Power BI Automation Specialist

SUMMARY:
Are you immediatly available Power BI expert with a passion for automating reports and eliminating manual processes?

Our client in mining is seeking a highly motivated Power BI Automation Specialist on contract basis to automate key reports by replacing manual extraction/transformation routines with scheduled, automated reporting on a BI platform.
Must have experience in Power BI, Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) in Azure. Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week in Allday, Limpopo to work and train the BI team.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• Matric and relevant Power BI certitication or relavant tertiary qualification
• Strong Power BI (data modeling, DAX, Power Query/M, Desktop & Service, scheduled refresh, RLS).
• Solid SQL or KQL (and readiness to work extensively in Azure Data Explorer).
• Proven experience automating scheduled reporting and replacing manual processes.
• Excellent communication, training and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with Azure services (e.g., ADX/ADE, Data Gateway, DevOps/Git).
• Background in operations/mining or heavy industry analytics.
• Change management exposure (adoption, documentation, training plans).

• Role objective : Replace manual extraction/transformation routines with scheduled, automated reporting on a dynamic BI platform.
• Environment: Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) in Azure; Power BI (Desktop & Service).
• Build scalable Power BI datasets and reports; establish scheduled refresh and dataflows/pipelines
• Prepare and optimize data using Kusto Query Language (KQL) (strong SQL background acceptable with willingness to learn KQL)
• Refactor existing manual processes into robust, reusable transformations (Power Query/M preferred)
• Identify “manual”/off-system data sources and assist in defining requirements to capture these in a proper system of record
• Coach and transfer skills to the Venetia BI team; produce clear documentation and handover materials
• Collaborate with Operations, IT and stakeholders to validate outputs and embed new ways of working