Title:  Environment and Approvals 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.

About the project:

John Holland has been named as the preferred contractor to deliver the North-East Link, Hoddle St to Bourke Road package of works. The Momentum Alliance 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:

Reporting to the Environment Manager, you’ll be accountable for supporting and monitoring the implementation of project environment programs to ensure adherence with relevant environmental legislation, regulations, contractual obligations and John Holland Health, Safety and Environmental procedures aswell as ongoing post approval assessments, management plan updates and compliance with conditions of approval and mitigation commitments.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Well versed in obtaining environment and planning approvals under VIC legislation.
• Preparation of reports such as statutory materials, environmental referrals, permit applications and other approvals
• Managing and securing planning and environmental approvals including planning permit applications and reports, Heritage Act permits and exemptions and strategic planning advice.
• Provision of statutory planning advice through various project stages (i.e. Development and Delivery)
• Managing key approvals alongside project / construction timeframes
• Engagement and management of planning, environmental and heritage sub-consultants and delivery of technical documentation.
• Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering, Town Planning, Science, Sustainability or other associated disciplines
• Experience in construction environment management or environmental approval (3+ years)
• Knowledge of environmental management techniques and tools
• Knowledge of compliance and reporting procedures and processes

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 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.
• 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.