Title:  Project Director

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:

We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced and mobile Project Directors for regional based roles.

As the Project Director, you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of major and complex Rail projects with multiple work streams. You will ensure that the projects adhere to design requirements, time and cost constraints, and meet targets related to commercial, HR, safety, quality, environment, and community. Your goal will be to achieve or exceed project financial targets by identifying and resolving issues and taking advantage of opportunities that may arise.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success of our regional based projects and to live and work in those communities, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the overall delivery of the project/s, 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 specialist functions of design, engineering, procurement and construction, manage the interaction of various disciplines and multiple work streams
• Liaise with the construction team to modify design and methods as necessary
• 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
• Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with JH’s authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project
• Support the Precontracts Manager for bidding and tendering of new projects 
• Demonstrate leadership in health, safety and environmental management
• Demonstrate leadership in risk management, compliance and auditing, and ensure legislative, precontract and commercial obligations are met, including compliance with the relevant Building Code
• 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
• Develop and maintain strategic business relationship with key clients key industry partners that result in viable prospects/projects
• Monitor staff and labour resourcing to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets, supervise workforce, including subcontractors
• Foster and develop high performance team/s, mentor and develop and play an active role in developing the careers of our Engineers, Contract Administrators, Project Managers and Supervisors
• Actively participate in new business/work winning, 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:

• Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Management, Business or equivalent
• 15+ years of experience in project management roles
• Management of multidisciplinary projects and project teams
• Contemporary practices in design and construction methodology
• Contractual, legal, commercial, industrial relations and legislative compliance
• Advanced financial and commercial management including cost reduction and meeting budgets
• People and performance management including the performance of subcontractors
• Complex client relationship and stakeholder management
• Quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment
• Analysis of and reporting on complex project performance, compliance, defects and/or non-conformance 

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.