Title:  Quantity Surveyor

Job Number:  19764
Location: 

Newcastle West, NSW, AU, 2302

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

 

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

 

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the role:

John Holland’s Infrastructure division is currently constructing some of Australia’s most complex projects, including the Black Hill to Tomago M1, Gold Coast Light Rail, and Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre. Due to industry expansion, the John Holland Infrastructure business is currently seeking a Quantity Surveyor for an upcoming $450m Water Infrastructure project in regional NSW.

Responsibilities of the role include:

  • Tracking, monitoring, and controlling costs during the project life cycle
  • Interpret specification and standards and assess their impact on project costs
  • Using Planning-Budgeting-Forecasting cost control model to increase profitability by identifying the variances between these cost elements
  • Analyse actual cost against planned cost and forecast final cost versus budget
  • Creation of tender event schedules for procurement programs
  • Budget/ Tender reconciliation, change management and variance analysis
  • Quantification and costing of construction work
  • Quantity Take-off and preparing Bills of Quantities
  • Prepare estimates, quantities, prices, costing for project
  • Interface with Project managers and Engineers to best manage risks and opportunities 

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

•    Tertiary or Trade Qualification in Quantity Surveying

•    A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role

•    Experience on infrastructure projects within construction industry

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 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 when you join John Holland?

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 industry-leading 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.


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