Title:  Project Engineer

About John Holland

We’re all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, property, rail, building and water projects in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

From the epic, to the intimate, everything we do improves life for someone, somewhere. It gives our business momentum and means we approach things a little differently.

While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

Are you up for the challenge?

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 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

Coordinate on-site construction engineering activities to achieve project time and budget objectives. 

What you will do;

• Coordinate and administer construction engineering activities to ensure that projects are implemented in accordance with plans, designs and specifications.
• ­Assist with the preparation of site construction budgets and reports.
• ­Monitor construction progress for adherence to programme and report to the Site Manger or Project Manager. 
• ­Interpret designs for implementation in construction projects.
• Contribute to improvements to existing designs.
• Arrange and oversee the letting of tenders.
• Demonstrate financial management skills and commercial acumen when making decisions.
• Assign work and assist with reviews for accuracy and adherence to required standards.
• Execute working knowledge of contractual and legislation relevant to the project.
• ­Undertake quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment to ensure acceptable quality of structures and finishes.
• Analyse and use document and record management, progress and project performance reporting compliance reporting.
• ­Demonstrate sound people management skills by managing work and performance of subcontractors to achieve outcomes.
• Utilise effective time management skills including sequencing of work of own and resource time management.
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What we are looking for;

Qualification:

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Science, Building Construction or equivalent.

Diploma of Project Management in Engineering, Science, Building, Construction or equivalent.

Chartered Engineering Status.

Experience:

­Demonstrated Tier 1/2 infrastructure site based project experience
­Knowledge of project management structure, plans, specification, standards and implications for project accountabilities
­Understanding of the Project Design Management Plan, Quality Management Plan. Safety Management Plan and Environmental Management Plan
­Pre-contracts knowledge in relation to design, planning and legislative requirements
­5-10 years’ post graduate experience with 3+ years site based
­Project wide level of planning, development and review of complex projects
­Delivery of minor projects to program and budget specifications
­Effective time management skills including sequencing of work of own and resource management 
­Advanced skills in relevant computer software packages; Microsoft Suite; Primavera 6
­Strong written, verbal and presentation skills

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 it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.