainment programs, the AJISS model has a much higher level of Industry involvement - it is a highly integrated support program bringing together Government of Canada departments and industry-related engineering and maintenance support processes along with the supporting data systems, applications, and infrastructure necessary to meet the life cycle requirements of the AOPS and JSS vessels.

Thales Canada is looking for Business Analysts who will aid Thales and Canada in documenting and maturing the processes for naval in-service support in the face of ongoing digitization efforts. The Business Analyst will contribute to the development and renewal of Value Stream Maps (VSM) using LEAN methodologies and ensuring consistent level of detail and stakeholder involvement. The Business Analyst will also be responsible for identifying areas for improvement within the processes over and above the changes required to support updated information technology offerings.

This may include the definition of engineering change proposals (ECPs), which include details about the benefits of the proposed change, the value proposition, and financial figures. The Business Analyst will additionally be responsible for formulating value propositions through requirements specifications, presentations and/or analysis of gaps, pain points, or opportunities for innovation and/or process improvement.

• Canada
• Access to Controlled Goods
• Security Clearance

• Collaborate to the definition and refinement of processes based on end-user interviews / workshops or pain points gathered from within AJISS and/or within the DND/RCN.
• Apply LEAN techniques, including Value Stream Mapping, to access enterprise process maturity.
• Responsible for formulating value propositions in prevision to engagements with sponsors / customers.
• Responsible for delivering requirements, pain points and opportunities through analysis of existing tools, processes and data.
• Liaise with the AJISS Team to ensure coherence in the messaging to the AJISS Customer.
• Support the development of ECPs per the approved AJISS template, which includes a description of the change proposal, its benefits, a cost breakdown and a general notion of value proposition; and;
• Recommend how to promote a collaborative and innovation culture to DND/RCN and across the AJISS Enterprise.