Title:  Sanctions & Export Control Lead

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.

Are you up for the challenge?

We are seeking a Sanctions and Export Control Lead to manage John Holland’s compliance with the US Sanctions and Export Control Policy, ensuring the company adheres to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements, mitigates the risk of non-compliance, and protects its operations, reputation, and stakeholders.

Based in our Brisbane office in Fortitude Valley, this role is responsible for implementing, monitoring and administering the policy effectively across all business functions. This includes supplier and partner screening, risk assessment, employee training, record keeping, and ensuring ongoing alignment with updates to US sanctions and export control regulations.

About the Role

• Assisting with the design of the Sanctions and Export Control Processes by collaborating with stakeholders, researching applicable laws and regulations, identifying risks, proposing improvements, and developing workflows, tools, and templates for implementation.
• Drafting for approval the Sanctions and Export Control Procedure by creating a detailed document with clear steps, roles, and responsibilities, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, addressing risks, and finalising for approval after incorporating feedback from stakeholders.
• Applying the Sanctions and Export Control Procedure by implementing it across business functions, training staff on compliance roles, monitoring adherence, addressing non‑compliance issues, and communicating updates as needed.
• Assisting with resourcing for the procedure by assessing staffing needs, developing a resource plan, recommending recruitment or training, and collaborating with HR to define relevant roles and qualifications.
• Managing direct report/s as required by supervising, mentoring, assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and providing guidance, feedback, and evaluations to enhance efficiency and ensure deadlines are met.
• Maintaining the central register of supplier status and sanctioned entities (countries, companies, and individuals) by regularly updating and ensuring accuracy. Monitor regulatory updates, control access for relevant staff, and integrate these registers with procurement systems to flag compliance risks.
• Screening all John Holland suppliers for compliance by implementing due diligence protocols, conducting supplier checks against sanctioned entity registers, collaborating with procurement for ongoing reviews, and documenting records for audits and reporting.
• Providing regular and ad hoc reporting by generating periodic compliance reports, responding to ad hoc requests, and using data insights to support decision‑making and improve compliance processes.
• Performing all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures.

About You

You bring the qualifications and experience required to support sanctions and export control compliance in a complex business environment.

Requirements for this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Law, Commerce/Economics or Engineering
• Substantial experience in supply chain management
• An understanding of international trade law
• An understanding of the construction supply chain

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

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.

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.