Title:  Utilities Manager

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 utilities manager on the Inland Rail Beveridge to Albury Tranche 2 Project, your responsibilities will involve overseeing and managing all aspects of utility works. This includes planning, coordinating, and delivery of utility relocations, protection of existing services, and creating new connections to support the construction works.
You will be required to work closely with different utility service providers across the eight different sites from Wandong to Benalla to ensure works are delivered in accordance with the projects requirements. A critical part of the role will be the ability to work closely with other project stakeholders, such as engineers and design consultants, to ensure that utility deliverables are met and that the project progresses smoothly.
The role is primarily based out of our main office in Docklands. However, it also will involve travel to various construction sites to ensure that project deliverables are achieved in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
 

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;

Overall responsibility for the role on this high-profile major project include:

• Provide technical advice and input across the project in relation to utilities and services
• Ensure stakeholders are actively engaged throughout; partner with and coordinate the input of SMEs, designers, delivery partners, vendors and sub-contractors
• Proactively plan, manage and deliver effective reviews in accordance with approval requirements
• Assess commercial and contractual risks, identify and implement appropriate controls and escalate actual or potential issues to Commercial Manager and or Delivery Manager
• Effectively manage allocated subcontract packages through all phases, including scope preparation, procurement, cost forecasting, subcontractor management, claims/variations processing, completion and close out
• Manage on-site engineering functions through subordinates, which may include Project Engineers, and/or Cost/Planning Engineers
• Obtain relevant design parameter information for incorporation into detailed designs and construction specifications
• Monitor quality and quantities of incoming equipment and material, check work drawings, construction and specifications against site plans and conditions and arrange corrections or modifications where necessary
• Coordinate the activities of an engineering team, programme workloads and provide technical and administrative guidance to the engineering staff to ensure aims and objectives are effectively and economically achieved
• Ensure that project engineering completion is on time and within budget. Record completed work, costs incurred, materials used and retain progress drawings
• Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and planning authorities to ensure satisfactory completion construction work
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, reporting and procedures

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

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Sciences, Project Management or Construction Management
• Focused and strategic approach to all short- and long-term deliverables
• Strong ability to communicate with, and provide confidence to Project Management Team
• Contractual, legal, commercial and legislative compliance and regulatory frameworks, systems and key risks
• Strong organisational and internal / external stakeholder management skills
• Extensive Utilities Project Management experience within the relevant industry for electricity, water, gas, sewer and telecommunication utilities is essential
• Demonstrated experience working on large-scale, D&C projects in a Utilities Project Management position within the relevant industry
   

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 flexibly.