Title:  Design Manager

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.

About the project

John Holland is delivering the North-East Link, Hoddle St to Bourke Road package of works. The Eastern Hoddle Bourke Alliance (EHBA) is made up of John Holland, Seymour Whyte and design partners Mott MacDonald and Jacobs Group, in partnership with MRPV.

The scope of works includes upgrading six kilometres of the Freeway with new traffic lanes, bridge upgrades and urban noise walls, a dedicated busway (fully segregated from mainline traffic), and a new bridge over the Yarra River.

The NEL Project involves the design and construction of the upgrade of the Eastern Freeway from Hoddle Street in the west to Burke Road in the east, including:
6km of brownfield freeway widening to accommodate additional traffic lanes in each direction
3km dedicated busway separated from mainline traffic.
Significant structures including 600m of bridges, including a 180m architectural steel shared use path bridge of the Yarra River Freeway-wide scope including ITS, retaining walls, stormwater drainage, noise walls, lighting and signage. 

Site location to be around Chandler Highway / Eastern Freeway interchange.

About the role:

The North East Link team is currently looking for an experienced Design Manager to join the Bridges and Structures team. Reporting into the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing the design delivery process, function, and team through the construction phase to maximise and deliver successful project outcomes. Scope includes 3 steel bridges, 1 x Super T bridge, 2 existing bridges with throw screens/modifications, retaining walls, noise walls, piled barriers, ITS and Sign Gantries.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Plan and control the delivery of project design to ensure the achievement of quality, completion, and project objectives.
• Monitor the performance of external design partners within the discipline, including their deliverables, costs, and timeframes.
• Prepare budgets and schedules of design delivery for management approval, then manage and report the cost of design delivery in the project life cycle.
• Coordinate and manage different packages of work with consultants, and our construction teams.
• Conduct or arrange internal reviews of work to ensure quality before submission to the client.
• Ensure compliance with client design standards including MRPV Standard Specifications, Australian Standards, AustRoads and other applicable standards.
• Supervise the work of subordinate design and drafting staff to ensure project requirements are met.
• Understand design compliance and reporting procedures and processes and lead in the communication of requirements.
• Foster interaction between design and construction teams to maximise innovation and project success.
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, and procedures.

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Tertiary Qualification in Architecture, Building, Construction, Engineering, or Quantity Surveying.
• Essential background in Structural & Bridge works
• 5+ years of Design experience and managing the shop drawing process
• 5–8 years of Construction experience.
• Experience in Alliance Project environment
• Multi-discipline project experience in Building, Construction, and Design.
• Proven commercial and legislative compliance skills and design frameworks and systems.

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