Title:  Senior Completions 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 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 North Western Program Alliance

North Western Program Alliance (NWPA) consists of four Alliance partners – John Holland, KBR, MTM, V/Line and the client (LXRP), working together as one team to achieve shared goals.

Since 2017, NWPA has had a proven track record with the successful delivery of eight level crossing removal projects (17 LX) and several

premium stations, with three projects currently in delivery and two in development phase.

We’re proud to make a real difference to the lives of people on our program of works and in the communities in which we operate. Our values are Care, Excellence, Creativity and Empowerment.

We are looking for a Senior Completions Advisor to join the Alliance located at Melton.

About the Role

The Senior Completions Advisor leads the planning, coordination and delivery of project completion and handover activities ensuring all contractual and stakeholder requirements are achieved to support asset handover and Completion milestones.

Working closely with Project Managers, Delivery Teams, Asset Owners and stakeholders, you will drive completion readiness, manage defects and outstanding works, coordinate completion documentation and support the successful transition of assets into operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of project completion, handover and close out strategies to achieve contractual completion milestones.
• Coordinate completion planning activities, including completion schedules, readiness reviews and milestone tracking.
• Drive the management of defects, outstanding works and close out actions to support Practical Completion and Final Completion outcomes.
• Coordinate the preparation, review and acceptance of completion deliverables, including asset handover documentation, as-built records, test records and operational information.
• Facilitate Operational Completion Checkpoints (OCCs), completion readiness reviews and stakeholder acceptance activities.
• Identify and manage completion-related risks, issues and dependencies, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with project teams, clients, asset owners, operators and key stakeholders to ensure successful handover outcomes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship on completions processes, handover requirements and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement across the project.
• Support the development and implementation of asset data, as-built and handover processes to ensure efficient submission, acceptance and transfer of project information

About you

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related discipline.
• Extensive experience delivering completions, quality, handover or assurance functions on major infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading asset handover, operational readiness and stakeholder engagement activities across design, construction, commissioning and operations environment.
• Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring capability.
• Ability to identify project risks and drive practical solutions to support successful project outcomes.

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.

John Holland does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies.