Title:  Commissioning Manager

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 project:

John Holland was awarded a contract for the design and construction of a $500m waste water treatment plant consisting of preliminary and primary treatment including a tankered waste receival area, sludge thickening system, anaerobic digestion and handling biogas, liquid food waste receival and treatment facility and an odour control facility.  

We are recruiting a Commissioning Manager to lead and ensure the commissioning and completion activities comply with all aspects of the contract, schedule, quality, safety and environmental requirements on the project. The position will report to the Project Director and will be based in Werribee, VIC.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Prepares, implements, and revises as required the Testing & Commissioning Management Plan in compliance with the Contract requirements and with the testing & commissioning strategy
• Lead the commissioning team to ensure that the process of testing & commissioning is managed, planned, documented, resourced and executed to meet the technical requirements as defined by the contract documents, to meet project budget and program requirements.
• Liaise with key stakeholders for the coordination of the commissioning activities. Manage and coordinate with the asset owners (client interface) for operational interface with existing assets.
• Overall responsibility for the assets from completion of construction to Practical Completion on completion of the performance trial.
• Provide leadership and technical direction to project staff, design consultants, subcontractors, technology providers and vendors,  and workforce to ensure testing, pre commissioning & commissioning is completed in accordance with the project requirements
• Develops required commissioning documentation (organisation, staffing, program, schedules, templates, test procedures) in accordance with project requirements
• Prepare the budget for the commissioning phase and report the forecast costs monthly to ensure completion of the works within budget.
• Prepare the programme of commissioning activities and ensure completion by the relevant milestones and date(s) for completion.
• Conduct regular risk assessments to determine the critical commissioning activities.
• Manage the drafting and final submission of the Operation Management Plans and Maintenance Plans in accordance with the Technical Specification.
• Preparation and submission of commissioning reports and monthly progress reports.

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

• Bachelors Degree in either Chemical, Process, Mechanical,Electrical or Automation Engineering
• Extensive experience in the field of M&E installation/testing, commissioning and operation of large scale wastewater treatment plants
• Successful project delivery experience as a Commissioning Manager

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.