Title:  People Director

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

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

 Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

The Opportunity:

With a strong pipeline of work currently under construction including the Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3 and Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upgrade (B2N) projects and a healthy number of prospects coming up in SE Queensland in 2025, John Holland are currently looking for a People Director to join our growing  business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic HR input into the project, ensuring HR best practice, conditions and deliverables are implemented ultimately impacting project delivery
• Build and lead a team of dedicated project-based People resources across HR operations, industrial relations, social procurement, workforce development and training.
• Provide strategic People leadership as part of the project leadership  team
• Development and implementation of project specific HR strategies, policies and procedures
• Support and deliver the Projects IR strategy 
• Support project delivery staff with IR/ER training, education and knowledge sharing
• Share IR/ER lessons learnt with project delivery staff to be proactive in risk assessment
• Coach and guide managers through all people related matters balancing best for project outcomes and employee experience
• Develop innovative initiatives and influence project stakeholders to increase local, Indigenous, female and new entrant participation on the project.
• Lead all project People activities including employee relations, recruitment and onboarding, performance and development, remuneration reviews, training, and project lifecycle initiatives.
• Live and breathe the John Holland values of Care, Future Focused, Empowering, and Imaginative

Position Requirements:

• Extensive experience providing strategic HR leadership and senior level experience across relevant HR disciplines, including experience in large complex organisations and projects (experience working on major projects construction projects will be highly regarded).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Business Management, Human Resources, Law or Employee Relations
• Expert knowledge of human resources, employee relations and employment law in Australia.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to work cross functionally, building strong business partnerships 
• Strategic ability to problem solve, think laterally, formulate plans, coach and provide advice to senior management
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to create effective teams with a strong focus on delivering outcomes
• Strong business acumen and communication skills
• Someone who engenders trust, highly influential and confidential

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 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 options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your 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, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• 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 or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.