Title:  Engineering Manager - Civil & Structures

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.

About the Project

The Linewide Alliance, comprising John Holland, Alstom, RATP Dev, KBR and WSP, are excited to be delivering the transformative Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East Linewide package.

When SRL opens, the new rail services for passengers will also be delivered by, a venture between RATP Dev and John Holland to operate and maintain the franchise for 15 years from 2035, to be known as TransitLinx.

The Alliance will deliver a world-class, service-proven driverless metro system that sets new benchmarks for comfort, safety, and reliability for Melbourne.

SRL is a transport and urban planning project that will deliver world-class public transport, reduce travel times, and support the delivery of more homes and housing.

About the Role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager – Civil & Structures to be involved in the leadership and direction of the SRL Linewide Package civil and structures scope including pavements, drainage, and ancillaries. 

You will be responsible for the engineering function and deliverables relating to this scope, inclusive of Design, Digital Engineering, Temporary Works integration, Construction Phase Services and technical stakeholder management, through Linewide Alliance delivery.

As a member of the Engineering Team, you will facilitate the internal interfaces between Design and Construction teams in addition to managing external interfaces with key stakeholders, ensuring construction issues are identified and incorporated into the Linewide Alliance documentation and that engineering requirements are observed in construction methodology planning.

Responsibilities

• Support the establishment and maintenance of a positive culture within the Linewide Alliance Engineering and Design Management team
• Exhibit leadership in health, safety, environmental, sustainability and risk management
• Maintain relationships across Alliance functional teams and with interfacing Works Packages
• Understand design compliance and reporting procedures and processes and leadership in the communication of requirements
• Create and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate a collaborative and positive design review process for obtainment of required approvals
• Facilitate timely decision making, appropriate assessment of change requests and opportunities for early commencement of works
• Promote consideration of temporary works requirements in permanent works design development.
• Provide engineering services to the Delivery Team during site works
• Plan and control the delivery of Linewide Alliance design to ensure the achievement of quality, completion, and Linewide Alliance objectives
• Monitor the management of design risks and issues.
• Drive application of value engineering and sustainability initiatives
• Manage the design approval process in accordance with Linewide Alliance requirements and program
• Manage client and stakeholder expectations and communicate effectively with the Linewide Alliance team
• Foster the interaction between design and construction teams to maximise innovation and Linewide Alliance success.
• Ensure that JH Safety in Design requirements are achieved
• Examine Linewide Alliance change requests as requested, and advise on related engineering matters
• Coordinate the activities of outside engineering consultants (sub-consultants, Temporary Works/ Proof Engineer)
• Manage the coordination and engineering development of civil infrastructure and minor structures packages within the stabling yard and at key surface-level sites across the scope of the Linewide package
• Manage the coordination with internal John Holland assurance processes for the civil and structural design of the site

About You

To be successful in this role, you will hold a tertiary Engineering qualification and have multidisciplinary experience specialising in design, engineering, and construction, with specific experience in civil and structures.

You will have:

• Experience managing technical teams in the delivery of design and engineering solutions for bids and alliances
• Financial management skills in planning and managing budgets including demonstrated behaviour in reducing costs

Your strong communication and influencing capability, effective technical stakeholder management, and well-developed understanding of design risk identification and management will see you succeed in the role.

As part of the team, you can help us 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 we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to 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.