Title:  Senior Environmental Advisor

About John Holland

We’re all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, property, rail, building and water projects in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

From the epic, to the intimate, everything we do improves life for someone, somewhere. It gives our business momentum and means we approach things a little differently.

While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

Are you up for the challenge?

About the Project

The Linewide Alliance, comprising John Holland, Alstom, RATP Dev, KBR and WSP, are excited to be delivering the transformative Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East Linewide package.

When SRL opens, the new rail services for passengers will also be delivered by, a venture between RATP Dev and John Holland to operate and maintain the franchise for 15 years from 2035, to be known as TransitLinx.

The Alliance will deliver a world-class, service-proven driverless metro system that sets new benchmarks for comfort, safety, and reliability for Melbourne.

SRL is a transport and urban planning project that will deliver world-class public transport, reduce travel times, and support the delivery of more homes and housing.

About the Role

As a Senior Environment Advisor you will ensure project compliance with relevant environmental legislation, regulations, contractual obligations and John Holland Health, Safety and Environmental procedures through the development, implementation and maintenance a project wide environmental management system.

What you will do;

•    Ensuring Project EMS meets the requirements of AS/NZS ISO 14001:2016.
•    Actively participate in regular external audits.
•    Sound knowledge of all legislation with regards to Waste Management, Groundwater, Surfacewater, ERSED, Gas and Geological conditions.
•    Managing and monitoring compliance with all environmental approvals, licences, and permits and audit schedules relating to the Project and the CEMP.
•    Implementing and compliance with EMF and associated EPRs.
•    Leading environmental targets tracking for the Project.
•    Monitoring project activities for compliance with environmental and legislative requirements.
•    Ensuring environmental risk contingency measures are developed and implemented as required.
•    Advising on measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm in the event of an emergency.
•    Preparing Project environmental reports to provide updates to the senior management team as required.
•    Attending monthly meetings with the environmental representatives to report on progress against the EPRs, CEMP and WEMPs and any other related matters.
•    Implementing an adaptive approach for continuous environmental improvement.
•    Support the maintenance of comprehensive environmental records.
•    Support the communication of environment matters to management and project staff.

What we are looking for;

•    Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering, Science or other associated disciplines.
•    Significant experience as an Environmental Advisor in construction or equivalent.
•    Knowledge of environmental statutes and legislation.
•    Knowledge of relevant management systems (quality and risk).
•    Training and facilitation experience in high risk environmental activities such as spill response/waste management/groundwater management/ground gas.
•    Skill in quantitative and qualitative environmental risk assessment and development of risk controls and actions involved in delivery and implementation of projects.
•    Expert understanding of waste legislation. 
•    Ability to lead high level investigations involving multiple internal and external parties.
•    Ability to integrate quickly and work as part of a team.  

As part of the team, you can help us 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 we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to 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

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 generous 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.

Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

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 it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.