Title:  Construction Manager

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

An opportunity has arisen for a Construction Manager to join our WA Rail Team. The primary purpose of this role is to plan and deliver all relevant scopes of track construction work across a specific geographical area or functional discipline to ensure effective deliver of planned schedules within the planned time and budget.

Responsibilities of the role include;

• Oversee the overall on-site construction delivery on schedule with all stakeholder expectations met.
• Provide and take leadership responsibility in health, safety and environment management
• Build strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key people informed
• Managing industrial relations issues and implications and develop appropriate resolution
• Manage administrative duties for direct and indirect report requirements
• Ensure compliance in commercial and financial management including meeting budgets and identifying cost saving measures
• Provide leadership in risk management, identify and mitigate risks prior to works commencing, communicate with and engage relevant stakeholders to control risk and build a risk management culture.
• Utilise project planning skills to plan work, monitor implementation and effectiveness to achieve outcomes for whole of project life.
• Review progress against plans, contractual arrangements and delivery milestones to ensure they are on schedule and within quality and cost estimates and take remedial action as required.
• Review design documentation, read drawings, provide constructive review and oversee implementation of final designs
• Attend project review meeting with internal team and client
• Taking responsibility of preparation of tenders
• Ensuring quality of installation is performed in compliance with the requirements of the relevant specifications, codes and standards, which form part of the contract
• Contribute to, seek and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures

To be successful in this key role we are looking for

• Trade qualification or relevant Technical/Leadership qualification
• Minimum 8+ years of experience overseeing the construction, installation and commissioning of rail signalling systems.
• People and performance management of subcontractors, suppliers and direct labour
• Skill in review of design documentation, ability to understand drawings, provide constructability review and implement final design plans.
• Safety and environment management, resource management and construction program and methodology.

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.

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.