Title:  Area Manager - Pipelines

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known that at its heart, infrastructure is about people - our customers, our employees, and their communities in which we work. 

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. 

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good. 

About the Project:

New greenfield Water treatment plant and associated infrastructure which will provide water for Cairns and regions. The scope includes the following:

• Draper Road water treatment plant (DRWTP) – capacity of 60 megalitres (ML)/day
• An 8 ML clear water reservoir (at RL 122 m AHD) delivering treated water into the trunk network and earthworks to accommodate future construction of a 5 ML high-level service reservoir (at RL 116 m AHD)
• Construction of an all-weather access road from the DRWTP to the reservoir sites. Mulgrave River intake (Stage 1) and raw water main delivering 20 ML/day of raw water to the DRWTP. 
• Upgrade to the existing Behana Creek intake and pipeline upgrades, augmentations and extensions to the Behana Creek intake treated water supply main to deliver 44ML/day raw water to the new DRWTP.
• Treated water delivery main works (including relevant valving) delivering water from the proposed DRWTP to Council’s existing trunk water main network located in the Bruce Highway. 
• Reticulation main works to service communities (Aloomba) and properties located south of the Mulgrave River, within Gordonvale
• New power, telecommunications, and data services to the DRWTP, the Mulgrave River raw water intake and the Behana Creek raw water intake.
• Numerous Cane Rail crossings along with HDD and Thrust Bores under roads and water

About the role:

As the Area Manager Pipelines, you will be responsible to coordinate on-site construction engineering activities to achieve project time and budget objectives reporting to the Construction Manager. Leading the Pipeline team based in Gordonvale, Cairns, QLD. Your focus area is the around 30km of pipelines outside the WTP this includes a number of underbores and thrust bores. Your team includes 7 engineers dedicated to the pipelines who will work closely with the Supervisory team who are also dedicated to the pipeline team.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Coordinate and administer construction engineering activities to ensure that projects are implemented in accordance with plans, designs and specifications
• Preparation of site construction budgets and reports
• ­Drive and monitor construction progress for adherence to programme
• ­Interpret designs for implementation in construction projects
• ­Demonstrate financial management skills and commercial acumen when making decisions
• ­Assign work to your team and assist with reviews for accuracy and adherence to required standards
• ­Execute working knowledge of contractual and legislation relevant to the project
• Undertake quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment to ensure acceptable quality of structures and finishes
• Analyse and use document and record management, progress and project performance reporting compliance reporting ­
• Demonstrate sound people management skills by managing work and performance of your team and subcontractors to achieve outcomes ­
• Utilize effective time management skills including sequencing of work of own and resource time management ­
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, reporting and procedure

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Science, Building Construction or equivalent
• Advanced commercial acumen including cost reduction and meeting budgets
• Understanding of the Quality Management Plan. Safety Management Plan, Environmental Management Plan and Projects Design Management Plan
• Knowledge of project management structure, plans, specification, standards and implications for project accountabilities

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives

Your success is reflected in ours, so we're committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What's in it for you when you join John Holland?

We're about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and wellbeing
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities
• Inclusion and diversity is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether its flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.