Title:  Project Manager

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 North East Link - Hoodle to Bourke

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.

This role is a 12 month fixed maternity contract. 

About the Role

Lead the successful delivery of North East Link - Hoodle to Bourke in accordance with design requirements, time and cost constraints, and commercial, HR, safety, quality, and environment and community targets. 

Achieve or exceed project financial targets, identifying and mitigating issues as they arise and capitalising on opportunities.

What you will do;

Manage the overall delivery of the project, on or ahead of time with all client expectations met.

­Assign resources to deliver the works within budget, time, quality and regulatory standards, monitor and guide workflow, setting daily, weekly, and long-term project goals.

­Manage the execution of engineering, procurement and construction activities and adopt appropriate construction methods.

­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

­Demonstrate leadership in health, safety and environmental management

Demonstrate leadership in risk management, compliance and auditing, and 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: Monitor staff and labour resourcing to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets, supervise workforce, including subcontractors, and foster a high performance team within a positive employee relations environment.

Contribute to new business, 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;

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Management, Business or equivalent

Diploma or Masters of Project Management, Certificate IV Safety

Experience:

 Demonstrated years of project management experience.
­ Management of multidisciplinary projects and project teams.
 ­Contemporary practices in design and construction methodology
 Contractual, legal, commercial, industrial relations and legislative compliance management ­ 
 Advanced financial and commercial management including cost reduction and meeting budgets ­ 
 People and performance management including the performance of subcontractors ­ 
 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
 Management of up to $100m projects ­ 
 Experience as Project Development Manager and/or New Business Manager.
 ­Experience in managing a variety of contracts, e.g. Joint Ventures, Alliances, Design & Construct. ­ 

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’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills, and make a difference, right from the start. We have a flexible workplace and focus on all aspects of your physical and mental health and safety. We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

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.