Title:  Rail Safety Coordinator

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 Role / Are you up for the challenge?

As a Rail Safety Coordinator, you will be responsible for providing effective supervision on all rail safety and track protection matters associated with the project. You will also be working closely with all members of the Occupations and Access Team to meet the project’s objectives. If you enjoy practicing safety, supporting your team and smashing goals, we encourage you to apply. The role is primarily based out of our B2A Project worksites at Broadford, Euroa and Benalla. However, it also will involve travel to various construction sites to ensure that project deliverables are achieved. 

Project Description

Inland Rail is transforming how goods are moved around Australia, connecting Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This 1,700km fast freight backbone will complete our national freight network – better connecting producers to markets and creating new opportunities for regional businesses, industries and communities. 
The Beveridge to Albury (B2A) project is the Victorian portion of the program undertaken along approximately 305 kms of existing northeast rail corridor between Beveridge and Albury. B2A is staged in two tranches. Tranche 1 includes enhancement works across four sites and corridor wide works. 
Tranche 2 works will be delivered by John Holland and includes adjustment of track alignments, the provision of new road overbridges and station modifications to enable the safe operation of double-stack freight trains across eight B2A project sites between Wandong and Benalla. 

Responsibilities of the role include / What you will do;

• Conducting/Certifying a Rail Safety Worksite Hazard Assessment and Worksite Protection Plans to determine the appropriate protection requirements for specific project scope.
• Formulating, reviewing and where required, delivering Project Rail Safety Pre-Work Briefings
• Liaising with the Rail Disruption Team and all other stakeholders to ensure that Occupations are planned, and executed in accordance with the Project requirements
• Attending Planning & Occupation Co-ordination Meetings associated with both disruptive and non-disruptive Events
• Ensuring that all worksite protection personnel have current certificates of competency and are in possession thereof
• Ensuring that all worksite personnel have the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and that the entire worksite is under surveillance and supervision.
• Complete infield Rail Safety Reports / Inspections
• Contribute and support the ongoing improvement and/or development of the project processes, policies and procedures and related to Access, Occupations and Track Protection
• Attend site and evaluate/identify potential Positions of Safety for the placement of worksite protection staff for proposed works
• Track, audit and report on Safe working Resource usage
• Assist in the management of an effective interface with the Track Protection team and other key stakeholders, both prior to and during planned Occupation events
• Coordinate and plan Safeworking Resources onsite
• Assist and support Rail Safety incidents / investigations

To be successful in this key role, you must have / What we are looking for;

• Possess extensive Operational & Track Protection experience, including supervision in complex and multi- discipline environments
• ARTC and V/Line Track Force Protection Coordinator (TFPC) level 3.2 qualifications and above (preferred)
• Ability to operate and make effective decisions within a live safety critical environment 
• Lead, manage, motivate, mentor and develop others
• Maintain a professional approach with all personnel across all levels and foster a team orientated culture 
• Engage and influence both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies and assessing Risk SFAIRP
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, and a keen eye for detail
• Prioritise and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, while maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse team and stakeholders.
• Victorian Driver’s License
• Certificate IV in Rail Safety Investigation (desirable) 
• Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety (desirable)
• Track vehicle Operator (TVO) (desirable)

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.

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 flexible