Title:  Environmental Advisor

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 opportunity

Due to significant growth in Cairns and Far North Queensland, we are looking for an Environmental Advisor to join the team. You will play a critical role in delivering a new highways project for the region.

About the role

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will support and monitor the implementation of project environment programs to ensure adherence with relevant environmental legislation, regulations, contractual obligations and John Holland Health, Safety and Environmental procedures.

Responsibilities of the role include

• Provide environmental guidance, diligence and consistency to internal stakeholders.
• Provide advice and input into the identification and effective management of environmental risks.
• Support the implementation and ongoing management of project environmental management systems.
• Support the communication of environment matters to management and project staff.
• Support the maintenance of comprehensive environmental records.
• Identify and initiate localised environment improvement initiatives.
• Liaise with government bodies and professional organisations on environmental matters as required.
• Support project induction and environmental management systems/tools training.
• Complete routine environmental monitoring and record and decipher results
• Implement the Monitoring and Review Procedure by competing routine inspections and associated reports.
• Support the communication of environmental roles and responsibilities.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of all relevant legal, regulatory and company environmental requirements.
• Support the communication process to keep management informed of any relevant changes to legal, regulatory and project environmental requirements.
• Influence a positive Environmental culture across the project and John Holland. 
• Identify and communicate improvements to corporate and project environmental management processes
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures.

To be successful in this role, you will have

• Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering, Science, Sustainability or other associated disciplines
• Construction environment management experience (2+ years)
• Knowledge of compliance and reporting procedures and processes
• Knowledge of environmental management techniques and tools
• Knowledge and understanding of low-level incident investigations
• Reporting, auditing and risk management procedures and processes
• Reporting environmental performance, compliance, defects and non-compliance
• Generalist environment management experience (2+ years)

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.