Title:  Mechanical Supervisor

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.

About The Project

John Holland, Stantec and KBR are partnering with Sydney Water in an Alliance to deliver the North-West Treatment Hub – a brownfield treatment program that will commence with a $500 million upgrade of Rouse Hill and Riverstone wastewater treatment facilities. The project will achieve circular economy outcomes, increasing recycled water production, improving the quality of wastewater byproducts for reuse, and leveraging innovative treatment technologies that reduce carbon footprint. Upgrades will support the treatment of a further 45 megalitres of wastewater each day, to cater for growing northwest communities. The Project will deliver a new state-of-the-art biosolids facility at Riverstone, with new technology to improve the quality of wastewater byproducts.

About The Role

As the Mechanical Supervisor, you will play a critical role in the day-to-day success of the project. You will be responsible for leading the mechanical function on site, ensuring all fixed plant, equipment and machinery operate safely, reliably and efficiently to support continuous production.

Our Supervisors will coordinate on-site teams to deliver relevant scopes of work in accordance with project plans and specifications to achieve effective performance in accordance with detailed short term programs and schedules. This includes the implementation of site safety, quality and environmental controls.

Responsibilities Include:

Provide and take leadership responsibility in health, safety and environmental management
Coordinate the work and performance of multiple teams and subcontractors
Plan and coordinate preventative maintenance, breakdown response and mechanical repairs across fixed plant and equipment
Contribute to the development of work methods and rolling short term construction programs and plan daily/weekly production work
Build strong internal and external stakeholder relationships through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key personnel informed
Complete progress reporting and activity reports for shift handovers
Manage permits, isolations, risk assessments and toolbox talks to ensure safe execution of work
Ensure compliance of commercial and financial costs including budgets and the implications of directions
Collaborate with the wider project to ensure the successful implementation of the projects ISCA targets
Read and understand plans, review design documentation, read drawings and provide constructive review and implementation of final designs
Maintain effective consultation with various workers' representatives and committees on industrial and safety subjects

To be Successful You will Need To be Successful You will Need

Trade Qualification or relevant industry experience.
Construction experience in a similar role would be desired.
Strong understanding of fixed plant, preventative maintenance and fault finding.
Demonstrated leadership experience managing mechanical or maintenance teams. 
Substantial industry experience in Trades and Construction.
Skilled in the review of design documents, ability to understand drawings, provide constructability review and implement final design plans.

We Offer

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.

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.