Title:  Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer

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 You and the Role

As a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer, you will play a crucial role in our Rail Engineering & Integration team. Your main responsibilities will include managing the V&V process for project deliveries, analyse project requirements and propose V&V methods and V&V stages in the project lifecycle, and provide guidance to integrate processes and data from multiple disciplines. Join our team and contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of our Rail & Transport projects. 

This role can either be based in Sydney or Brisbane. 

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Manage V&V activities across the entire project lifecycle.
• Review and provide input for management plans and technical processes related to V&V.
• Guide V&V activities in various design disciplines / subsystems, and support teams to ensure correct delivery of V&V artefacts. 
• Participate in system level verification and validation activities supporting the system integration, testing and commissioning team on various tasks. 
• Assist with establishment of the standards to conduct technical review, inspection, testing, audits and handling of deviations and waivers.
• Assist with identification and management of risks and opportunities in planning and performance of V&V activities. 
• Assist with ensuring traceability of V&V activities and their results to relevant requirements including related standards.
• Assist with updating the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) as input to Stage Gate Reviews.

To be successful in this role, you will have: 

• Degree in Engineering, Science, Building Construction or equivalent degree.
• Previous experience in a similar role in Rail projects.
• Prior experience in Verification and Validation methodologies, tools, techniques, FRACAS/ Defect Management Systems and V&V tracking in Requirement Management Systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with different stakeholders. 

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.