Title:  Senior CMS & Training Advisor

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 skilled Senior Competency Management Systems & Training Advisor to oversee governance and provide expert support for project-based competency and training throughout project launch and delivery. This pivotal role ensures the effective establishment, governance, and optimisation of competency management systems, while also providing tailored training advisory services to meet project-specific requirements.

If you are passionate about driving excellence in competency management and training in the construction industry, this is your opportunity to make an impact.

This role can be based out of Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney.

About the Role

Competency Management Systems:

• Contribute to the establishment and optimisation of competency management systems at project launches in collaboration with system vendors and project stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with John Holland and project-specific training requirements and standards.
• Provide hyper care support post-implementation, ensuring successful adoption by key stakeholders, including People teams, Engineers, Health and Safety teams, and project supervision staff.  This may require some interstate travel.
• Conduct regular audits of training systems and processes to ensure compliance and maintain high standards.
• Assist projects in troubleshooting and upskilling team members in the use of competency management systems.
• Support onboarding new project-based personnel into competency management systems and assist with related administrative tasks.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in competency management systems and processes.

Training:

• Support the establishment of training management processes during project launches.
• Assist with implementing training strategies for projects until training personnel are recruited, ensuring training targets are met.
• Provide tailored training advisory services to meet the unique needs of various projects and stakeholders, including guidance on John Holland’s standards, best practices, and emerging trends in workforce skill development.

About You

Essential Qualifications:

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or equivalent)

Key skills and experience:

• Specialised knowledge of construction industry training.
• Strong understanding of Australian Qualification Framework (AQF), RTO certification, and regulatory/legislative requirements for construction training.
• Expertise in training management on projects and providing tailored training advisory services.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining training processes and procedures.
• Knowledge and experience with competency management systems, including 3DSafety and RIW systems, with capabilities in system establishment, adoption, troubleshooting, and administration.
• Skilled at troubleshooting and finding ways to improve, automate, and digitise processes and tools.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Exposure to safety systems and processes in construction projects.
• Understanding and experience in the development and implementation of Social Inclusion Programs.

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.