Business Analyst, Construction Support

Subsidiary: Colas Inc. (100) 

Colas Inc. is a highway construction and maintenance company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey with 7 subsidiary companies operating in more than 25 states including Alaska, California, Wyoming, Missouri, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio. Colas Inc. is part of Colas SA, www.colas.com the world leader in road construction and maintenance.

Position Summary:

Colas ISS, the IT/IS arm of Colas North America plays a critical role in providing advanced solutions and superior support for our business users. As a member of the Functional Support Group, you’ll be part of a strong team of diversely skilled individuals, who pride themselves in their breadth of knowledge, troubleshooting skills and positive attitudes. You’ll be the voice of Colas IS Support, interacting directly with our internal customers accross North America on a daily basis.

Construction Support Business Analysts, focus on building, deploying and improving all Construction based solutions, with a focus on HCSS products HeavyBid and HeavyJob. Business Analysts will help drive User Groups, define new solutions, present at Super User Meetings and more. Responsibilities will include; conducting training, helping with the rollout of construction solutions, installing, configuring and upgrading solutions, and working with the team to ensure our construction software solutions are performing and utilized to our customers’ best advantage.

Essential Functions:

• Supporting all user incidents and requests to ensure optimal business performance.
• Training users and other IT team members on processes and solutions, this includes updating all user and IT documentation.
• Completing new installs, upgrading existing solutions and more to mature the suite of construction applications.

Education and Minimum Experience:

• Applicant should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience with HCSS software HeavyBid and or HeavyJob
• Bachelor's degree; Information Systems, Construction or Accounting preferred
• Comfort level with data tables and Business Intelligence type reporting tools (Crystal Reports, ReportsNow, SQL, and PowerBI)
• Experience in construction and construction materials industry
• JDE Knowledge a plus
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Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

The incumbent will have a strong sense of business acumen and professionalism. This person must be well organized, and a self-starter. Must be a team player with the ability to work independently.

• Must have problem solving skills with ability to analyze and recommend solutions to problems
• Exceptional verbal communication skills for user support, training, and team interaction.
• Able to interact with all levels of management and staff.
• Must be a self-starter, dependable, innovative, and possess good judgment
• Must be self-motivated, detail-oriented and have the ability to work with limited supervision in a fast-paced, small-team environment.
• Should possess date-driven work ethic
• Ability to prioritize incoming requests made by phone or e-mail 

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

• Ability to travel max 25%
• Ability to handle after hours and weekend work as needed
• Ability to travel across North America
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to look at a computer screen for extended periods of time

Colas Inc.and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For details on the specifics of this commitment, please click here EEO document.  If you need accomodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact Colas Inc. 973-290-9082 or send an email to ColasRecruiter@colasinc.com.