Lead Data Engineer

Make your mark with Thiess  

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent, reward transparency, champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us and hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment.

The Opportunity

As Lead Data Engineer, you will provide both technical and people leadership, overseeing a team of data engineering professionals while shaping the future of Thiess' enterprise data and analytics capability.

Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, analysts and technology teams, you will lead the delivery of high-quality data products and platforms that support operational reporting, advanced analytics and AI-driven decision making. You'll play a key role in establishing engineering standards, modernising data architecture and ensuring our platform continues to evolve to meet the needs of a growing global business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Data Engineers and technical specialists.
• Drive the ongoing evolution of Thiess' enterprise data platform and data lakehouse architecture.
• Design, develop and support scalable data pipelines, integrations and reusable data products.
• Establish and maintain data engineering standards, development frameworks and best practices.
• Oversee platform operations, monitoring, optimisation, incident management and continuous improvement.
• Work with stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into practical data solutions.
• Champion data governance, data quality, metadata, security and lineage practices.
• Lead major platform initiatives, deployment activities and data solution delivery.
• Promote modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing and DevOps methodologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve analytics, reporting and AI readiness across the business.

About You

You are a highly capable technical leader with strong experience building and operating enterprise-scale cloud data platforms. You enjoy leading teams, solving complex data challenges and delivering solutions that create measurable business value.

To be successful, you will have:

• Experience leading and mentoring Data Engineering teams or technical specialists.
• Proven success designing, developing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.
• Experience delivering data lakehouse, data integration, data modelling and analytics solutions.
• Experience within the mining, resources or heavy industry sector will be highly regarded.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence across technical and business audiences.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, governance frameworks and delivery practices.
• Demonstrated leadership in driving technical capability, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, coaching and people leadership skills.
• Experience working within large, complex operational environments.

What we offer

At Thiess, our people are the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive - safely, confidently and with opportunities to grow.

• Competitive salary package.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities.
• A strong safety-first culture across all operations, built on care, respect and accountability.
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

About us 

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy and has inspired our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change for more than 90 years.

Learn more about Our Vision, Purpose & Values.

At Thiess, we're creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess' success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision: everyone matters always. We're focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered.

Learn more about working at Thiess.

How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Please click the "apply" button below to apply for this role.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check, and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com. 

Applications close: Monday 31 August 2026

How to apply

Applications close

31 Aug 2026 E. Australia Standard Time