Title:  Services Engineer

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the 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 Role

To provide Services Engineer skills to ensure that the activities related to services are planned, organized and delivered through adoption of appropriate construction methodology and resource allocation to ensure project execution within budget and program. Project intervention and claims assistance may be required to ensure satisfactory project completion.

Responsibilities of the role include

• Manage the overall services delivery of the project, on or ahead of time with all client expectations met
• ­Manage the execution of services engineering, procurement and construction activities and adopt appropriate construction methods.
• ­Execute working knowledge of contractual and legislation relevant to the project
• ­Exercise professional judgement in resolving engineering issues, i.e. construction methods, design, engineering procedures, etc.
• ­Review progress against plans, contractual arrangements and delivery milestones to ensure they are on schedule and within quality and cost estimates and take effective remedial action as required
• Financial management: Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project
• ­Ensure legislative, pre-contract and commercial obligations are met, including compliance with the relevant Building Code ­
• Stakeholder management: Ensure that stakeholders are actively engaged and that beneficial relationships between the project and the client, subcontractors, community and other external parties are developed and maintained ­
• People management: Demonstrate sound people management skills by managing work and performance of project teams and subcontractors to achieve outcomes ­ ­
• Contribute to new business, estimate services content for estimates, contribute to constructability assessments, continuous improvement and broader business activities ­
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, reporting and procedures

What we are looking for;

• Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Management, Business or equivalent
• Contemporary practices in design and construction methodology ­
• Advanced financial and commercial management including cost reduction and meeting budgets ­
• Client relationship and stakeholder management ­
• Quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment ­
• Analysis of and reporting on project performance, compliance and defects and/or non-conformance

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.

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.